Talk:Octave of Easter

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The article says that it is called "Low Sunday" because of its lack of importance. Although this fits - it is almost always a sparsely attended service - it is my understanding that it is a corruption of "Lauds Sunday." Should it be investigated and corrected if that is right?

Evan Daniel The Prayer-Book: Its History, Language and Contents (1894) certainly explains the "Lauds Sunday" derivation. I think it is worth changing.

The Oxford English Dictionary states: "The popular name of Low Sunday has probably arisen from the contrast between the joys of Easter and the first return to ordinary Sunday services." While I am sympathetic to the "Laudes" explanation, I think that we should get something more up-to-date than 1894 for confirmation. I am not very conversant with Medieval liturgy, but in the (post-Trent, pre-Vatican II) Roman Rite, there is no sequence for Low Sunday. For the time being, I've added a citation tag. 66.31.47.139 18:46, 12 April 2007 (UTC)