Euch - Easter Vigil
Euch - Easter Vigil
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n these past two days we have been As we gather around the Paschal candle,
one with the Lord in his suffering. Now the symbol of the risen Christ who scatters the
we want to be one with him in his resurrec- darkness of sin, let us rekindle the light of our
tion. The dark night of his death and burial is faith. Let us re-live the wonders of God’s power
still on us, but the bright dawn of his resurrec- and love as shown in the splendor of creation
tion is about to envelop us in all its splendor with and the history of salvation, and especially in
its unprecedented victory over death and sin. the resurrection of Jesus Christ, our Redeemer.
(N – Narrator; G – God;
Eb Bb/D Cm Cm/Bb
A – Abraham)
You are my in---he---ri-tance,
R –A proclamation from the
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Lord, send out your Spi--rit Book of Genesis
Ab Bb Eb N ă God put Abraham to the test.
He called to him: O Lord!
G ă Abraham!
and re-new the face of the earth! A ă Here I am! * O Lord, my allotted portion
N ă (he replied. Then God said:) and my cup, you it is who hold
* Bless the Lord, O my soul! O G ă Take your son Isaac, your fast my lot. I set the Lord ever
Lord, my God, you are great in- only one, whom you love, and go before me; with him at my right
deed! You are clothed with maj- to the land of Moriah. There you hand I shall not be disturbed. R.
esty and glory, robed in light as shall offer him up as a holocaust
on a height that I will point out to * Therefore my heart is glad
with a cloak. R. and my soul rejoices, my body,
you.
* You fixed the earth upon its too, abides in confidence; be-
N ă When they came to the place cause you will not abandon my
foundation, not to be moved for- of which God had told him, Abra-
ever; with the ocean, as with a gar- soul to the nether world, nor will
ham built an altar there and ar- you suffer your faithful one to un-
ment, you covered it; above the ranged the wood on it. Then he
mountains the waters stood. R. dergo corruption. R.
reached out and took the knife to
* You send forth springs into slaughter his son. But the LordÊs * You will show me the path to
the watercourses that wind messenger called to him from life, fullness of joys in your pres-
among the mountains. Beside heaven: ence, the delights at your right
them the birds of heaven dwell; G ă Abraham, Abraham! hand forever. R.
from among the branches they A ă Here I am!
send forth their song. R. N ă (he answered.) Prayer after the 2nd Reading
* You water the mountains from G ă Do not lay your hand on the P –O God, supreme Father
your palace; the earth is replete boy. of the faithful, who increase
with the fruit of your works. You N ă (said the messenger.) the children of your prom-
G ă Do not do the least thing to
raise grass for the cattle, and veg-
him. I know now how devoted ise by pouring out the grace
etation for manÊs use, producing
you are to God, since you did not of adoption throughout the
bread from the earth. R. whole world and who through
withhold from me your own be-
* How manifold are your works, loved son. the Paschal Mystery make
O Lord! In wisdom you have N ă As Abraham looked about, your servant Abraham father
wrought them all ă the earth is full he saw a ram caught by its horns of nations, as once you swore,
of your creatures. Bless the Lord, in the thicket. So he went and grant, we pray, that your peo-
O my soul! R. took the ram and offered it up as ples may enter worthily into
a holocaust in place of his son. the grace to which you call
Prayer after the 1st Reading Again the LordÊs messenger them.
P –O God, who wonderfully called to Abraham from heaven Through Christ our Lord.
created human nature and still and said: All – Amen!
Easter Vigil (B) 3
3rd Reading Ex 14:15-15:1 because the Lord was fighting for * The Lord is a warrior, Lord
The dramatic crossing of them against the Egyptians. Then is his name! PharaohÊs chariots
the Red Sea by the Israelites the Lord told Moses: and army he hurled into the sea;
foreshadows the passing of all G ă Stretch out your hand over the elite of his officers were sub-
believers from the slavery of the sea, that the water may flow merged in the Red Sea. R.
