\n\u201cThen God said, let there be light and there was light.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Genesis 1:3<\/p>\n
In this celebration, light portrays a vital role. As the rites start, the whole church was filled with darkness and only the fire has its light where the paschal candle will be lighted from. From the Easter candle, the candle of every people was lighted and spread through other people until the church is filled with light. The paschal candle symbolizes Christ who gives light though out the world. This just prove that there\u2019s always a light after the darkness.<\/p>\n
2. Liturgy of the Word<\/strong> In this part of the celebration, readings from the book of Genesis to the gospels were read. This is to give highlights to the God\u2019s work from creation to Christ\u2019s resurrection. From this reading, everyone may meditate and reflect for a while. In the homily Fr. Bembol, he asked the parishioners to blow their hands into two different ways, one emitting hot air and the other way, emitting colder air. He asked, how is it possible that we felt a a hot and colder air when it both came from a same source? He then said that this symbolizes the mystery of life.<\/p>\n He also shared to the parishioners he had a mild heart attack when he passed out while giving a sermon. He prayed that God would help him because he is still young and has many things to do in life. “Have you experience situation like this?” <\/em>Have you ever experienced resurrection-like situation?\u00a0 Our faith towards Jesus is nothing if we won\u2019t believe that he is risen.<\/p>\n Easter water is blessed during this time. In this part of the ceremony, new member from other religions are being welcomed in Catholicism. The water that the priest blessed is used to baptize the new members of the religion.<\/p>\n 4. Liturgy of the Eucharist The whole church is called to join at the sacrificial table that Christ has prepared for us through his death and resurrection. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_post_nav in_same_term=”off” hide_prev=”off” hide_next=”off” prev_text=”PREVIOUS ARTICLE” next_text=”NEXT ARTICLE” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” show_prev=”on” show_next=”on” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Rejoice for Jesus has risen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":34334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aranzazu-news","category-evangelization"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8Ootw-8VK","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aranzazushrine.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/easter-vigil-1.jpg?fit=1047%2C697&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aranzazushrine.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aranzazushrine.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aranzazushrine.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aranzazushrine.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aranzazushrine.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34332"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/aranzazushrine.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34391,"href":"https:\/\/aranzazushrine.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34332\/revisions\/34391"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aranzazushrine.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aranzazushrine.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aranzazushrine.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aranzazushrine.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cBut he answered and said, it is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the word of God.\u201d<\/em> \u2013 Matthew 4:4<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aranzazushrine.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/binyag.jpg?resize=292%2C181\")
3. Liturgy of Baptism<\/strong>
\n\u201cFor all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Galatians 3:7<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>\u201cFor as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lords death till He comes.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 1 Corinthians 11:26<\/p>\n
\nAs what Fr. Bembol\u2019s chant said in his homily, \u201cHa Ha Halleluia and Praise Praise Praise the Lord,\u201d rejoice for Jesus has Risen! (Lester de Castro)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n