Octave of Easter disciples, with Thomas the Apostle present, on the Sunday following his resurrection. A traditional name in English is Low Sunday, perhaps given this name because of the contrast with the high festival of Easter on the preceding Sunday, or the word "Low" may be a corruption of Latin "Laudes", the first word of a sequence in use in the Sarum Rite. Another name is Quasimodo Sunday, from the first words of the introit in Latin. Easter Week was known as "ebdomada alba" (white week) or "in albis" (in white), because of the white robes that those who had been baptized
Good Shepherd Sunday Good Shepherd Sunday Good Shepherd Sunday occurs on the fourth Sunday in the Easter Season. The name derives from the gospel reading for the day, which is taken from the tenth chapter of John's Gospel. In this reading Christ is described as the "Good Shepherd" who lays down his life for his sheep. In the Traditional (pre-1970) Latin Liturgy (see Tridentine Mass), and in the Book of Common Prayer, this Gospel is set for the 'Second Sunday after Easter' (which is equivalent to the third Sunday of Easter). In the (Roman) Catholic liturgical calendar and the Revised Common Lectionary this