2021 EASTER SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD AT THE EASTER VIGIL IN THE HOLY NIGHT OF EASTER

8:00 PM

Duties as assigned – Worship Team and friendsLighting designated by Deacon Duncan/lighting in church, lighting at the end of each stair coming out of the sacristy/either side of the altar

Set-Up: Vessels prepared and on credence table near the altar. Gospel Book is placed on the Altar before the mass begins, Set up sacred

chrism-vessel, cotton sticks and towel on table in front near first pew Flashlights, book lights. Large Bowl with sand – candle, small fire? Other? Vigil Candles at doorways for people to pick up on the way into church Charcoal for the thurible lighted in the fire? Need person to light fire and put

out fire Prop the doors open, esp. Gebhardt Rd. doors Assign General Ministers of Hospitality to assist in seating assembly Prepare paschal candle for insertion of nails Prepare a large white bowl for a pedestal in the back of church/two brushes.

Possibly use clear plastic bowls for sprinkling. Two brushes, near

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THE SOLEMN BEGINNING OF THE VIGIL OR LUCERNARIUMTHE BLESSING OF THE FIRE AND PREPARATION OF THE CANDLEBegins right outside of the Gebhardt Road entrance door.

The priest and faithful sign themselves while the Priest says: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy SpiritThen he greets the assembled people in the usual way and briefly instructs them about the night vigil in these or similar words: Dear brothers and sisters, on this most sacred night, in which our Lord Jesus Christ passed over from death to life, the Church calls upon her sons and daughters, scattered throughout the world, to come together to watch and pray. If we keep the memorial of the Lord’s paschal solemnity in this way, listening to his word and celebrating his mysteries, then we shall have the sure hope of sharing his triumph over death and living with him in God.Then the Priest blesses the fire (located in the back of church, not outside) , saying with hands extended:Let us pray.O God, who through your Son bestowed upon the faithful the fire of your glory, sanctify + this new fire, we pray, and grant that, by these paschal celebrations, we may be so inflamed with heavenly desires, that with minds made pure we may attain festivities of unending splendor. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

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After the blessing of the new fire, the minister/Deacon brings the paschal candle to the Priest who says:

Christ yesterday and today (vertical arm)

the Beginning and the End(horizontal arm)

the Alpha (above vertical)

and the Omega(below vertical)

All time belongs to him(first numeral of current year)

and all the ages(second numeral of current year)

To him be glory and power(third numeral of current year)

Through every age and for ever. (fourth numeral of current year)

Amen.The Priest says: By his holy 1and glorious wounds, may Christ the Lord 4 2 5guard us and protect us. Amen. 3The Priest lights the paschal candle from the new fire, handing to the minister (Duncan Harris) and he says:

May the light of Christ rising in glory dispel the darkness of our hearts and minds.

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Thurifer: The charcoal lit from new fire, placed into thurible, then incense for procession carried by Deacon Roger

The lights are off in church Duncan Sings – The Light of Christ first

ORDER OF PROCESSION Procession – Priest and Ministers, assist in lighting candles.

The Paschal Candle is lifted and the procession walks down the aisle – stopping three times. Lifting the candle each time the minister sings ‘The Light of Christ’. We answer, ‘Thanks Be To God’. As the candle is taken down the aisle– lighting the candles of the people at the ends of the pews. The light will be distributed from the middle aisle out to the ends of the pews.

Positions of the Candle Pronouncement: First ‘The Light of Christ At the font

Second The Light of Christ” At the first pew in front

Third The Light of Christ” In front near Paschal Candle Stand

_____________ brings incense to Fr. Jim. Fr. Jim Incenses immediately.

THE EASTER PROCLAMATION – (Exultet) Deacon Duncan and Susan Gividen

SEATING FOR CONFIRMATION CANDIDATES: Emma Gividen will sit with Susan in music area.

Cathy Kamp will prepare seating for Matthew & Melissa Scarlata

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SECOND PART:THE LITURGY OF THE WORDAfter setting aside their candles, all sit. Before the readings begin, the Priest instructs the people in these or similar words:

Dear brothers and sisters, now that we have begun our solemn Vigil, let us listen with quiet hearts to the Word of God. Let us meditate on how God in times past saved his people and in these, the last days, has sent us his Son as our Redeemer. Let us pray that our God may complete this paschal work of salvation by the fullness of redemption.

If necessary, Fr. Jim invites the assembly to extinguish their candles

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Reading One Genesis 1: 1-2:2Lector Response Psalm 104 Lord Send Out Your Spirit

PRAYERS AFTER THE READINGS

Priest stands – all stand.

Let us pray.

Almighty ever-living God, who are wonderful in the ordering of all your works, may those you have redeemed understand that there exists nothing more marvelous than the world’s creation in the beginning except that, at the end of the ages, Christ our Passover has been sacrificed.

Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.

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READING TWO Exodus 14: 15-15:1 Lector

Response Exodus 15

PRAYERS AFTER THE READINGS

Priest stands – all stand.

