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DOMINICAN CALENDAR Province of the Assumption Sun, 20 Apr, 2025 |
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April 2025
| Psalter: Week 1 |
| Apr 20 Sunday | Lunar day: 21 |
| white | Easter Sunday - the Pasch of the Lord | Solemnity with Octave |
| Roman Stational Church: St Mary Major | ||
| Mass of the day, gloria, Easter sequence, Creed or Renewal of Baptismal Promises, Preface of Easter I ("on this Easter day") special Communicantes and Hanc igitur; double alleluia at dismissal. | ||
| Readings: Ac 10:34, 37-43 Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 Col 3: 1-4 or 1 Cor 5: 6b-8 Jn 20:1-9 Alternative gospel: Lk 24:1-12 At an evening Mass, Luke 24: 13-35 may be used. | ||
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Mass is to be celebrated on with great solemnity. It is appropriate that the penitential rite on this day take the form of a sprinkling 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] | ||
| OP | Hours of Easter Sunday. | |
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The Easter Vigil takes the place of the Office of Readings. The chant Christus resurgens may be sung at the end of Vespers, followed by Regina caeli, with or without a procession. Where it is the custom, the tradition of "Baptismal Vespers" with a procession to the font is to be diligently observed. (IGLH, 213) | ||
| The Martyrology reading begins with the proclamation of the Resurrection, "This day, which was made by the Lord ..." and then follows the announcement of the date, moon and saints of tomorrow. | ||
| OP | After Night Prayer the paschal candle is extinguished. It remains by the ambo or altar, and is lit throughout the Easter season at Mass and at the principal hours of the Office until Pentecost inclusive. | |
| OP | Plenary indulgence under usual conditions for brethren who renew, at least privately, their resolve to fulfil faithfully the duties of their vocation. | |
| OP | The weekly conventual Mass for the Dead is omitted this week. (LCO 71 § II) | |