EASTER PROCLAMATION (EXULTET)
Chorus:
Rejoice, you heavenly powers! Sing choirs of angels! Heaven Exult,
Jesus Christ, Our King, is risen! Trumpets resound, salvation is won!
Chorus:
Rejoice, you heavenly powers! Sing choirs of angels! Heaven Exult,
Jesus Christ, Our King, is risen! Trumpets resound, salvation is won!
Verse 1
Rejoice, O earth, in shining splendor, radiant in the brightness of your King!
For Christ has conquered! Glory fills you! Darkness vanishes for ever!
Rejoice, O Mother Church! Exult, in glory! The risen ones shines upon you!
Let this place resound with joy Echoing the mighty song of all God’s people!
Chorus:
Rejoice, you heavenly powers! Sing choirs of angels! Heaven Exult,
Jesus Christ, Our King, is risen! Trumpets resound, salvation is won!
Priest : The Lord be with you
Answer : And with your spirit
Priest : Lift up you hearts
Answer : We lift them up to the Lord
Priest : Let us give thanks to the Lord our God
Answer : It is right and just
Let us praise the unseen God, the all powerful Father,
and His only Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.
This is our Passover feast, when Christ the true Lamb, is slain,
whose blood consecrates the homes of all believers.
This is the night when Jesus Christ broke the chains of death
and rose triumphant from the grave.
The power of this holy night dispels all evil, washes guilt away, restores lost
innocence, and brings mourners joy.
Accept this Easter candle. May it always dispel the darkness of this night!
May the Morning Star which never sets find this flame still burning
Christ, that Morning Star, who came back from the dead,
and shed His peaceful light on all mankind,
your Son who lives and reigns forever and ever. Amen