In the dark church at the moment of midnight when it became Easter Sunday, the priest came out of the altar with the Sacred Light lit on candles and passed it to the congregation. From one candle to the next, the once dark church was filled with light and light overcame darkness, just as Jesus has overcome death. For we Christians, Jesus’s death is the saddest day of the year, but his resurrection is the most joyous (JTA, Young Ezekiel, 145). |