Satan to the freedom of God’s back upon the Egyptians, upon * The flood waters covered
children through the sacra- their chariots and their chari- them, they sank into the depths
ment of Baptism. oteers. like a stone. Your right hand, O
N1 ă So Moses stretched out his Lord, magnificent in power, your
(N1 – Male Narrator ; N2 – hand over the sea, and at dawn
Female Narrator; G – God) right hand, O Lord, has shattered
the sea flowed back to its normal the enemy. R.
R –A proclamation from the depth. The Egyptians were flee-
Book of Exodus ing head on toward the sea, when * You brought in the people you
the Lord hurled them into its redeemed and planted them on
N ă The Lord said to Moses:
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midst. As the water flowed back, the mountain of your inheritance
G ă Why are you crying out to it covered the chariots and the ă the place where you made your
me? Tell the Israelites to go for- charioteers of PharaohÊs whole seat, O Lord, the sanctuary, O
ward. And you, lift up your staff army which had followed the Is- Lord, which your hands estab-
and, with hand outstretched raelites into the sea. Not a single lished. The Lord shall reign for-
over the sea, split the sea in one of them escaped. ever and ever. R.
two, that the Israelites may pass N2 ă But the Israelites had
through it on dry land. But I will marched on dry land through the Prayer after the 3rd Reading
make the Egyptians so obstinate midst of the sea, with the water
that they will go in after them. like a wall to their right and to
P –O God, whose ancient
Then I will receive glory through their left. Thus the Lord saved Is- wonders remain undimmed in
Pharaoh and all his army, his rael on that day from the power of splendor even in our day, for
chariots and charioteers. The the Egyptians. what you once bestowed on a
Egyptians shall know that I am N1 ă When Israel saw the Egyp- single people, freeing them
the Lord, when I receive glory tians lying dead on the seashore from Pharaoh’s persecution
through Pharaoh and his chari- and beheld the great power that by the power of your right
ots and charioteers. the Lord had shown against the hand, now you bring about
N1 ă The angel of God, who had Egyptians, they feared the Lord as the salvation of the nations
been leading IsraelÊs camp, now and believed in him and in his through the waters of rebirth,
moved and went around be- servant Moses. grant, we pray, that the whole
hind them. The column of cloud N2 ă Then Moses and the Israel- world may become children
also, leaving the front, took up ites sang this song to the Lord: of Abraham and inherit the
its place behind them, so that it I will sing to the Lord, for he is dignity of Israel’s birthright.
came between the camp of the gloriously triumphant; horse and Through Christ our Lord.
Egyptians and that of Israel. But chariot he has cast into the sea. All – Amen!
the cloud now became dark, and
thus the night passed without the The Word of the Lord! 4th Reading: Omitted
rival camps coming any closer to- All – Thanks be to God!
gether all night long. 5th Reading Is 55:1-11
N2 ă Then Moses stretched out Responsorial Psalm Ex 15
his hand over the sea, and the R – Let us sing to the Lord; God’s generosity toward
Lord swept the sea with a strong he has covered himself in
east wind throughout the night glory! humankind has no bounds. The
and so turned it into dry land. list of special favors contained
When the water was thus divided,
R. M. Velez in this passage from Isaiah is
D A/C# G/B D G a symbolic token of the even
the Israelites marched into the
greater blessings He has be-
midst of the sea on dry land, with stowed on all peoples through
the water like a wall to their right
and to their left. Let us sing to the Lord; he has the passion and resurrection
N1 ă The Egyptians followed in D A D of His Anointed One, Jesus
pursuit; all PharaohÊs horses and Christ.
chariots and charioteers went R –A proclamation from the
after them, right into the midst Book of the Prophet Isa-
of the sea. In the night watch covered himself in glo--ry!
just before dawn, the Lord cast, iah
through the column of the fiery * I will sing to the Lord, for he Thus says the Lord: All you
cloud upon the Egyptian force, a is gloriously triumphant; horse who are thirsty, come to the wa-
glance that threw it into a panic; and chariot he has cast into the ter! You who have no money,
and he so clogged their chariot sea. My strength and my cour- come, receive grain and eat;
wheels that they could hardly age is the Lord, and he has been come, without paying and with-
drive. my savior. He is my God, I praise out cost, drink wine and milk!
