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THE EASTER VIGIL MASS

The Easter Vigil is celebrated on the eve of the resurrection of our savior, Jesus
Christ. Easter is the holiest and most important event in the Christian religion. The Easter
Vigil Mass is celebrated in a deep, spiritual, solemn way. Although different Churches
and Christian orders may have minute differences in some of the rituals during the mass,
but the over all feeling in the Easter Vigil liturgy is of solemnity and holiness. The
ceremony begins in almost complete darkness and is slowly lighted by the flames of the
congregation's candles paralleling Jesus symbolically lighting the world we live in. Also
all Easter Vigil liturgies include four parts, the Service of Lights, the Liturgy of the
Word, Celebration of the Rites of Initiation, and Liturgy of the Eucharist.
The Service of Light is composed of three parts. The Service of Light opens the
Mass. The first part of this ceremony is the lighting of the Paschal Candle. The......

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