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HOLY SATURDAY
THE EASTER VIGIL


Preparing the church for Easter
Preparing the church for Easter

Easter Eve
The Church in darkness
Easter Eve The Church in darkness

Blessing of The Easter Fire
Blessing of The Easter Fire

Blessing of The Paschal Candle
Blessing of The Paschal Candle

Inserting the Grains
Inserting the Grains

The Candle is lit
The Candle is lit

The Procession of the Pascal Candle
The Procession of the Pascal Candle


The Exsultet is proclaimed
The Exsultet is proclaimed

The Vigil of readings and psalms
The Vigil of readings and psalms

The Tridium ends - The Bells are rung
Gloria in excelsis Deo!
The Tridium ends - The Bells are rung Gloria in excelsis Deo!
The Easter Vigil . . .

EASTER SUNDAY

Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
therefore let us keep the feast;
Not with the old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness:
but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more:
death hath no more dominion over him.
For in that he died, he died unto sin once:
but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin:
but alive unto God, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Christ is risen from the dead:
and become the first fruits of them that slept.
For since by man came death:
by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
For as in Adam all die:
even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
(The Easter Anthems)


Renewal of Baptismal Vows
and sprinkling with Holy Water
Renewal of Baptismal Vows and sprinkling with Holy Water

Maria Consolata
Maria Consolata


'Joy to thee, O Queen of Heaven!'
'Joy to thee, O Queen of Heaven!'

The Blessing of the Easter Garden
The Blessing of the Easter Garden

The Easter Garden
The Easter Garden

The Paschal Candle
The Paschal Candle
'I am the way, the truth and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through me.'
(John 14:6)

 

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