To dismiss the people, the Deacon or, if there is no Deacon, the Priest himself sings or says: Go forth, the Mass is ended, alleluia, alleluia. All reply: Thanks be to God, alleluia, alleluia. This practice is observed throughout the Octave of Easter. At the Mass during the day Christians, to the Paschal Victim offer sacrifice and praise. The sheep are ransomed by the Lamb; and Christ, the undefiled, hath sinners to his Father reconciled. Death with life contended: combat strangely ended! Life’s own Champion, slain, yet lives to reign. Tell us, Mary: say what thou didst see upon the way. The tomb the Living did enclose; I saw Christ’ glory as he rose! The angels attesting; shroud with grave-clothes resting. Christ, my hope, has risen: He goes before you into Galilee. That Christ is truly risen from the dead we know. Victorious King, thy mercy show! May almighty God bless you through today’s Easter solemnity and through his compassion, defend you from every assault of sin. And may he, who restores you to eternal life in the Resurrection of his Only Begotten, endow you with the prize of immortality. Now that the days of the Lord’s Passion have drawn to a close, may you who celebrate the gladness of the Paschal Feast, come with Christ’s help, and exulting in spirit to those feasts that are celebrated in eternal joy. And may the blessing of almighty God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, come down on you and remain with you for ever.