N2 ă With that the Egyptians him; the God of my father, I extol Why spend your money for what
sounded the retreat before Israel, him. R. is not bread; your wages for what
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fails to satisfy? Heed me, and you claim his name; among the na- Therefore say to the house
shall eat well, you shall delight in tions make known his deeds, pro- of Israel: Thus says the Lord
rich fare. Come to me heedfully, claim how exalted is his name. R. God: Not for your sakes do I
listen, that you may have life. I act, house of Israel, but for the
will renew with you the everlast- * Sing praise to the Lord for his sake of my holy name, which you
ing covenant, the benefits as- glorious achievement; let this be profaned among the nations to
sured to David. As I made him a known throughout all the earth. which you came. I will prove
witness to the peoples, a leader Shout with exultation, O city of the holiness of my great name,
and commander of nations, so Zion, for great in your midst is profaned among the nations, in
shall you summon a nation you the Holy One of Israel! R. whose midst you have profaned
knew not, and nations that knew it. Thus the nations shall know
Prayer after the 5th Reading that I am the Lord, says the Lord
you not shall run to you, because God, when in their sight I prove
of the Lord, your God, the Holy P –Almighty ever-living my holiness through you. For I
One of Israel, who has glorified God, sole hope of the world, will take you away from among
you. Seek the Lord while he may who by the preaching of your the nations, gather you from
be found, call him while he is Prophets unveiled the mys- all the foreign lands, and bring
near. Let the scoundrel forsake teries of this present age, gra- you back to your own land. I will
his way, and the wicked man ciously increase the longing sprinkle clean water upon you to
his thoughts; let him turn to the of your people, for only at the cleanse you from all your impuri-
Lord for mercy; to our God, who prompting of your grace do ties, and from all your idols I will
is generous in forgiving. For my the faithful progress in any cleanse you. I will give you a new
thoughts are not your thoughts, kind of virtue. heart and place a new spirit with-
nor are your ways my ways, says in you, taking from your bodies
the Lord. As high as the heav-
Through Christ our Lord. your stony hearts and giving you
All – Amen! natural hearts. I will put my spirit
ens are above the earth, so high
are my ways above your ways, within you and make you live by
and my thoughts above your 6th Reading: Omitted my statutes, careful to observe
thoughts. For just as from the my decrees. You shall live in
heavens the rain and snow come 7th Reading Ez 36:16-17.18-28 the land I gave your fathers; you
down and do not return there God never abandoned shall be my people, and I will be
your God.
till they have watered the earth, His people Israel totally,
making it fertile and fruitful, giv- even when they transgressed The Word of the Lord!
ing seed to the one who sows gravely. At one point, through All – Thanks be to God!
and bread to the one who eats, so the prophet Ezekiel, He even
shall my word be that goes forth Responsorial Psalm Ps 51
from my mouth. My word shall promised them a new heart
(*Use this if there is no Baptism.)
not return to me void, but shall and a new spirit in order that
they might serve Him faithfully. R – Create a clean heart in me,
do my will, achieving the end for O God!
which I sent it. This promise was fulfilled in
Jesus Christ. R. M. Velez
The Word of the Lord!
D G A
All – Thanks be to God! R –A proclamation from the
Book of the Prophet Eze-
Responsorial Psalm Is 12 kiel
R – You will draw water joy- Cre--ate a clean heart, in me,
The word of the Lord came to
fully from the springs of me, saying: Son of man, when the
D
salvation!
house of Israel lived in their land,
R. M. Velez they defiled it by their conduct
and deeds. Therefore I poured
F C Dm Dm/C O God!
out my fury upon them because
of the blood that they poured * A clean heart create for me, O
out on the ground, and because God, and a steadfast spirit renew
You will draw wa-ter joy-ful---ly they defiled it with idols. I scat- within me. Cast me not out from
tered them among the nations, your presence, and your holy
Bb Gm C F
dispersing them over foreign
spirit take not from me. R.
lands; according to their conduct
and deeds I judged them. But * Give me back the joy of your
from the springs of sal----va-----tion! when they came among the na- salvation, and a willing spirit sus-
tions whenever they came, they tain in me. I will teach transgres-
served to profane my holy name, sors your ways, and sinners shall
* God indeed is my savior; I return to you. R.
am confident and unafraid. My because it was said of them:
strength and my courage is the „These are the people of the Lord, * For you are not pleased with
Lord, and he has been my savior. yet they had to leave their land.‰ sacrifices; should I offer a holo-
So I have relented because of my caust, you would not accept it. My
With joy you will draw water at the holy name which the house of Is- sacrifice, O God, is a contrite spi-
fountain of salvation. R. rael profaned among the nations rit; a heart contrite and humbled,
* Give thanks to the Lord, ac- where they came. O God, you will not spurn. R.
