Rejoice and be glad now, Mother Church, and let your holy courts, in radiant light, resound with the praises of your people.. -The Exsultet, The Great Vigil of Easter, The Book of Common Prayer, page 286 The Exsultet (Latin, Praeconium Paschale, “Easter Proclamation”) is the ancient prayer that begins the Great Vigil of Easter. After the kindling of the new fire (regeneration, rebirth, resurrection) and the lighting of the Paschal Candle (“the pillar of cloud by and the pillar of fire by n...
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