If there is ever a liturgy that looks less like a Sunday Mass, it’s the Easter Vigil. At the same time, such a perspective is misleading: the Easter (or Paschal) Vigil is the liturgy of the ...

Mass readings for Pentecost: Acts 2:1-11 Psalm 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34 1 Corinthians 12:3-7, 12-13 or Romans 8:8-17 John ...

The readings and prayers of this extended liturgy can inspire a heightened experience of the Holy Spirit in the lives of the ...

As churches prepare for the celebration of Easter, a biblical scholar reflects on the drama of salvation recounted in the readings from the Torah and the Prophets in the Easter Vigil Amid the ...

For some, the Easter Vigil begins after sunset on Saturday night or early Sunday morning into the sunrise of Easter. With more readings, songs and rituals, mass can be anywhere from two to three ...

leads the Easter Vigil into the South Beach church. The Easter Vigil, also known as the Paschal Vigil, is a candle lit, incense infused liturgy in traditional Christian churches and marks the ...

Saturday’s Easter Vigil celebrates Jesus Christ’s resurrection ... Meaningful moments of song, reading and prayer make up the moving mass. Other faithful parishioners feel most connected ...

Francis appeared to be well during the Easter Vigil service, during which he baptised ... to Ukraine and its people as being "martyred". Reading his homily in a strong and confident voice, Francis ...

VATICAN CITY, March 30 (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Saturday soldiered through a more than 2-hour Easter Vigil Mass in St ... Francis has delegated longer readings to aides. On Friday, the pope ...