Easter Jubilation: Victimae Paschali Laudes       The Easter Season is my favorite time of year. The joyful exuberance of praise for Christ’s majestic glory in his resurrection is mirrored in the beauty and joy of Earth’s Spring. Our souls are renewed in hope once again. The music of the season (sadly missed in public worship in these Covid-19 times) both expresses and enhances our joy and jubilation.       Speaking of jubilation, the exuberant charismatic gift of tongues the Apostles experienced on Pentecost has continued throughout Church history in various forms, most especially a well-known form of spontaneous prayer called “jubilation.” In the Middle Ages the prayer of jubilation was incorporated into the Liturgy of the Mass after the “Alleluia” and before the reading of the Gospel. The people would extend the singing of the “Alleluia” through spontaneous jubilation, even shouting loudly, and the jubilation could last for 20 minutes. In some ...