Easter Vigil (B) 5
Prayer after the 7th Reading like his, we shall also be united stone. By the Lord has this been
P –O God of unchanging with him in the resurrection. We done; it is wonderful in our eyes.
power and eternal light, look know that our old self was cruci- R.
with favor on the wondrous fied with him, so that our sinful
body might be done away with, Gospel Mk 16:1-7
mystery of the whole Church The empty tomb and the an-
and serenely accomplish the that we might no longer be in
slavery to sin. For a dead person gel’s message proclaim that Jesus
work of human salvation, has been absolved from sin. If, Christ has been raised from
which you planned from all then, we have died with Christ, we death. This is the reason for the
eternity; may the whole world believe that we shall also live with Easter joy for the disciples of
know and see that what was him. We know that Christ, raised Jesus and for all of us.
cast down is raised up, what from the dead, dies no more;
had become old is made new, P –The Lord be with you!
death no longer has power over
and all things are restored to him. As to his death, he died to All –And with your spirit!
integrity through Christ, just sin once and for all; As to his life, P –A proclamation from the
as by him they came into be- he lives for God. Consequently, holy Gospel according to
ing. Who lives and reigns for you too must think of yourselves Mark
ever and ever. as being dead to sin and living for All –Glory to you, O Lord!
All–Amen! God in Christ Jesus. When the Sabbath was over,
The altar candles are lighted, The Word of the Lord! Mary Magdalene, Mary, the moth-
the priest intones the Gloria, and All – Thanks be to God! er of James, and Salome brought
the church bells are rung. spices so that they might go and
Alleluia anoint him. Very early when the
Gloria The priest solemnly intones sun had risen, on the first day
the Alleluia and the people re- of the week, they came to the
All –Glory to God in the tomb. They were saying to one
highest . . . spond. This is repeated three
times, ascending in tone. another, „Who will roll back the
stone for us from the entrance
Collect (Opening Prayer) Gregorian Chant to the tomb?‰ When they looked
P –O God, who make this up, they saw that the stone had
most sacred night radiant been rolled back; it was very
with the glory of the Lord’s large. On entering the tomb they
Al–le----------------------------------------
saw a young man sitting on the
Resurrection, stir up in your
Church a spirit of adoption, right side, clothed in a white robe,
so that, renewed in body and and they were utterly amazed. He
mind, we may render you un- lu-------------------- ia!---------------- said to them, „Do not be amazed!
You seek Jesus of Nazareth, the
divided service. crucified. He has been raised;
Through our Lord Je- he is not here. Behold the place
sus Christ, your Son, where they laid him. But go and
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who lives and reigns with you tell his disciples and Peter, ÂHe is
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, Responsorial Psalm Ps 118 going before you to Galilee; there
one God, for ever and ever. you will see him, as he told you.Ê ‰
All – Amen! R – Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
R. M. Velez The Gospel of the Lord!
Epistle Rom 6:3-11 All – Praise to you, Lord Jesus
F Gm Dm C
The sacrament of Baptism Christ!
includes us in the saving mystery
of Christ’s death and resurrec- Homily
Al--le----lu-------ia! Al--le---lu---ia!
tion. Dead with him to sin, we
also rise to a new life with him. Bb C F PART THREE
R –A proclamation from the BAPTISMAL
Letter of Paul to the Ro- LITURGY
mans Al--le-----lu-------------ia!
