The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night

Send us Fan MailSaturday, 19 April 2025The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night Readings from p.408 in the Daily Missal and p.210 in the Sunday Missal First Reading: Genesis 1:1.26-31aIn the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Then God said,  “Let us make mankind in our image, after our likeness;  and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea,  and over the birds of the air,  and over the cattle, and over all the earth,  and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.”  So God created mankind in his own image,  in the image of God he created them;  male and female he created them.  And God blessed them, and God said to them,  “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it;  and have dominion over the fish of the sea  and over the birds of the air  and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.”  And God said,  “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed  which is upon the face of all the earth,  and every tree with seed in its fruit;  you shall have them for food.  And to every beast of the earth,  and to every bird of the air,  and to everything that creeps on the earth,  everything that has the breath of life,  I have given every green plant for food.”  And it was so.  And God saw everything that he had made,  and behold, it was very good. Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 104:1-2a.5-6.10 & 12.13-14.24 & 35c (R. cf. 30)R/. Lord, send forth your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, how great you are, clothed in majesty and honour, wrapped in light, as with a robe!You set the earth on its foundation, immovable from age to age. You wrapped it with the depths like a cloak; the waters stood higher than the mountains.You make springs gush forth in the valleys; they flow in between the hills. There the birds of heaven build their nests; from the branches they sing their song.From your dwelling you water the hills; by your works the earth has its fill. You make the grass grow for the cattle and plants to serve mankind’s need. That he may bring forth bread from the earth.How many are your works, O Lord! In wisdom you have made them all. The earth is full of your creatures. Bless the Lord, O my soul.R/. Lord, send forth your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.Second Reading: Genesis 22:1-18 In those days:  God tested Abraham, and said to him,  “Abraham!” And he said, “Here am I.”  He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac,  whom you love, and go to the land of Mori′ah,  and offer him there as a burnt offering  upon one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”  So Abraham rose early in the morning,  saddled his donkey,  and took two of his young men with him,  and his son Isaac;  and he cut the wood for the burnt offering,  and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.  On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes  and saw the place afar off.   Then Abraham said to his young men,  “Stay here with the donkey;  I and the lad will go yonder and worship,  and come&nb