AMAZING NIGHT, GLORIOUS NIGHT.
March 30, 2024. Holy Saturday at the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter – B. Readings: Gn 1:1—2:2; Ps 104:1-2, 5-6, 10, 12, 13-14, 24,35; Gn 22:1-18; Ps 16:5, 8, 9-10, 11; Ex 14:15—15:1; Ex 15:1-2, 3-4, 5-6,17-18; Is 54:5-14; Ps 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13; Is 55:1-11; Is 12:2-3, 4, 5-6;Bar 3:9-15, 32--4:4; Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11; Ez 36:16-17a, 18-28; Ps 42:3, 5; 43:3,4; Rom 6:3-11; Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23; Mark 16:1-7. “You seek Jesus of Nazareth, the crucified. He has been raised; he is not here.” Mark 16:6 A Romanian proverb says: “When the night is darkest, the dawn is nearest.” A Cameroonian proverb adds: “The darkness of night cannot stop the light of morning.” This is the night of keeping vigil for the Lord (Ex 12: 42). This is the day the Lord has made, in it let us rejoice and be glad. This is a night worth thousands of nights. On this very night, the book is open, the greatest of all mysteries is written and read. Christ, the Lord has risen from the dead, Alleluia! T...