In the church calendar what name is given to the first Sunday after Easter Sunday?
Octave of Easter Missal, which called this Sunday the Second Sunday of Easter. In the third edition of this Missal, promulgated in 2000 but published only in 2002, the Sunday took what is now its official name: "Second Sunday of Easter or of Divine Mercy". In Anglican churches, the Second Sunday of Easter is widely known as Low Sunday, both because rituals are lower than they were the week before, on Easter Day, and because church attendance is usually a fraction of what it was on the feast day. Even the Churchman's Ordo Kalendar, which contains all saints' and holy days, refers to
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