Keeping Vigil..

Tonight, my sister and I went to the Easter Vigil at my church. It is probably my favourite type of mass even though it is really long. Part of it is candle lit; it varies from church to church how long the candles are lit. Tonight, we didn't keep the candles lit for long but most of the readings were done in complete darkness -well, until the reading about the resurrection (I think...) which is when the lights came back on and it was all joyful. There can be up to seven readings at an Easter Vigil but much of the time not all of them are actually read. One of the other things they do at the Easter Vigil is the Litany of the Saints which is pretty much self explanatory - they list the saints and ask them to pray for us. Tonight they did it to a really odd tune. I didn't recognize it at first. It was really weird. The Easter Vigil is also the time for people joining the church to be baptized, receive communion and be confirmed. So it ends up being quite the long mass. I was expecting it to be harder to get through, especially after working for eight hours today, but it actually wasn't bad.

A Good Friday tradition of sorts

In my family, Good Friday was the day where we coloured our Easter eggs. Growing up, this would happen at my grandparents' farm using a whole bunch of boiled eggs, those PAAS colouring kits, crayons and even hot wax. It was an enjoyable time for me, my sisters and my cousins to share that activity. Eventually, we kept the tradition going but in the city with only a few of our family members. This year, being that we are in a completely different province, it was only my sister and I colouring our eggs. We only made about six and my sister didn't quite remember how to make the dye (using food colouring) but they turned out okay. After all the eggs had one coat, we added oil to the dye. It didn't do much but it made cool designs even if the colour ended up less than desirable. So today's favourite thing is colouring Easter eggs.