Following the holy liturgy, the sisters and faithful gather together for hot chocolateOur Lord is consecrated for the first time since Holy ThursdayAt the chant of the Gloria, the bells are rung for the first time since Holy Thursday and the violet veils are lowered and removed from holy images and statues in the churchHoly Mass is then celebrated.The ministers prostrate themselves and all kneel for the singing of the Litany of the SaintsThe holy chrism and the oil of catechumens is added to the baptismal waterThe people are blessed with the new Easter waterBlessing of the baptismal fontNext there is the reading of the prophesies, prayers, and responsesThe Exultet is sung and the Easter candle is litThe ministers, altar servers, sisters, and faithful enter the church. “Lumen Christi” (Light of Christ) is proclaimed three times, at which point all kneel and one of the candles of the three-branch candle is litThe Easter fire is blessedThis year's Pascal candle, painted by one of the sistersThe three-branched candle used at the beginning of the Easter Vigil liturgy
