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CHAPTER XV
Sunday within the Octave of the Ascension.
Sources of the liturgy : Introit, Ps. xxvi, 7-9. Epistle, I Peter, iv,
7-11. Verses of the Alleluia, Ps. XLVi,9, and St. John, xiv,
18. Gospel, St. John, xv, 26 ; xvi, 3. Offertory, Ps. XLVI,
6. Communion, St. John, xvii, 11, 13 and 15.
During the Octave of the Ascension the chief preoc
of the Church is to MAINTAIN within us THOSE
cupation
SENTIMENTS to which we have been animated BY THE
LITURGY OF THE FEAST. Each day the formulas are
the same, but there is a special Mass for the Sunday.
Throughout the Octave the Antiphon of the Magnificat
implores of Jesus Christ not to leave us orphans, but
to fulfil His promise and send the Holy Ghost to us.
The Church in Rome gave to this Sunday the name of
the Sunday of the roses, because roses were scattered
on the pavement of the basilicas as an act of homage
to Christ who ascended into heaven during the season
of flowers.
The Holy Spirit, the Consoler who is also the Spirit
of Truth, will bear TESTIMONY TO THE MISSION OF
JESUS CHRIST and will give to all His ministers a like
power. Such is the teaching in the Gospel
of this
Sunday. The Holy Ghost will teach men that Jesus
Christ is truly God, who has been sent by the eternal
Father, and that in His Person He has fulfilled all the
prophecies and has accomplished
His mission of the