He Himself says it through the prophet: “ I lie down in sleep, I wake again and My sleep was sweet to me” (Ps 3:6 Jer 31:26). For He suffered death’s sleep for our sakes, in the Mystery of His Passion, yet this sleep of the Lord, has become the Vigil of the whole world because, the Death of Christ, has removed from us, the sleep of eternal death. And this night, well merits the title, since the Lord awoke in life that we might not remain asleep in death. That is why this night, in particular, holds the title “ The Lord’s Vigil.” Indeed, what we read is: “ All the Israelites must keep a vigil for the Lord” (Ex 12:42). REFLECTION – “Every vigil celebrated in the Lord’s honour is pleasing to God and acceptable to Him but this particular Vigil more than all the rest. With My own Right Hand I will raise you upĪnd I will show you the Eternal Father.” St Melito of Sardis (Died c 180) I will bring you to the heights of Heaven. I Am your Ransom, your Life, your Resurrection, your Light, I am your Salvation and your King. I Am the Passover which brings salvation. Triumphed over the enemy, trampled hell underfoot,īound the strong one and taken men up to the heights of Heaven.Ĭome, then, all you nations of men, receive forgiveness for the sins that defile you. I, He said, Am the Christ, I have destroyed death, I have freed the condemned, brought the dead back to life, “Who will contend with Me? Let him confront Me.”
He suffered for the sake of those who suffer,īut He rose from the dead and cried aloud:
“ The Lord, although He was God, became man.
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