Easter Vigil

The light of him who "has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep" (1 Cor 15:20) makes this memorable night, which is rightly considered the "heart" of the liturgical year, "bright as the day" (Ps 139:12). On this night the entire Church keeps watch and recalls, in meditation, the significant stages of God's saving intervention in the universe.