The older usage allows the commemoration of Our Lady on Saturdays in Eastertide; the current rubrics do not, which is strange since we continue to celebrate her feasts and commemorations in Easter.
From the Treatise of St. Augustine, Bishop, on the Creed, to the Catechumens
Book 3, Ch. 4, at the end
Through a woman came death; through a woman, life: through Eve, ruin; through Mary, salvation. The former, corrupted, followed the deceiver; the latter, uncorrupted, gave birth to the Saviour. Eve willingly accepted the drink offered by the serpent and handed it on to her husband; and by their action both deserved the penalty of death. Mary, filled with heavenly grace from above, brought forth life, by which mankind, already dead, can be revived. Who has worked this miracle, if not the Son of the Virgin and the Spouse of virgin who brought fruitfulness to His mother without taking away her integrity?
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