At the Easter Vigil, the church is dark for the first part of the Mass, except for the flames of the large Paschal candle, and the small candles that each person holds.
In this solemn atmosphere, an ancient hymn called The Exultet or the Easter Proclamation is sung acapella by the cantor. One of the most thought-provoking lines for me is, "Oh truly blessed night, worthy alone to know the time and hour when Christ rose from the underworld!"
What a thought! Only the night itself was witness to the exact moment when Christ broke the chains of death!
This is how I imagine that exact moment, when the Light of the World blasted out of the cave and banished the darkness!
At the Easter Vigil, the church is dark for the first part of the Mass, except for the flames of the large Paschal candle, and the small candles that each person holds.
In this solemn atmosphere, an ancient hymn called The Exultet or the Easter Proclamation is sung acapella by the cantor. One of the most thought-provoking lines for me is, "Oh truly blessed night, worthy alone to know the time and hour when Christ rose from the underworld!"
What a thought! Only the night itself was witness to the exact moment when Christ broke the chains of death!
This is how I imagine that exact moment, when the Light of the World blasted out of the cave and banished the darkness!
At the Easter Vigil, the church is dark for the first part of the Mass, except for the flames of the large Paschal candle, and the small candles that each person holds.
In this solemn atmosphere, an ancient hymn called The Exultet or the Easter Proclamation is sung acapella by the cantor. One of the most thought-provoking lines for me is, "Oh truly blessed night, worthy alone to know the time and hour when Christ rose from the underworld!"
What a thought! Only the night itself was witness to the exact moment when Christ broke the chains of death!
This is how I imagine that exact moment, when the Light of the World blasted out of the cave and banished the darkness!