The seven readings from the Old Testament selected for the Easter Vigil are discussed at length at the Mystical Geek. The Gospel reading for that celebration is about the discovery of the empty tomb and the angel’s proclamation of the resurrection of Christ. The second reading, selected from Romans, is about baptism itself. The mystery of the Total Christ is somehow delineated in both these readings. The resurrection of Christ also anticipates the resurrection of those who will be incorporated to Him. And this is prepared for in salvation history by God’s desire to have humanity in His image and likeness and the covenants he strikes with select individuals.
Light, Covenant, Wisdom, Forgiveness of Sins, Waters of Salvation, God’s Word — all these themes are somehow related to baptism. “Light” recalls the Light of Christ that we receive. The “Covenant” is the new covenant into which we are incorporated — the covenant struck with the blood of Christ, which became the basis of our life with God. “Wisdom” is Christ himself who allows us to rightly walk according to the freedom of God’s children. The “Waters of Salvation”, are the wellsprings of salvation springing from within the Church and becomes for us the source of eternal life. “Forgiveness of Sins” is the gift given to us from the Cross of Christ. “God’s Word” is Christ who accomplished God’s designs for our salvation, re-echoed through the corridors of human history in the preaching of the apostles, and now written for us in the Scriptures so that we too may continue to listen to the Father’s call to return to Him and share His life.
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