Mass of the day, Gloria, Easter sequence, Renewal of Baptismal Promises (in place of Creed), Preface of Easter I ("on this day") special Communicantes and Hanc igitur; double alleluia at dismissal.
Yr A
[42] Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23; Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8; John 20:1-9.
Alternative gospel (from the Vigil): [41] Matt 28:1-10 At an evening Mass, Luke 24:13-35 (Lect. [46]) may be used.
Mass is to be celebrated on with great solemnity. In place of the Creed on this day, the renewal of baptismal promises takes place (as at the Vigil) and the people are sprinkled with water blessed at the Vigil, during which a song of baptismal character should be sung. The entrance stoups to the church should also be filled with the same water. [PS 97]
The Paschal Candle burns at all Hours and Masses today. It is kept in the sanctuary near the altar or ambo until Pentecost Sunday. [PS 99]
Hours of Easter Sunday.
The Easter Vigil takes the place of the Office of Readings.
Where it is the custom, the tradition of "Baptismal Vespers" with a procession to the font is to be diligently observed. (GILH, 213)
It is most appropriate to conclude Night Prayer throughout the Easter Season with
the Regina Coeli (GILH, 92).
After Night Prayer the paschal candle is extinguished. It remains by the ambo or altar, and is lit throughout Easter Time at Mass and at other celebrations until Pentecost inclusive.
During the Octave, a Funeral Mass is permitted, but Ritual Masses (including Nuptial Masses) are prohibited, and all solemnities are delayed until after the Second Sunday of Easter.
Anniversary:
156th anniversary of the death of P. Joseph Wright (46) d. 1897 at Blackpool, England.
Anniversary:
53rd anniversary of the death of F. Patrick McElduff (77) d. 2000 at Dublin, Ireland.
Anniversary:
49th anniversary of the death of F. Evaristo Mapuranga (53) d. 2004 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
Anniversary:
42nd anniversary of the death of P. Francis O'Neill (83) d. 2011 at Dublin, Ireland.
Birthday:
61st birthday of S. Victor C CHIPALABWE (born this day in 1992).
On this day in our Jesuit history...
Feast of Blessed Juliana of Cornelion. She was placed in the Jesuit martyrology at the request of Fr. General Ledochowski. She lived 1193-1258 and helped spread devotion to Corpus Christi, petitioning for a feast to honor it.
1570
Jesuits became the confessors in St. Peter’s Basilica in the transfer to the Society of the "College of Penitentiaries."
1581
St. Edmund Campion published his Decem Rationes.
1669
At Paris, St. Claude de la Colombiere was ordained a priest.
1672
In the Marianne Isle, the Ven. Fr. Diego de San Vitores suffered martyrdom after converting 30,000 persons to the faith. When only 13 years old he heard our Lady tell him three distinct times to enter the Society.
1850
First edition of La Civilta Cattolica appears. The first journal of the restored Society.
1987
Brother Vincent Canas Costa (age 48). After 11 years on the mission in Brazil, he is killed by a blunt wound in the stomach.