Let us pray. O God, whose ancient wonders remain undimmed in splendor even in our day, for what you once bestowed on a single people, freeing them from Pharaoh’s persecution by the power of your right hand, now you bring about as the salvation of the nations through the waters of rebirth, grant, we pray, that the whole world may become children of Abraham and inherit the dignity of Israel’s birthright. Through Christ our Lord.

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READING THREE Isaiah 55 Lector Response Psalm 42

Priest stands – all stand.

Let us pray

Almighty ever-living God, sole hope of the world, who by the preaching of your Prophets unveiled the mysteries of this present age, graciously increase the longing of your people, for only at the prompting of your grace do the faithful progress in any kind of virtue. Through Christ, our Lord. Amen.

Bells ring outside following the Third Psalm Prayer until the Amen of Opening Prayer

Bells begin in the silence following the Third Psalm PrayerSusan Gividen is bell ringer and turns on lights

Glory to God, Mass of Light , sungAfter the introduction to the Glory to God, altar and mosaic- go first-- here we sing and the lights are turned on –don’t forget gift table and ambry lights—turned on from the back. ___________ will turn Ambry Lights on. _________________ will turn chapel lights on.

Also as the Glory to God refrain begins, ________________ light the candles at the altar using small vigil candle or regular candle lighter.

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COLLECT Bells will still be ringing during this prayer.

Let us pray.

O God, who make this most sacred night radiant with the glory of the Lord’s Resurrection, stir up in your church a spirit of adoption, so that, renewed in body and mind,we may render you undivided service.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.Bells turned off, here by Susan Gividen

EPISTLERomans 6:3-11 Lector: Cathy Kamp

EASTER ALLELUIA

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GOSPEL Reader: Deacon Roger DeBell John 20:1-9

HOMILYFr. Jim Schwartz

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THIRD PART: BAPTISMAL LITURGY

Procession to the Font-na MUSIC - Litany of the SaintsFirst few verses as Fr. Jim goes to the back of church with Deacon Roger

Fr. Jim gives the address.

Dearly beloved, with one heart and one soul, let us by our prayers ask God to bless the water we will use as we renew our baptismal promises.

The priest blesses the baptismal water, saying the following prayer with hands extended:

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BLESSING OF BAPTISMAL WATER O God, who by invisible power accomplish a wondrous effect through sacramental signs and who in many ways have prepared water, your creation, to show forth the grace of Baptism;

O God, whose Spirit in the first moments of the world’s creation hovered over the waters, so that the very substance of water would even then take to itself the power to sanctify;

O God, who by the outpouring of the flood foreshadowed regeneration, so that from the mystery of one and the same element of water would come an end to vice and a beginning of virtue; O God, who caused the children of Abraham to pass dry-shod through the Red Sea, so that the chosen people, set free from slavery to Pharaoh, would prefigure the people of the baptized; O God, whose Son, baptized by John in the waters of the Jordan, was anointed with the Holy Spirit, and, as he hung upon the Cross, gave forth water from his side along with blood, and after his Resurrection,

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commanded his disciples:

“Go forth, teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,” look now, we pray, upon the face of your Church and graciously unseal for her the fountain of Baptism.

May this water receive by the Holy Spirit the grace of your Only Begotten Son, so that human nature, created in your image and washed clean through the Sacrament of Baptism from all the squalor of the life of old, may be found worthy to rise to the life of newborn children through water and the Holy Spirit.

May the power of the Holy Spirit, O Lord, we pray, come down through your Son into the fullness of this font, so that all who have been buried with Christ by Baptism into death may rise again to life with him.

Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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RENEWAL OF BAPTISMAL PROMISES Including our Candidates for Reception into Full Communion and the whole assembly of believers. Confirmation Candidates will remain where they are.

After the blessing of water, all stand, and renew the promise of baptismal faith.

The priest addresses the faithful in these or similar words: Dear brothers and sisters, through the Paschal Mystery we have been buried with Christ in Baptism, so that we may walk with him in newness of life. And so, now that our Lenten observance is concluded, let us renew the promises of Holy Baptism, by which we once renounced Satan and his works and promised to serve God in the holy Catholic Church.

And so I ask you:

Priest Do you reject Satan, all his works 15

and all his empty promises? All

I do.

Priest Do you believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth? All I do.

Priest Do you believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was born of the virgin Mary, suffered death and was buried, rose again from the dead and is seated at the right hand of the Father?

All I do.

Priest Do you believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Catholic

Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting?

All I do.

And the Priest concludes:

And may almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us new birth by water and the Holy Spirit and bestowed on us forgiveness of our sins, keep us by his grace, in Christ Jesus our Lord, for eternal life. Amen

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BAPTISM – N/A

Fr. Jim and Deacon Roger sprinkling rite to assembly. Need volunteers to take the bowls and brushes from the ministers in front near sanctuary when they complete the sprinkling.

Music: as we celebrate the Sprinkling Rite

Sprinkling Rite: Isaiah 12: With Joy You Shall Draw Water (81)

Celebration of Reception – N/A

Sacrament of Confirmation Follows.

