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The vigil begins between sunset on Holy Saturday and sunrise on Easter Sunday outside the church, where an Easter fire is kindled and the Paschal candle is blessed and then lit. This Paschal candle will be used throughout the season of Easter, remaining in the sanctuary of the church or near the lectern, and throughout the coming year at ...
A few solemnities are "endowed with their own Vigil Mass, which is to be used on the evening of the preceding day, if an evening Mass is celebrated". [23] The readings and prayers of such vigil Masses differ from the texts in the Masses to be celebrated on the day itself. The solemnities that have a vigil Mass are: Easter Sunday
In 1951 on an experimental basis, [14] and then permanently in 1956, [15] Pope Pius XII introduced the Easter Vigil, a celebration of Easter night based on restoration of ancient forms. [16] He shifted the hour of the celebration to after sunset and restructured the service. [ 17 ]
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Pope Francis has returned to public view, presiding over Easter vigil Mass in St Peter’s Basilica. The move comes after unseasonably chilly weather in Rome convinced the recently ailing pontiff ...
Pope Francis presided over the Vatican's somber Easter Vigil service on Saturday night, delivering a 10-minute homily and baptizing eight people, a day after suddenly skipping the Good Friday ...
Used in solemn Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Reformed, Anglican, and Methodist celebrations of the Easter Vigil held after sunset on Holy Saturday, concluding the Paschal Triduum. Such a fire might be used to light a Paschal candle or other candles used symbolically before or during Mass or other religious celebration. [2] [3] [4]
In the Catholic Church, the Lutheran Church and in certain Anglican congregations, the Mass of the Lord's Supper begins as usual, but the Gloria is accompanied by the ringing of church bells, which are then silent until the Easter Vigil. [60] [61] After the homily the washing of feet may be performed.