If there are candidates to be
Brothers and sisters: * Give thanks to the Lord, for he baptized, the priest addresses
Are you unaware that we who is good, for his mercy endures for- the congregation as follows:
were baptized into Christ Jesus ever. Let the house of Israel say,
were baptized into his death? P –Dearly beloved, with one
„His mercy endures forever.‰ R. heart and one soul, let us by
We were indeed buried with him
through baptism into death, so * The right hand of the Lord our prayers come to the aid of
that, just as Christ was raised has struck with power; the right these – our brothers and sis-
from the dead by the glory of the hand of the Lord is exalted. I shall ters – in their blessed hope,
Father, we too might live in new- not die, but live, and declare the so that, as they approach the
ness of life. works of the Lord. R. font of rebirth, the almighty
For if we have grown into * The stone which the builders Father may bestow on them
union with him through a death rejected has become the corner- all his merciful help.
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Blessing of Baptismal Water come down through your Son may share in the gladness of
into the fullness of this font, our brothers and sisters, who
P –O God, who, by invis- at Easter have received their
ible power, accomplish a He holds the candle in the
water: Baptism. Through Christ our
wondrous effect through Lord.
sacramental signs and who P –so that all who have All – Amen!
in many ways have prepared been buried with Christ by
water, your creation, to show Baptism into death may rise Renewal of Baptismal
forth the grace of Baptism; again to life with him. Who Promises
O God, whose Spirit in the lives and reigns with you in
first moments of the world’s (Instead of the Profession of Faith)
the unity of the Holy Spirit, All present stand with lighted
creation hovered over the one God, for ever and ever. candles.
waters, so that the very sub- All – Amen!
stance of water would even P –Dear brothers and sisters,
then take to itself the power All – Springs of water, bless through the Paschal Mystery
to sanctify; the Lord; praise and exalt we have been buried with
him above all for ever! Christ in Baptism, so that we
O God, who by the out-
pouring of the flood fore- may walk with him in newness
shadowed regeneration, so Baptism of life. And so, now that our
that from the mystery of one The candidates are baptized
Lenten observance has ended,
and the same element of wa- in the usual way. let us renew the promises of
ter would come an end to vice Holy Baptism, by which we
and a beginning of virtue; B. If no one is to be baptized, the once renounced Satan and
O God, who caused the priest blesses the water with his works and promised to
children of Abraham to pass the following prayer: serve God in the holy Catholic
dry-shod through the Red Church. And so I ask you:
P –Dear brothers and sis-
Sea, so that the chosen Peo- ters, let us humbly beseech P –Do you renounce sin, so
ple, set free from slavery to the Lord our God to bless this as to live in the freedom of the
Pharaoh, would prefigure the water He has created, which children of God?
people of the baptized; will be sprinkled upon us as All – I do!
O God, whose Son, bap- a memorial of our Baptism. P –Do you renounce the lure
tized by John in the waters May He graciously renew us, of evil, so that sin may have
of the Jordan, was anointed that we may remain faithful to no mastery over you?
with the Holy Spirit, and, the Spirit whom we have re- All – I do!
as he hung upon the Cross, ceived. (Pause)
gave forth water from his P –Do you renounce Satan,
Lord our God, in your the author and prince of sin?
side along with blood, and mercy, be present to your
after his Resurrection, com- All – I do!
people who keep vigil on this
manded his disciples: “Go most sacred night, and, for P –Do you believe in God,
forth, teach all nations, bap- us who recall the wondrous the Father almighty, Creator
tizing them in the name of the work of our creation and the of heaven and earth?
Father and of the Son and of still greater work of our re- All – I do!
the Holy Spirit,” look now, demption, graciously bless P –Do you believe in Je-
we pray, upon the face of this water. () sus Christ, his only Son, our
your Church and graciously For you created water to Lord, who was born of the
unseal for her the fountain of make the fields fruitful and to Virgin Mary, suffered death
Baptism. refresh and cleanse our bod- and was buried, rose again
May this water receive, by ies. You also made water the from the dead and is seated at
the Holy Spirit, the grace of instrument of your mercy: the right hand of the Father?
your Only Begotten Son, so for through water you freed All – I do!
that human nature, created your people from slavery
in your image and washed and quenched their thirst in P –Do you believe in the
clean through the Sacrament the desert; through water the Holy Spirit, the holy Catholic
of Baptism from all the squa- Prophets proclaimed the new Church, the communion of
lor of the life of old, may be covenant you were to enter saints, the forgiveness of sins,
found worthy to rise to the life upon with the human race; the resurrection of the body,
of newborn children through and last of all, through water, and life everlasting?
