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DOMINICAN CALENDAR Province of the Assumption Sat, 19 Apr, 2025 |
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April 2025
| Apr 19 Saturday | Lunar day: 20 |
| violet | HOLY SATURDAY | |
| Roman Stational Church: St John Lateran | ||
| Fast is observed if possible. [CR 20] Celebration of the Mass and the sacraments is strictly prohibited, except for Penance and Anointing of the Sick. Communion may be given only as viaticum. | ||
| Hours of the day. Today the reading of the Martyrology is omitted. Night Prayer is celebrated only by those not present at the Vigil. | ||
| OP | At Morning Prayer, the Litany Verses from the Dominican Supplement may replace the Intercessions. If so, after Mortem autem crucis all pause and kneel in silence; then the Lord's Prayer is said aloud, and the Hour concludes as usual. | |
| Preparation for the Vigil includes: preparation of the bonfire; candles for the brethren and laity; water for the liturgy of Baptism; flowers and decorations for the altar. | ||
| EASTER SEASON | |
| white | The Easter Vigil. |
| The Vigil has four parts: I. Service of Light : Bonfire, Procession with Candle, Exsultet. II. Liturgy of the Word : Readings, psalms, prayers, Gloria, homily. III. Liturgy of Baptism : Litany, Blessing of Water, Baptism and/or Confirmation, Renewal of Promises, Prayer of the Faithful. IV. Liturgy of the Eucharist : Preface of Easter I ("on this Easter night"), special Communicantes and Hanc igitur; double alleluia at dismissal. This liturgical order must not be changed by anyone on his own initiative. [PS 81] The celebration should truly have the character of a Vigil. It must take place at night; to start earlier (e.g. at the customary time for a Sunday vigil Mass) is a "reprehensible abuse". [PS 78] | ||
| OP | The Exsultet may be sung with the melody proper to the Order. Other variations are proposed in the Dominican Supplement: e.g. the Litany may be sung, even when there are no baptisms and no font; Dominican saints and certain invocations are added to the Litany. | |
| OP | Wherever possible, all the readings should be read so that the character of the Easter Vigil, which demands that it be somewhat prolonged, be respected at all costs. Where pastoral conditions require that the number of readings be reduced, there should be at least three readings from the Old Testament, taken from the law and the prophets; and the reading from Exodus (ch. 14) with its canticle, must never be omitted... | |
| The Readings: | ||
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Gen 1:1-2:2 or 1:1, 26-31 with Ps 104:1-2, 5-6, 10+12, 13-14, 24+35 or Ps 33:4-5, 6-7, 12-13, 20-22 Gen 22:1-18 or 22:1-2, 9-13, 15-18 with Ps 16:5+8, 9-10, 11 Exod 14:15-15:1 with Exod 15:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 17-18 This reading and psalm are obligatory. Isa 54:5-14 with Ps 30:2+4, 5-6, 11-12a+13b Isa 55:1-11 with Isa 12:2-3, 4, 5-6 Bar 3:9-15, 32-4:4 with Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11 Ezek 36:16-17a, 18-28 with Ps 42:3, 5; 43:3, 4 or Ps 51:12-13, 14-15, 18-19 Epistle: Rom 6:3-11 Alleluia Psalm: Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 Gospel: Lk 24:1-12 | ||
| OP | Bells are be rung during the Gloria, and the altar candles lit; the brethren put off their cappas if they are wearing them. | |
| The celebrant - or, in case of necessity, a cantor - intones the triple alleluia before the Gospel. The gospel is honoured with incense, but candles are not carried. For integrating the rites of Baptism and Confirmation, see the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, esp. Appendix 1. The dismissal with double alleluia is used tonight and throughout the octave. | ||
| Anniversary of fr. Paul (James) Forrest (1976) | ||