Post aequinoctium veris, plenilunium mensis praecipimur observare paschalis; ut videlicet primo sol longiorem nocte faciat diem, deinde luna plenum suae lucis orbem mundo praesentet; quia primo quidem sol iustitiae, in cuius pennis est sanitas, id est, Dominus Jesus, per resurrectionis suae triumphum cunctas mortis tenebras superavit: ac sic ascendens in caelos, misso desuper Spiritu, ecclesiam suam quae saepe lunae vocabulo designatur internae gratiae luce replevit.
After the equality of day and night in spring we are commanded to watch for the full moon of the paschal month; to the end that first the sun may make the day longer than the night, and afterward the moon may shew to the world the full orb of her light; because first indeed the sun of righteousness with healing in his wings, that is to say, the Lord Jesus by the triumph of His resurrection hath overcome all the darkness of death; and so ascending to heaven hath replenished His Church, which is oft signified by the name of moon, with the light of inward grace by sending the Spirit from above.
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