Lights-Off Liturgies: Why Don’t We Have More of Them?
The lack of artificial lighting during the Easter vigil can be a powerful aid to prayer, raising the question of why this practice isn’t done more regularly.
Results from Tag: 'easter vigil'
Pope Francis at Easter Vigil 2022: ‘Our Hope Has a Name: the Name of Jesus’
In the Risen Christ, ‘evil has been robbed of its power,’ the Holy Father said at the April 16 Mass.
Holy Saturday and the Night That Sets Christian Believers Apart
COMMENTARY: The Easter vigil is a 17-course banquet of the most important lessons God has taught in the history of salvation.
Holy Saturday Fits the Life of Pope Benedict XVI
COMMENTARY: How fitting that the quintessential man of the liturgy should be a child of the Paschal Triduum, the summit of the liturgical year.
So Now You’re Catholic! A Welcome (and a Warning) to Neophytes and Converts
“The Church is holy: the Most Holy God is her author; Christ, her bridegroom, gave himself up to make her holy; the Spirit of holiness gives her life. Since she still includes sinners, she is ‘the sinless one made up of sinners.’” (CCC 1867)
Full Text: Homily of Pope Francis at the Easter Vigil
Pope Francis delivered a homily for the Easter Vigil Mass on April 11, 2020.
‘I Trust God’s Plan’: Catholic Converts Wait to Enter the Church
With suspension of public Easter vigil Masses, RCIA groups continue to prepare online.
The Easter Vigil Sheds Light — Ever Ancient, Ever New — on the Pascal Celebration
‘Mother of All Holy Vigils’ symbolizes new life in Christ.
A Sea of New Faces — Welcoming the Stranger at Mass
How the term "C E Catholic" doesn't recognize the Holy Spirit working in others.
