MASS SCRIPT - Vigil 2024
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Saturday, March 30, 2024
WELCOME:
Holy Saturday is the day of great silence: Jesus, dead on the cross, has been placed
in the tomb.
With its arcane and moving silence, this prayer vigil prepares the Church for the
Easter Vigil, mother of all vigils.
The celebration tonight is the highest expression of Christian liturgy. It begins
outside the temple with the rite called 'Lucernario', in which the
new fire, from whose embers the Paschal Candle will be lit - Light of Christ - that
effectively means the same risen Christ, Light of souls and nations,
who governs time and eternity, since he is the beginning and the end and whose light us
communicates to each of us to be converted all into the Light of Christ
resurrected.
This night, as our faith affirms, all of us who are Church
pilgrim, we will join the purgative Church and the triumphant Church and all the
cosmos, to elevate our joyful praise in union with the angelic choirs:
celebrating this Paschal Liturgy, we taste the Heavenly.
We are preparing to participate, outside the temple and in deep silence, so that
we can live each part of the liturgy of this celebration; for the
we invite everyone to exit orderly to the atrium and start there, this
Solemn Vigil.
GREETING FROM THE CELEBRANT
Opening Words
BLESSING OF THE FIRE:
In this new fire, which is now blessed, the dignity of the
creation that the Lord rescues, and from which will be ignited
the Paschal Candle.
CANDLE DECORATION:
Now, on the Candle, the Greek letters Alpha and Omega are traced; the numbers that
correspond to this year, and five grains of incense are fixed in it, while the
The celebrant's words indicate the significance of each of these signs.
THE CANDLE IS LIT:
Now, from the embers of the new fire, the Paschal Candle is lit.
PROCESSION:
The risen Jesus is the luminous column that precedes the steps of the people of God,
pilgrim in the midst of the mists of this world. Let us advance after him and acclaim him,
and the light of the Paschal Candle, Christ Himself, will communicate His light to us all;
Let's share that light with those we have next to us, in a fraternal attitude.
ENTRY OF THE CANDLE INTO THE TEMPLE
Easter Announcement:
The greatest celebration of Christianity is introduced by this joyful invitation from the ancient
and poetic song of the Easter announcement. With the light of Easter in our hands,
let us listen and proclaim the Good News of the feast that is a perennial source of joy
for our whole life.
—LITURGY OF THE WORD:
Let us now extinguish our candles and take a seat, to begin the Liturgy.
of the Word.
1st READING: (Gn 1, 1-2, 2)
First of all, we read the beginning of the Bible, of all Holy History. God has created the
universe, created man in his image; after the ruin of sin, God will renew everything with
the new Adam, who is the risen Christ.
RESP. PSALM: (103, 1-2a. 5-6. 10. 12-14ab. 24. 35)
Lord, send your Spirit and renew all the earth.
PRAYER OF THE CELEBRANT
2nd READING: (Gen 22: 1-18)
Today is the feast of our faith. We have an example, the most eloquent in the Old Testament.
Testament: it is Abraham; and his sacrifice is a figure of the unique and perfect sacrifice of
Christ at the pinnacle of history.
RESP. PSALM: (15, 5. 8-11)
R. Protect me, my God, for I take refuge in you.
PRAYER OF THE CELEBRANT
3rd READING: (Ex 14: 15-15: 1a)
We are going to listen to the narration of the Passover of the Old Covenant, the passage of the children.
from Israel freed by God from the slavery of Egypt. Let us sing today, our
step from death to life, which we begin when we pass through the waters of Baptism.
RESP. PSALM: (Ex 15: 1b-6, 17-18)
I will sing to the Lord, who has clothed Himself with glory.
PRAYER OF THE CELEBRANT
4th READING: (Isaiah 54:5-14)
The Lord established a Covenant with Israel, He made her His wife. Despite the infidelity,
God forgives and swears an eternal love. Easter is for us, the new Israel of God,
the fulfillment of this promise.
RESPONSORY PSALM: (29, 2. 4-6. 11-12a. 13b)
I glorify You, Lord, because You delivered me.
PRAYER OF THE CELEBRANT
5th READING: (Isaiah 55:1-11)
God the Savior offers us freely the water, the bread, His covenant, His word. Let us remember it in
this culminating celebration of our liturgy: especially in Baptism and in the
Eucharist.
RESPONSIVE PSALM: (Isaiah 12:2-6)
They will draw water with joy.
PRAYER OF THE CELEBRANT
6th. READING: (Bar 3, 9-15. 32-4, 4)
Enlightened by faith and baptism, we know the will of God. He gives us
your commandments, your wisdom, which are light for our life.
RESP. PSALM: (18, 8-11)
Lord, You have words of eternal ida.
