Easter Alleluia(Right after the reading of the Epistle, the celebrant would sing this Alleluiathree times, elevating his voice for the second and third times, with the choir responding. I do not understand why it was dropped. I remember it as a thrilling moment in the Easter Mass. Et valde mane [And early in the morning] was also set to beautiful music and sung as an antiphon atLauds.)

Rev. Joseph A. Komonchak, professor emeritus of the School of Theology and Religious Studies at the Catholic University of America, is a retired priest of the Archdiocese of New York.

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