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The first, provisional restoration of the Easter Vigil for Roman Catholics took place 69 years ago, on March 24, 1951.\u00a0 Prior to that, Easter Vigil was little understood (and little understandable), taking place in the morning hours, with a bizarre amount of minimalism, and in empty churches.<\/p>\n

But, those who chose to come to that first Great Watch in the latter days of March of 1951 experienced something profound.\u00a0 As one layman wrote, in a letter to Worship<\/em> (then, Orate Fratres<\/em>):<\/p>\n

From the first moment the church seemed charged with expectation of the Resurrection.\u00a0 The kindling of the new fire and the spread of the light from the celebrant to the clergy to the laity was impressive.\u00a0 It was an intense (not just emotional) religious experience to watch the \u2018Light of the World\u2019 passed from a single source to every member: Christ as the center and source; Christ\u2019s utilization of His members to spread the light of faith; our dependence upon one another; and finally the unity of the Mystical Body.\u201d (\u201cLetter,\u201d Orate Fratres<\/em>, p. 283-4).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, this is what the Easter Vigil was and is<\/em>\u2014and the anonymous author of this letter hadn\u2019t even experienced the joyous Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults, or the restored Paschal Triduum itself.<\/p>\n

This year, I think we may be witnessing again, what seems like a bizarre \"Imageamount of minimalism in our empty churches.\u00a0 Will your parish pastor light a bonfire which he gathers around himself?\u00a0 What will the procession into silent, empty church look like with only a single, burning paschal candle piercing the darkness?\u00a0 How will the Mystical Body grow in strength and members, when there is no one to stand before the waters of baptism and say, \u201cI believe\u201d?<\/p>\n

No, this year is different\u2014even unfathomable.<\/p>\n

As I daydream about the Easter Vigil that isn\u2019t<\/em> going to be, I\u2019ve tuned in to a few moments that remind me what the Easter Vigil, and the whole of Holy Triduum, will be for me and my family this year.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think they\u2019re unfolding in any particular order, and I don\u2019t have all the pieces yet.\u00a0 But if the liturgy is truly to permeate our life, and if life should, as best it can, reflect the liturgy, then it\u2019s my children who have something to show me of the holiest season this year.<\/p>\n

First, a Footwashing:<\/strong>\u00a0 We had a bath the other night.\u00a0 And, while one child is large enough for the \u201cbig\u201d bath tub, the other is too small.\u00a0 But the small one sure does enjoy watching his sister do anything.\u00a0 Eat, play, run, dance, or \"Imagesplash in the tub.\u00a0 So, while our daughter splished away, pouring water over her rubber duckies floating in the bath, baby sat on my lap and watched.\u00a0 He was so excited, I decided to dangle his toes over the water, and he cooed as I dipped them into the warm bath.\u00a0 His sister watched this intently.\u00a0 Then, instead of pouring her cup of water over her duckies, she turned and poured the water, so slowly and carefully, over her brother’s bare baby feet.<\/p>\n

One child of God washing the feet of an other.\u00a0 This, I think, will be as close as I get to Holy Thursday this year.<\/p>\n

Second, Springs of Water bless the Lord:<\/strong>\u00a0 As luck would have it, our season of social distancing has coincided with cool, rainy (or snowy) stints of weather.\u00a0 Here in central Indiana, gales of wind have been followed by torrents of rainwater, collecting in muddied pools in low-lying walkways and roads.<\/p>\n

But this is not daunting to my daughter: she pulled on her bright-blue sparkly boots and charged straight into those dirty-brown pools.\u00a0 She danced and splashed\u2014she even sat right down in the midst of those inviting puddles.\u00a0 She couldn\u2019t contain her excitement, or her joy, as she walked boldly into the waters of life.<\/p>\n

\"\"Her fearlessness in the face of mud puddles gives us a new slant on the font, and those brave catechumens who (will eventually) plunge into those murky baptismal waters.\u00a0 May we also be brave enough to plop right in the middle of our baptismal promises\u2014even if we get a little bedraggled in the process.\u00a0 I won\u2019t be watching our catechumens this year, but perhaps my little girl offers me a new a vision of the baptismal life.\u00a0 And I promise I wasn\u2019t annoyed that I had to wash her baptismal garment (yes, she was wearing white)\u2026three times.<\/p>\n

May you find your own graced moments in life\u2014recalling that the liturgy and the Christian life have permeable boundaries.\u00a0 And, in the absence of the liturgy, may we still be drawn into the mystery of God.<\/p>\n

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