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It is truly right and just, with ardent love of mind and heart
\nand with devoted service of our voice,
\nto acclaim our God invisible, the almighty Father,
\nand Jesus Christ, our Lord, his Son, his Only Begotten.<\/p>\n
Who for our sake paid Adam\u2019s debt to the eternal Father,
\nand, pouring out his own dear Blood,
\nwiped clean the record of our ancient sinfulness.<\/p>\n
These, then, are the feasts of Passover,
\nin which is slain the Lamb, the one true Lamb,
\nwhose Blood anoints the doorposts of believers.<\/p>\n
This is the night,
\nwhen once you led our forebears, Israel\u2019s children,
\nfrom slavery in Egypt
\nand made them pass dry-shod through the Red Sea.<\/p>\n
This is the night
\nthat with a pillar of fire
\nbanished the darkness of sin.<\/p>\n
This is the night
\nthat even now, throughout the world,
\nsets Christian believers apart from worldly vices
\nand from the gloom of sin,
\nleading them to grace
\nand joining them to his holy ones.<\/p>\n
This is the night,
\nwhen Christ broke the prison-bars of death
\nand rose victorious from the underworld.<\/p>\n
Our birth would have been no gain,
\nhad we not been redeemed.<\/p>\n
O wonder of your humble care for us!
\nO love, O charity beyond all telling,
\nto ransom a slave you gave away your Son!
\nO truly necessary sin of Adam,
\ndestroyed completely by the Death of Christ!
\nO happy fault
\nthat earned so great, so glorious a Redeemer!<\/p>\n
O truly blessed night,
\nworthy alone to know the time and hour
\nwhen Christ rose from the underworld!<\/p>\n
This is the night
\nof which it is written:
\nThe night shall be as bright as day,
\ndazzling is the night for me,
\nand full of gladness.<\/p>\n
The sanctifying power of this night
\ndispels wickedness, washes faults away,
\nrestores innocence to the fallen, and joy to mourners,
\ndrives out hatred, fosters concord, and brings down the mighty.
\nOn this, your night of grace, O holy Father,
\naccept this candle, a solemn offering,
\nthe work of bees and of your servants\u2019 hands,
\nan evening sacrifice of praise,
\nthis gift from your most holy Church.<\/p>\n
But now we know the praises of this pillar,
\nwhich glowing fire ignites for God\u2019s honor,
\na fire into many flames divided,
\nyet never dimmed by sharing of its light,
\nfor it is fed by melting wax,
\ndrawn out by mother bees
\nto build a torch so precious.<\/p>\n
O truly blessed night,
\nwhen things of heaven are wed to those of earth,
\nand divine to the human.<\/p>\n
Therefore, O Lord,
\nwe pray you that this candle,
\nhallowed to the honor of your name,
\nmay persevere undimmed,
\nto overcome the darkness of this night.<\/p>\n
Receive it as a pleasing fragrance,
\nand let it mingle with the lights of heaven.<\/p>\n
May this flame be found still burning
\nby the Morning Star:
\nthe one Morning Star who never sets,
\nChrist your Son,
\nwho, coming back from death\u2019s domain,
\nhas shed his peaceful light on humanity,
\nand lives and reigns for ever and ever.<\/p>\n
R.<\/strong> Amen.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Exult, let them exult, the hosts of heaven, exult, let Angel ministers of God exult, let the trumpet of salvation sound aloud our mighty King\u2019s triumph! Be glad, let earth be glad, as glory floods her, ablaze with light from her eternal King, let all corners of the earth be glad, knowing an end to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[382],"class_list":["post-99858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-easter"],"yoast_head":"\n
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