PRAYER OF THE CELEBRANT
7th READING: (Ezekiel 36:17a, 18-28)
God saves the people from their exile: He gathers them, purifies them with water, gives them a heart and
a new spirit. This is the grace that we are going to celebrate on this baptismal night.
RESP. PSALM: (41, 3. 5bcd; 42, 3-4)
R. My soul is waiting for God.
PRAYER OF THE CELEBRANT
THE CANDLES OF THE ALTAR AND THE LIGHTS ARE LIT
GLORIA:
In the silence of this night, we are listening to the constant and ever-renewed
God's action to give life to man. That's why, let us all together proclaim the hymn.
of praise to the God of love.
Collective Prayer
EPISTLE: (Romans 6: 3-11)
The words of the Apostle will introduce us to the baptismal celebration, imitation
sacramental of the burial and resurrection of Christ.
RESP. PSALM: (117, 1-2. 16-17. 22-23)
R. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.
ALLELUIA AND GOSPEL: (Mark 16:1-8)
HOMILY
BAPTISMAL LITURGY:
We stand up and now begin the Baptismal Liturgy, with the singing of the
Litanies, the blessing of the water, the baptism of those who will be born this night to the
New life, and, finally, the renewal of our commitment to the baptized.
PRAYER OF THE CELEBRANT
CHANT OF THE LITANIES
BLESSING OF THE BAPTISMAL WATER
INTRODUCTION OF THE CANDLE IN THE WATER
RITE OF BAPTISM
RENEWAL OF BAPTISMAL PROMISES:
Let us light our candles, so that, renewing our baptismal promises,
let's make our offering to the Risen Jesus, and we respond to each of the
renunciations that the celebrant asks of us: Yes, we renounce! And to each one of the
Inquiries about our faith: Yes, we believe!
ASPERSION OF THE PEOPLE
THERE IS NO CREED
—PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL:
CELEBRANT:
Dear brothers, having arrived at this long-awaited and desired night for everyone
we, who brings salvation to all men, lift to God our
Father, this entrusted plea, from true children of yours:
GUIDE: We will respond to each of the requests by praying:
FOR Risen CHRIST, HEAR US LORD
For the Holy Church, Pope Francis, our priests and seminarians, and for
may the light of Christ awaken more vocations in the hearts of young people
priestly and religious life. Let us pray...
For our beloved homeland, so that those who have the function of deciding may be
illuminated by the Light of the Redeemer and achieve for all of us who inhabit this
benditaterra, a new Homeland, of love, of justice, of freedom and of peace. Let us pray...
For all those who suffer, that in the resurrection of Jesus they may find that already
neither the cries nor the sorrows, neither the disenchantments nor the misunderstandings:
We are called to a new life! Jesus has risen! Let us pray...
For our community, for our Catholic Church of Pirané, so that from
may our simplicity spread to our brothers the joy of our
Christian experience, especially for those who do not know Christ. Let us pray...
For the Piranense youth and all the world, so that in this Easter of
Resurrection of the prejudices that fall upon them day after day, of laziness, indifference.
and incapacity, may be transformed by the Light of the Redeemer. Let us pray...
CELEBRANT:
God of all consolation, listen to the intentions of your children on this day of exultation.
for the whole Church: grant, to those of us who recognize the liberating grace of Easter
of your Son Jesus, that we may forever taste the joy of the redeemed, with
Saint Mary, virgin, and all the saints. Through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
PRESENTATION OF THE OFFERINGS:
Let us stand and accompany with our song the procession of offerings,
in which, on behalf of the entire community, they bring the offerings to the altar for
prepare the table where the Easter of the Lord is constantly renewed.
At the end of the 'Washing of Hands' and when the celebrant returns to the center of the altar and
before the next prayer, the assembly is asked to stand up
— DIALOGUE OF THE PREFACE: At the beginning of the Preface (before "The Lord be with you")
you (plural informal)
In this Easter, let us glorify and give thanks to the Father because in the risen Christ,
who invites us to eat his flesh and drink his blood, opens the way to eternal Life
in love.
COMMUNION:
Christ, our Passover Lamb, has been slain. Let's truly celebrate our
Easter eating the Bread of Life and the Cup of Salvation in this Eucharist that
now we share brotherly.
We sing...
SPIRITUAL COMMUNION:
Brothers:
All those who have not been able to approach to receive Jesus Sacramented,
They can make the Spiritual Communion by praying the following prayer:
I believe, my Lord, that you are truly present
in the Most Holy Sacrament of the altar.
I love you above all things and I wish
ardently receive you within my soul;
but, not being able to do it sacramentally now,
Come at least spiritually to my heart.
And as if it had received you, it embraced me.
and I join everything to You;
Oh Lord, do not allow me to be separated from You.
Amen.
FAREWELL:
Brothers, as we retreat, let us remember that it is our mission as Christians to carry to everyone
the world this message: Christ is risen! Hallelujah!
