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Easter Sunday - Lauds

Proper text for Easter Sunday, the greatest feast of the liturgical year. This Class I feast celebrates Christ's bodily Resurrection from the dead. The Office texts overflow with Paschal joy and alleluias, proclaiming victory over death, the fulfillment of prophecy, and the firstfruits of our own resurrection.

LATINE
Prae timore autem ejus exterriti sunt custodes, et facti sunt velut mortui, alleluia.
ENGLISH
And for fear of him, the guards were struck with terror, and became as dead men, alleluia.
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Easter Sunday - Lauds
HORA
Lauds
GENVS
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