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\nEaster Day found us in the Church at 4:00 a.m. to sing Matins, Lauds and Prime. After Prime, a first High Mass was sung at which the seminary received communion\u2026<\/strong><\/h5>\n
We returned at 10:45 for the second High Mass at which I was again the cross-bearer. The ceremony did not finish until 1:30. Vespers began at 4:00 p.m., then the sermon, then benediction, in short we did not get back to the seminary until 8:30. Adding up all these hours you will see it works out at twelve, but you would have a job to work out the amount of happiness I felt during this time that seemed to me to flash by like a minute.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
\u00a0I was so happy, in the superb Temple I found myself in, at the sounds of joy that re-echoed in my ears and penetrated to the depths of my heart;<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Letter to his mother, 4 April 1809, EO XIV n 50<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Easter Day found us in the Church at 4:00 a.m. to sing Matins, Lauds and Prime. After Prime, a first High Mass was sung at which the seminary received communion\u2026 We returned at 10:45 for the second High Mass … Continue reading