Massgoers in Portland, Maine, hold candles during the Easter Vigil at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception April 16, 2022. (CNS photo/courtesy Diocese of Portland) Easter is a reminder that Christians are called to be lights in an often dark and weary world, writes David Gibson “This is the night,” the Church sings out again and again in a poetic hymn dating far back in Christian history called the ‘Exsultet’. It is heard each year in Catholic Churches during the Easter Vigil…
