Our liturgy has no formal beginning. We are bringing our three days to completion. We begin around the fire with the lighting of the Easter Candle, our great symbol of the Risen Christ who is our Light. In the light of the candle we listen to the Scriptures about creation (Genesis), God’s rescue of his people (Exodus), God’s love for us (the Prophets), our baptism into Christ’s death (Romans) and the Resurrection of Jesus (Mark).
In Christ, we too have died to the old ways of living and risen to be the living Body of Christ in the world.
We bless and mark ourselves with the Easter Water recalling God’s mark of ownership over us in Baptism and our commission to be the living presence of Christ.
We celebrate the Eucharist and our communion with Christ and each other. We receive the Easter Blessing which concludes our Three Days. We leave singing, ‘Alleluia!’
