THE PASCHAL PROCLAMATION. Longer form of the Paschal Proclamation

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1 The Deacon, after incensing the book and the candle, proclaims the Easter Proclamation (Exsultet) at the ambo or at a lectern, with all standing and holding lighted candles in their hands. The Easter Proclamation may be made, in the absence of a Deacon, by the Priest himself or by another concelebrating Priest. If, however, because of necessity, a lay cantor sings the Proclamation, the words Therefore, dearest friends up to the end of the invitation are omitted, along with the greeting The Lord be with you. The Proclamation may also be sung in the shorter form. Ex - ult, let them ex- ult, the hosts of heav- en, minis - ters of God ex- ult, a- loud our might- y King'ʹs tri- umph! glo- ry floods her, let all cor- ners of the earth be glad, dark- ness. ex - ult, let Angel let the trum- pet of sal- va- tion sound Be glad, let earth be glad, as a- blaze with light from her e - ter- nal King, know- ing an end to gloom and Re- joice, let Mother Church al- so re- joice, the lightning of his glo- ry, THE PASCHAL PROCLAMATION Longer form of the Paschal Proclamation filled with the might- y voic- es of the peo- ples. arrayed with let this ho- ly build- ing shake with joy, ( There- fore,

2 dearest friends, in- voke with me, I ask you, standing in the awe- some glo- ry of this ho- ly light, the mer- cy of God al- might- y, that he, who has been pleased to number me, though un- wor- thy, a - mong the Le- vites, may pour into me his light un- shad- owed, that I may sing this can- dle'ʹs per- fect prais- es. ) (V. V. V. The Lord be with you. Lift up your hearts. R. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is truly right and just, with devoted service of our voice, R. And with your spir- it. ) We lift them up to the Lord. R. It is right and just. with ardent love of mind and heart the al - might- y Fa- ther, and to acclaim our God in- vis- i- ble, and Jesus Christ, our Lord, his Son, his

3 On - ly Be- got- ten. - ter- nal Fa- ther, Who for our sake paid Adam'ʹs debt to the e- and, pouring out his own dear Blood, the re- cord of our an- cient sin- ful- ness. of Pass- o- ver, in which is slain the Lamb, whose Blood anoints the door - posts of be- liev- ers. night, when once you led our fore- bears, from slaver - y in E- gypt the Red Sea. This is the night banished the dark- ness of sin. throughout the world, vic- es wiped clean These then are the feasts the one true Lamb, This Is- ra- el'ʹs chil- dren, is the and made them pass dry - shod through that with a pil- lar of fire This is the night that even now, sets Christian believers apart from world- ly and from the gloom of sin, lead- ing them to grace and

4 join- ing them to his ho- ly ones. Christ broke the prison - bars of death from the un- der- world. had we not been re- deemed. for us! a slave Ad- am, This is the night, when and rose vic- to- ri - ous Our birth would have been no gain, O wonder of your hum- ble care O love, O char- i - ty be - yond all tell- ing, hap- py fault O hour you gave a - way your Son! to ran - som O tru- ly nec- es- sar- y sin of de - stroyed com- plete- ly by the Death of Christ! that earned so great, so glo- ri - ous a Re- deem- er! truly bless- ed night, when Christ rose from the un- der- world! of which it is writ- ten: wor- thy alone to know the time and O This is the night The night shall be as bright as day,

5 dazzling is the night for me, power of this night re- stores innocence to the fall- en, and full of glad- ness. dis - pels wick- ed- ness, out ha- tred, fos- ters con- cord, On this, your night of grace, O ho- ly Fa- ther, The sanctifying washes faults a- way, and joy to mourn- ers, sol- emn of- fer- ing, an evening sacri - fice of praise, Church. and brings down the might- y. drives accept this candle, a the work of bees and of your serv- ants'ʹ hands, this gift from your most ho - ly But now we know the praises of this pil- lar, - ing fire ig - nites for God'ʹs hon- or, di- vid- ed, a fire into many flames yet nev- er dimmed by shar - ing of its light, fed by melt- ing wax, which glow- drawn out by moth- er bees for it is to build a torch

6 so pre- cious. are wed to those of earth, O truly bless- ed night, There- fore, O Lord, we pray you honor of your name, the dark - ness of this night. and di - vine to the hu- man. when things of heaven that this candle, may perse - vere un- dimmed, and let it min- gle with the lights of heav- en. hallowed to the to overcome Re- ceive it as a pleas- ing fra- grance, be found still burn - ing by the Morn- ing Star: Star who nev- er sets, death'ʹs do- main, Christ your Son, May this flame the one Morning who, coming back from has shed his peaceful light on hu- man- i - ty, lives and reigns for ev - er and ev - er. R. A - men. and The English translation and chants of The Roman Missal 2010, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.