The Gospel today is Matthew 28: 16-20, the great commission.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
April 29: Friday in the Octave of Easter
The Gospel today is Matthew 28: 16-20, the great commission.
The Gospel today is Matthew 28: 16-20, the great commission.
The extended Sunday of the Octave of Easter
This week we continue to celebrate Easter, in this extended 'Sunday' of the Octave.
Eastertide is so important a liturgical season that in the fifty days after it, no fasting was traditionally permitted. The Office is festooned with alleluias, and the festal texts are generally used on Sundays.
But Easter itself is such a crucial feast that the Church extends its celebration through the octave.
At Mass, the 'stations' continue, so there are propers and readings set for each day of the Octave (the eight days including the feast itself).
In the Office, the psalms and antiphons of the day hours, together with most of the texts of the Office (the exceptions are the canticle antiphons and collect set for each day) are those of the Sunday (Prime uses the first antiphon of Lauds).
The pattern is only broken at Matins, where, for reasons best known to themselves the 1962 reformers have the hour gradually reverting to the ferial psalms as the week progresses, albeit under one antiphon for each Nocturn.
So maintain your joy! And to help you along, here is the Lauds hymn, Aurora lucis rutilat.
Eastertide is so important a liturgical season that in the fifty days after it, no fasting was traditionally permitted. The Office is festooned with alleluias, and the festal texts are generally used on Sundays.
But Easter itself is such a crucial feast that the Church extends its celebration through the octave.
At Mass, the 'stations' continue, so there are propers and readings set for each day of the Octave (the eight days including the feast itself).
In the Office, the psalms and antiphons of the day hours, together with most of the texts of the Office (the exceptions are the canticle antiphons and collect set for each day) are those of the Sunday (Prime uses the first antiphon of Lauds).
The pattern is only broken at Matins, where, for reasons best known to themselves the 1962 reformers have the hour gradually reverting to the ferial psalms as the week progresses, albeit under one antiphon for each Nocturn.
So maintain your joy! And to help you along, here is the Lauds hymn, Aurora lucis rutilat.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
April 28: Thursday in the Octave of Easter
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| Correggio, c1534 |
Today's Gospel is John 20:11-18, Mary Magdalene at the tomb.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
April 27: Wednesday in the Octave of Easter, Class I
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| Duccio, c14th |
The Gospel today is John 21:1-14, Jesus shows himself to his disciples for a third time.
Monday, April 25, 2011
April 26: Tuesday in the octave of Easter, Class I
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| Ballerup Kirke,Glammelt alterbillede af Albert Küchler: Opstandelsen |
The Gospel today is Luke 24:36-47, Jesus appears to the disciples and eats with them.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
April 25: Monday in the Easter Octave, Class I
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| Altobello Melone, 1490-1543 |
The Gospel today is Luke 24:13-35, the disciples on the road to Emmaus.
Friday, April 22, 2011
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