water and the Holy Spirit. All – I do!
which Christ made holy in the
The priest lowers the Easter Jordan, you have renewed our P –And may almighty God,
candle into the water as he con- corrupted nature in the bath of the Father of our Lord Jesus
tinues: regeneration. Therefore, may Christ, who has given us new
this water be for us a memo- birth by water and the Holy
P –May the power of the rial of the Baptism we have Spirit and bestowed on us for-
Holy Spirit, O Lord, we pray, received, and grant that we giveness of our sins, keep us
Easter Vigil (B) 7
by his grace, in Christ Jesus of heaven where You live and
our Lord, for eternal life. reign for ever and ever. COMMUNION
All – Amen! All – Amen! RITE
The priest sprinkles the people PART FOUR All – Our Father . . .
with the holy water, while a suit- P –Deliver us, Lord . . .
able hymn may be sung. LITURGY OF All – For the kingdom . . .
THE EUCHARIST
Prayer of the Faithful Sign of Peace
P –Pray, brethren . . .
P –Strengthened by the All – May the Lord accept . . . Breaking of the Bread
Lord’s presence in our midst
and encouraged by His im- Prayer over the Offerings All – Lamb of God . . .
mense love for all of us, let us P –Accept, we ask, O Lord, Communion
confidently present our peti- the prayers of your people
tions to Him for the needs of with the sacrificial offerings, P –Behold the Lamb of God,
all mankind as we say: that what has begun in the behold him who takes away the
All – Lord, graciously hear us! paschal mysteries may, by the sins of the world. Blessed are
working of your power, bring those called to the Supper of
C –That the whole Church us to the healing of eternity. the Lamb.
may experience a real resur- Through Christ our Lord. All – Lord, I am not worthy
rection and liberation from all All – Amen!
that you should enter under my
her past defeats, defects and roof, but only say the word and
defections, let us pray! R. Easter Preface I my soul shall be healed.
C –That the Holy Father and P –It is truly right and just, Communion Antiphon
all our spiritual leaders may our duty and our salvation, (To be recited only when no
feel strengthened by Jesus’ at all times to acclaim you, O Communion Hymn is sung.)
resurrection and consoled in Lord, but on this night, above Christ our Passover has
the difficulties they meet, let all, to praise you yet more been sacrificed; therefore let us
us pray! R. gloriously, when Christ our keep the feast with the unleav-
C –That all the newly bap- Passover has been sacrificed. ened bread of purity and truth,
tized may remain faithful to For he is the true Lamb alleluia!
their commitment to reject who has taken away the sins Prayer after Communion
the devil and live according of the world; by dying he has
to the Gospel of life, let us destroyed our death, and by P –Pour out on us, O Lord,
pray! R. rising restored our life. the Spirit of your love, and
Therefore, overcome with in your kindness make those
C – That all the peoples who paschal joy, every land, every you have nourished by this
have been ravaged by war and people exults in your praise paschal Sacrament one in
natural calamities may finally and even the heavenly Pow- mind and heart. Through
experience the peace and joy ers, with the angelic hosts, Christ our Lord.
of the Resurrection, let us sing together the unending All – Amen!
pray! R. hymn of your glory, as they
C –That all the dying may acclaim: CONCLUDING
find in the resurrection of Je- All – Holy, holy, holy . . . RITES
sus their source of hope and
serenity as they are about to Memorial Acclamation
P –The Lord be with you.
leave this life, let us pray! R. P –The mystery of faith! All – And with your spirit!
C – Let us pray in silence for All – We proclaim your Death,
O Lord, and profess your P –May almighty God bless
our personal intentions. you: the Father, and the
(Pause) Let us pray! R. Resurrection until you
come again! Son, and the Holy Spirit.
P –Lord God, may the splen- All – Amen!
dor of Your Son’s resurrec- P –Go in peace.
tion brighten up all our days, Alleluia! Alleluia!
sustain us in our trials and All – Thanks be to God!
lead us to the eternal Easter Alleluia! Alleluia!
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