Easter Preface

E552937

liturgical text preface of the Mass

The Easter Preface is a solemn introductory prayer in the Catholic Mass that proclaims the mystery of Christ’s Resurrection and leads into the Eucharistic Prayer during the Easter season.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Easter Preface canonical	1
Easter Preface I	1
Easter Preface II	1
Easter Preface III	1
Easter Preface IV	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5902235 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Easter Preface
Context triple: [Easter Sunday Mass, includes, Easter Preface]

A. Eastertide
Eastertide is the liturgical season in the Christian calendar celebrating the resurrection of Jesus, spanning the weeks from Easter Sunday until Pentecost.
B. Easter
Easter is the principal Christian festival celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, observed with religious services and various cultural traditions worldwide.
C. Easter Alleluia
Easter Alleluia is the jubilant chant of “Alleluia” sung for the first time since the start of Lent during the Easter liturgy, marking the proclamation of Christ’s resurrection.
D. Easter Eve
Easter Eve is the Christian observance on the day before Easter Sunday, commemorating the time Jesus lay in the tomb and often marked by quiet reflection and the Easter Vigil liturgy.
E. Easter Saturday
Easter Saturday is the day between Good Friday and Easter Sunday in the Christian Holy Week, often marked by quiet reflection and various local cultural traditions.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Easter Preface
Target entity description: The Easter Preface is a solemn introductory prayer in the Catholic Mass that proclaims the mystery of Christ’s Resurrection and leads into the Eucharistic Prayer during the Easter season.

A. Eastertide
Eastertide is the liturgical season in the Christian calendar celebrating the resurrection of Jesus, spanning the weeks from Easter Sunday until Pentecost.
B. Easter
Easter is the principal Christian festival celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, observed with religious services and various cultural traditions worldwide.
C. Easter Alleluia
Easter Alleluia is the jubilant chant of “Alleluia” sung for the first time since the start of Lent during the Easter liturgy, marking the proclamation of Christ’s resurrection.
D. Easter Eve
Easter Eve is the Christian observance on the day before Easter Sunday, commemorating the time Jesus lay in the tomb and often marked by quiet reflection and the Easter Vigil liturgy.
E. Easter Saturday
Easter Saturday is the day between Good Friday and Easter Sunday in the Christian Holy Week, often marked by quiet reflection and various local cultural traditions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	liturgical text ⓘ preface of the Mass ⓘ
addresses	God the Father ⓘ linked to: God
associatedWith	Easter Octave ⓘ linked to: Octave of Easter Easter Sunday ⓘ linked to: Easter Day Sundays of the Easter season ⓘ
centralTheme	Paschal Mystery ⓘ linked to: Paschal mystery Resurrection of Jesus Christ ⓘ linked to: resurrection of Jesus Christ victory over sin and death ⓘ
contains	acclamations of praise ⓘ theological affirmations about the Resurrection ⓘ
dialogueWith	congregation ⓘ
expresses	Christian hope in resurrection ⓘ liturgical joy ⓘ
function	expresses thanksgiving to God ⓘ introduces the Eucharistic Prayer ⓘ proclaims the mystery of Christ’s Resurrection ⓘ
genre	Eucharistic preface ⓘ
hasVariant	Easter Preface I ⓘ linked to: Easter Preface Easter Preface II ⓘ linked to: Easter Preface Easter Preface III ⓘ linked to: Easter Preface Easter Preface IV ⓘ linked to: Easter Preface
introducedBy	Preface Dialogue ⓘ
languageOfOriginal	Latin ⓘ
linkedTo	Eucharistic Prayer I ⓘ linked to: Eucharistic Prayer Eucharistic Prayer II ⓘ linked to: Eucharistic Prayer Eucharistic Prayer III ⓘ linked to: Eucharistic Prayer Eucharistic Prayer IV ⓘ linked to: Eucharistic Prayer
liturgicalSeason	Easter ⓘ
liturgicalTone	solemn ⓘ
mayBeRecited	yes ⓘ
mayBeSung	yes ⓘ
mentions	Christ’s death and rising ⓘ salvation of humanity ⓘ
partOf	Liturgy of the Eucharist ⓘ
positionInMass	after the Offertory ⓘ before the Eucharistic Prayer ⓘ
precedes	Sanctus ⓘ
recitedBy	priest celebrant ⓘ
regulatedBy	Roman Missal ⓘ linked to: Missale Romanum
theologicalFocus	Christ as the Paschal Lamb ⓘ linked to: Christ our Passover joy of the Resurrection ⓘ new life in Christ ⓘ
tradition	Western Christianity ⓘ
usedBy	Latin Church ⓘ linked to: Latin Church worldwide
usedIn	Catholic Mass ⓘ Roman Rite ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Easter Sunday Mass → includes → Easter Preface ⓘ

Easter Preface → hasVariant → Easter Preface I ⓘ

linked to: Easter Preface

Easter Preface → hasVariant → Easter Preface II ⓘ

linked to: Easter Preface

Easter Preface → hasVariant → Easter Preface III ⓘ

linked to: Easter Preface

Easter Preface → hasVariant → Easter Preface IV ⓘ

linked to: Easter Preface

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