Genesis 1: 1-2:2, Genesis 22: 1-18, Exodus 14:15-15:1,
Isaiah 54:5-14, Isaiah 55: 1-11, Baruch 3:9-15,32-4:4,
Ezekiel 36:16-17a,18-28, Matthew 28:1-10
The Resurrection of the Lord
Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter
Selections from the Easter Exsultet
Rejoice, heavenly powers! Sing, choirs of angels!
Exult, all creation around God’s throne!
Jesus Christ, our King, is risen!
Sound the trumpet of salvation!
Rejoice, O Earth, in shining splendor,
radiant in the brightness of your King!
Christ has conquered! Glory fills you!
Darkness vanishes forever!
This is the night when the pillar of fire
destroyed the darkness of sin!
This is the night when Christians everywhere,
washed clean of sin and freed from all defilement,
are restored to grace and grow together in holiness.
O happy fault, O necessary sin of Adam,
which gained for us so great a Redeemer!
The power of this holy night
dispels all Evil, washes guilt away,
restores lost innocence, brings mourners joy;
it casts out hatred, brings us Peace,
and humbles earthy pride.
Night truly blessed when Heaven is wedded to Earth
and we are reconciled with God.