THE LITURGICAL YEAR. BY THE VERY REV. DOM PROSPER GUERANGER, ABBOT OF SOLESMES. Translated from the French, BY THE REV. DOM LAURENCE SHEPHERD, MONK OF THE ENGLISH-BENEDICTINE CONGREGATION. PASCHAL TIME. VOL. III. DUBLIN: JAMES DUFFY, 15, WELLINGTON-QUAY; AND 22, PATERNOSTER-ROW, LONDON. 1871. PASCHAL TIME. PREFACE. THIS Volume is chiefly upon the Mysteries of the Ascension and Pentecost; and the importance of the subject has obliged us to limit ourselves to the last three weeks of Paschal Time. We have not inserted into this Volume any Saints' Feasts. There are only a few days out of the twenty-one, on which they could be kept: and moreover, had we inserted all that may be kept in the different years, we should have had the great inconvenience of giving a great deal of matter, which would very rarely be required for use. Our readers must therefore refer to the previous Volume for any Saint's Day, which may be kept during these three weeks. The Volume following this will comprise the time from Trinity Sunday inclusively to the |