Divine Mercy Sunday - or Quasi modo !!!

Yes, today is the Octave day of Easter - a full week of Sundays - the special day of begging the Divine Mercy... and, because the Introit ("entrance song") starts with the words quasi modo, today is called Quasi modo Sunday! Yes, and in Victor Hugo's book, it was the day an infant was found in Notre Dame...

Yes, you can go ring some bells - it's a good idea! But first, let us take a quick look at that Introit, which comes from the very first papal encyclical:

Quasi modo geniti infantes, alleluia: rationabiles, sine dolo lac concupiscite, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Exsultate Deo adjutori nostro: jubilate Deo Jacob. Gloria Patri...

Crave as newborn babies, alleluia: pure, spiritual milk, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Rejoice to God our helper: sing aloud to the God of Jacob. Glory be...

1 Peter 2:2, Ps 80:2

I mention this because it is a kind of special gift, right from St. Peter, to our new converts who have made it through their first week and now return to celebrate the Lord's Day again! It is also a gift to us "old" converts - for we need to be reminded that as if we were newborn babies we ought to continue to desire more and more of the "spiritual milk" - the nourishment we receive in the Eucharist....

It's what Divine Mercy is all about... (Now you can go and ring the bells.)