Sacrament of ConfirmationMusic: Veni Sancte Spiritus refrain begins softly

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INVITATION

The Priest celebrates the Sacrament of Confirmation:

My dear candidates born again in Christ by baptism, you have become members of Christ and of his priestly people.

Now you are to share in the outpouring of the Holy Spirit among us, the Spirit sent by the Lord upon his Apostles at Pentecost and given by them and their successors to the baptized.

The promised strength of the Holy Spirit, which you are to receive, will make you more like Christ, and will help you to be witnesses to his suffering, death, and resurrection.

It will strengthen you to be active members of the church and to build up the body of Christ in faith and love.

The Priest addresses the assembly

My dear friends, let us pray to God the Father, that he will pour out the Holy Spirit on our brothers and sisters to strengthen them with his gifts and anoint them to be more like Christ, the Son of God.

"VENI SANCTI SPIRITUS" with verses sung here.

Laying on of HandsAll Pray Silently

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The presider/confirming priest moves from one to the other, laying on hands. In silence the priests associated as minister of the sacrament

follow and do the same.

All-powerful God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,by water and the Holy Spirit you freed your sons and daughters from sin

and gave them new life.

Send your Holy Spirit upon them to be their helper and guide.Give them the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of right judgment and courage, the spirit of knowledge and reverence.

Fill them with the spirit of wonder and awe in your presence.

We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

CONFIRMATION Music: Veni Sancte Spiritus verses continue

Deacon Roger –carries the sacred chrism for Fr. Jim/cotton swabs?

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Confirmation Name

Catechumens n/aCandidates n/a

Confirmand Emma GividenMatthew ScarlataMelissa Scarlata

N.Be sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Newly confirmed Responds: Amen.

Peace be with youNewly confirmed Responds: And with your spirit

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Prayer of the Faithful Read by Cathy Kamp Fr. Jim SchwartzIn fullness of Easter Joy, let us bring our needs and hopes to the God of Life.

For the church, the people of God, that we may be renewed in grace on this most blessed of days.

We pray to the Lord

For peace in the world. We pray that the Good News of a world redeemed might bloom in every heart. We pray to the Lord

For Emma Gividen & Matthew and Melissa Scarlata now sealed with the gift of the spirit in Confirmation; we pray that they are blessed with wisdom and peace – on this day and every day of their lives.

We pray to the Lord

For all who are on a journey of faith to find in Holy Spirit and St. Joseph’s a lasting and welcoming spiritual home.

We pray to the Lord

For the sick, the suffering, the lonely and the forgotten, that they may feel the joy of this holy night through our prayers and our loving support. For all who suffer

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from COVID-19 and the affects of the pandemic. Especially those for whom we now pray.

(pause) We pray to the Lord

For all who have died, that they may also share in the joy of the

risen Lord. We pray for those in our Mass Intentions—

8pm Vigil: For all deceased members of our RCIA family:Peg Glisson & Will Paul (pause) We pray to

the Lord

For the prayers we hold in the silence of our hearts. (pause) We pray to the

Lord Fr. Jim Schwartz

Loving and compassionate God, by your Son’s cross and Resurrection, you have set us free. Easter’s light now shines upon us to guide the path of your Church. Keep us faithful to our baptismal calling as we reveal by the witness of our lives that nothing has the power to destroy what your love seeks to redeem. May our hearts be filled with Easter joy. Through Christ, our Risen Lord, for ever and ever. Amen.

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Liturgy of the Eucharist

Preparation of the Gifts Instrumental Music

Incensation of the Altar

Duncan prepares and brings incense to the deacon. He hands to Fr. Jim right before he washes his hands. Fr. Jim will incense the altar, then the lavabo rite (hand washing)

Eucharistic PrayerAll spoken mass parts Holy, Holy, Holy Memorial Acclamation Amen

Our Father Sign of peace

Lamb of God

Invitation to CommunionCommunion Procession Instrumental Music

4 Ministers of Communion:

Main: Fr. Jim and Deacon RogerWest: Fr. Bob or DuncanEast: Cathy Kamp

Meditation: TBD

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PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION Let us pray.

O God, who make this most sacred night radiant with the glory of the Lord’s Resurrection, stir up in your church a spirit of adoption, so that, renewed in body and mind,we may render you undivided service.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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Solemn Blessing and Dismissal

Priest The Lord be with you All And with your spiritDeacon or priest

Bow your heads and pray for God's blessing. The Priest:

May almighty God bless you through today’s Easter Solemnity and, in his compassion, defend you from every assault of sin.

Amen.

And may he, who restores you to eternal life in the Resurrection of his Only Begotten, endow you with the prize of immortality.

Amen.

Now that the days of the Lord’s Passion have drawn to a close, may you who celebrate the gladness of the Paschal Feast come with Christ’s help, and exulting in spirit, to those feasts that are celebrated in eternal joy. Amen.

And may the blessing of almighty God, the Father, and the Son, + and the Holy Spirit, come down on you and remain with you for ever.

Amen.

Deacon or priest Sings OR says

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GOING FORTH Jesus Christ is Risen Today, sung by cantor (organ)

Lock - campus TBD

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