Easter is Here

Fire, Water, and a Risen Savior
From the early centuries of the church, the Easter Vigil has been a vivid way of celebrating Christ's resurrection and our own redemption.
By Jennifer Woodruff Tait

After the long darkness of Lent, the brief exultation of Palm Sunday, and the sorrow of Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, Easter morning dawns. While the secular world sleeps, or reads its New York Times, or hands out bunnies, eggs, and jelly beans to its eager children, the Christian community gathers around a different set of symbols: lilies, trumpets, spring clothes, Easter cantatas, the "Hallelujah Chorus," darkness, fire, water, oil, bread, wine ... Wait—what?

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