# Easter Vigil Lights

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**Category:** Liturgy/Sacraments\
**Created:** [April 7, 2026, 11:34pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/easter-vigil-lights/3281 "2026-04-07T23:34:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![CanadianPriest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed8c4c/32.png) [@CanadianPriest](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/CanadianPriest)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2026, 11:34pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/easter-vigil-lights/3281/1 "2026-04-07T23:34:49Z")

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Christ is risen!

Happy Easter everyone!

If you went to the Easter Vigil this year, when were the electric lights inside the church turned on?

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I will note that not all of these options are allowed by the rubrics in Missal. I’m just trying to get a sense of what people experience in their parishes.

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**Author:** ![PeterGeorge](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.catholictalk.net/petergeorge/32/1152_2.png) [@PeterGeorge](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/PeterGeorge)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 12:59am UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/easter-vigil-lights/3281/2 "2026-04-08T00:59:10Z")

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They were off and we were all holding Candles which were lit from the Easter Candle from a fire that was outside the front door except at the Alter the Priest had to see what he was reading.It was a very beautiful mass.The Easter candle went out and an Alter boy went to the Alter and relit it from the candles on the Alter which were lit from the Easter candle.It went out when the Priest was blessing the baptismal fount.We had 4 new people join the Church that evening.I can’t really be sure I don’t remember I was just focusing on the Mass.We had a little glitch with the Candle and you could see the Priest we relieved that the candles on the Alter were lit by the Easter candle.

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**Author:** ![Cade\_One](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.catholictalk.net/cade_one/32/34_2.png) [@Cade\_One](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/Cade_One)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 1:08pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/easter-vigil-lights/3281/3 "2026-04-08T13:08:44Z")

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I missed the Vigil Mass this year. I had a really bad migraine (to the point that I almost threw up). Usually our Church keeps most of the lights off (with the exception of a few side lights so that older individuals can see where they are going). I do not recall when the lights come back on, but I do remember being in the dark as the Scripture Readings about Salvation History were being read.