Wednesday Liturgy: The Double Alleluia
ROME, APRIL 8, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum university.
Q: Please clarify whether the Mass dismissal should have the double Alleluia attached to it throughout the 50 days of the Easter season, e.g., "The Mass is ended. Go in peace. Alleluia! Alleluia!" -- or only during the Easter octave and the day of Pentecost. -- R.L., Cambridge, Massachusetts
A: According to the indications of the rubrics and good liturgical guidelines, the double Alleluia is used at every Mass during the Easter octave and on Pentecost Sunday, which concludes the Easter season.
The double Alleluia is also used for the dismissal or conclusion of the celebration of morning prayer and evening prayer, up to and including the vespers of Divine Mercy Sunday which concludes the Easter octave.
On all the other days of Easter season the Alleluia is not added to the dismissal of either Mass or Liturgy of the Hours.
In some countries, however, the missal contains optional formulas for the dismissal, according to the liturgical season. For example: "May the Risen Lord be our strength, go in peace."
Wherever permitted, such formulas may be used on any day of the Easter season. If used during the octave or Pentecost, the double Alleluia is always added.
The use of the double Alleluia, as well as the faculty of using the Easter sequence "Victimae Paschali" and the special formulas inserted into the Eucharistic Prayers during the days of the octave, are ways of emphasizing the importance of the feast and prolonging its celebration.
The use of this double Alleluia is very old, but during the Middle Ages it was dropped for a time from the liturgy in use by the Roman Curia. It returned through the influence of the Franciscan Friars Minor who restored the double Alleluia for their own liturgical books in 1243.
Q: Please clarify whether the Mass dismissal should have the double Alleluia attached to it throughout the 50 days of the Easter season, e.g., "The Mass is ended. Go in peace. Alleluia! Alleluia!" -- or only during the Easter octave and the day of Pentecost. -- R.L., Cambridge, Massachusetts
A: According to the indications of the rubrics and good liturgical guidelines, the double Alleluia is used at every Mass during the Easter octave and on Pentecost Sunday, which concludes the Easter season.
The double Alleluia is also used for the dismissal or conclusion of the celebration of morning prayer and evening prayer, up to and including the vespers of Divine Mercy Sunday which concludes the Easter octave.
On all the other days of Easter season the Alleluia is not added to the dismissal of either Mass or Liturgy of the Hours.
In some countries, however, the missal contains optional formulas for the dismissal, according to the liturgical season. For example: "May the Risen Lord be our strength, go in peace."
Wherever permitted, such formulas may be used on any day of the Easter season. If used during the octave or Pentecost, the double Alleluia is always added.
The use of the double Alleluia, as well as the faculty of using the Easter sequence "Victimae Paschali" and the special formulas inserted into the Eucharistic Prayers during the days of the octave, are ways of emphasizing the importance of the feast and prolonging its celebration.
The use of this double Alleluia is very old, but during the Middle Ages it was dropped for a time from the liturgy in use by the Roman Curia. It returned through the influence of the Franciscan Friars Minor who restored the double Alleluia for their own liturgical books in 1243.
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