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Summary of comments of this office by Dom Schuster, in his work L'année liturgique.
According to the ancient Roman concept, Easter week ended with yesterday's Vespers; that is why the Collect of Saturday's Mass refers to the conclusion of the paschal solemnity. Consequently, in order to mark the feast's end, the neophytes today doff their white robes and don their ordinary clothing, and the Church, in the Collect of the Mass, treats the paschal solemnity as having been celebrated. That is why the Divine Office of this day is no longer that of Easter, but rather the ordinary office for the Sundays of Eastertide, which continues until the Saturday after Pentecost.
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Summary of comments of this office by Dom Schuster, in his work L'année liturgique.
This Sunday the Greek Church gallantly commemorates the pious women who went to the tomb of Jesus to anoint His body; however, there is no evidence that this custom ever entered the Roman liturgy.
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Summary of comments of this office by Dom Schuster, in his work L'année liturgique.
All the Sundays between Easter and Pentecost are a continuation, so to speak, of the Easter solemnity; that is why today's Introit as well as the verses following the reading of the Epistle from St. James celebrate the victory of the strong One who, in the might of His arm, triumphs over death and sin.
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Summary of comments of this office by Dom Schuster, in his work L'année liturgique.
The Church calls the resurrection of Jesus Christ Pascha nostrum because, after His triumph over sin and death, He communicated to His mystical body the fullness of His divine life, grace, the charisms of the Paraclete, and the supreme glory of eternity; that is why St. Ambrose could say that the entire world was resuscitated with the Savior. Today the antiphons of the Introit, Offertory and the Communion are inspired by a lively sentiment of thanksgiving for so great a benefit, and sing the victory of the risen Christ, of which the echo resounds to the four corners of the world.
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