Vigil Easter Sunday

This is the day for which we have been preparing since the beginning of Lent. Jesus believed that his Father would not abandon him but would take him from the cross into his eternal embrace. It was this faith that sustained him especially throughout his suffering and crucifixion, the terrible ordeal on which we have been accompanying him over the past few days. Today, with great joy, we celebrate the triumph of love over death. Jesus is alive, and we know that what God did for Jesus he will do for all of us who place our trust in him. God made everyone for love and the faith.
You will have noticed that in today’s Gospel it is the one who loves who grasps the significance of the empty tomb.
All of this we celebrate on this day of Easter, the foremost feast of the Church’s liturgical year. Every Sunday Mass is a reliving throughout the year of the Easter Mass that we are celebrating together today.