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Easter Saturday, when the neophytes of the actual year
and those who had been baptised in the previous one,
were united in one joyous group. Until the twelfth cen
tury, and even a little later, traces of this special obser
vance may be found.
CHAPTER VIII
Quasimodo, or Low Sunday and the Octave
of Easter.
Station at the Basilica of Saint Pancratius. Sources of the
liturgy : Introit, St. Peter, I, n, 2. Epistle, St. John, iv,
4-10. Verses of the Alleluia, St. Matth., xxvin, 7, and St.
John, xx, 26. Gospel, St. John, xx, 19-31. Offertory, St.
Matth., xxvin, 2. Communion, St. John, xx, 27.
On this Sunday the STATION AT ROME is in the Basi
lica of Saint Pancratius. On account of the youth of
this martyr, the Church wishes no doubt to offer him
as a model to the neophytes in the way which now lies
before them. We see by the Mass for this Sunday that
she treats these young recruits with the tenderness of a
mother for her children.
This Sunday is called the OCTAVE OF EASTER, being
the eighth day after the great festival. It is also called
Close-Pasch, that is the day on which for the faithful at
large the Octave of Easter comes to an end. For the