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From the Easter Vigil, at the Basilica of Saint Peter, last year.

…O truly necessary sin of Adam,destroyed completely by the Death of Christ!O happy faultthat earned for us so great, so glorious a Redeemer!O truly blessed night,worthy alone to know the time and hourwhen Christ rose from the underworld!This is the nightof which it is written:The night shall be as bright as day,dazzling is the night for me, and full of gladness.The sanctifying power of this nightdispels wickedness, washes faults away,restores innocence to the fallen, and joy to mourners,drives out hatred, fosters concord, and brings down the mighty.On this, your night of grace, O holy Father,accept this candle, a solemn offering,the work of bees and of your servants' hands,an evening sacrifice of praise,this gift from your most holy Church…
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