Easter Vigil

The celebration of the Easter Vigil is the beginning of the season of Easter. While the Vigil marks the end of the paschal fast, the end of the celebration of Holy Week, and the end of repentance and conversion for which Lent prepared the community, it is much more a beginning. It is the beginning of a new season of grace and a time of joy and thanksgiving, for Easter is not one day or one solemnity—it is a 50-day celebration, and the 50 days from Easter Sunday to Pentecost Sunday together comprise what the General Instruction terms "the great Sunday."

Bishop Luis Zarama will celebrate the Easter Vigil Mass at 8:00 p.m. at Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral.