[Footnote 124:  “He is risen; he is not here.  But go, tell his disciples and Peter, that he goeth before you into Galilee”.  Mark XV, 6 7.]

[Footnote 125:  This Hebrew word, which frequently occurs in psalms of praise, CIV, 34, CV, 45, CVI, 1, etc. has been preserved, as well as Amen, and Sabaoth, in its original form in most liturgies.  According to S. Gregory (Ep. 64, ind. 2). who appeals to S. Jerome’s authority, it was introduced into the Roman liturgy in the time of Pope Damasus.  S. Gregory forbade it to be sung at funerals, (as it had been at that of Fabiola:  S. Jerome in Epitaphio Fabiolae;) or during Lent.]

[Footnote 126:  Gavant and others, following Walafridus Strabo and the abbot Berno, think that the Offertory and Agnus Dei are not said, in order to signify the silence of the holy women returning from the sepulchre (Mark XVI, 8).  Others attribute some of these omissions to the circumstance, that there is no communion; on this day, and therefore neither offertory or postcommunion; anciently however communion was given on this occasion, as is evident from the Gelasian sacramentary (See Bened.  XIV, De Festis c.  VIII).  The kiss of peace, as Grancolas observes, is not given, because formerly at the dawn of easter-sunday, soon after the mass of easter-eve, the faithful used to assemble in the church “and kissing one another with mutual charity to say, Surrexit Dominus “; (the Lord is risen) Ordo Rom. ab Hittorpio ed. p. 55.  Merati says, that the Agnus Dei is omitted because it is of recent origin, having been first introduced into the liturgy by Pope Sergius A.D. 688 (lib.  Pont.), whereas the Mass of the day is of greater antiquity.]

[Footnote 127:  Cancellieri says that the music of this Magnificat was composed by Luca Marenzio.  Among the compositions prior to Palestrina, and still sung in the papal chapel, Baini reckons the Magnificats of Carpentrasso and Morales, as well as the Te Deum and Lumen ad revelutionem gentium of Costanzo Festa.]

[Footnote 128:  This basilic, which is the cathedral of the bishop of Rome, was first erected by Constantine, whose statue taken from his baths adorns the portico.  It was in great part destroyed by fire in 1308; but it was restored by the munificence of the Popes and the piety of the faithful, emulated in these days, in which we deplore the burning of S. Paul’s.  In the gothic tabernacle over the high altar are preserved the heads of SS.  Peter and Paul.  The mosaics of the tribune were made by order of Nicholas IV (A.D. 1278-1292).]

[Footnote 129:  This baptistery, as well as the basilica, is attributed to the time of Constantine; it was reduced to its present state by Urban VIII; On an ancient and interesting Christian sarcophagus taken from the Vatican cemetery is represented a basilica with its apsis, and near it a circular building evidently meant for the baptistery:  this is covered with a cupola surmounted by the monogram of Christ; and over the gate are curtains drawn up on each side, See Raoul-Rochette-Tableau des Catacombs, p. 332.  The font is an ancient urn of basalt the paintings above it, between the second order of columns, representing, the life of S. John Baptist, are by Carlo Maratta.]