What is the most favorite mass you like Easter Vigil or Christmas Mass at Midnight?

[churchboyknowsbest]

I myself love the Easter Vigil, because I like the anticipation of singing the Alleluia. Then all the church lights come on. And after listening to the reading from Exodus with Moses and leading the people out of Israel. There is a verse that they sing in the psalm: "The Lord's hand is mighty, banishing Phorahos chariots into the Red sea sinking like a rock" really moving. What do you like?

[romulus]

I like Easter vigil at midnight. Usually we have a sacrificial lamb from the Christian congregation to use for the crucifixion nativity. Usually everyone dresses in dark hooded robes (so the blood from the self-flagellation doesn't show through) and carries candles to give the underground cavern that we perform the vigil in a flickery shadowy atmosphere. I particularly like the hour of chanting in the language of God, Latin.
Afterward, we eat the sacrificial lamb and then clean up the cavern of blood, or anything else that may leave a sign that we were there. It's a lot of fun.

[Veritas]

Midnight mass, I think. Something about the quietness and beauty of the Nativity touches me very deeply, perhaps because I am a mother and I know the peace and happiness that holding a newly born child brings. Imagine Mary's joy since her baby was God in the flesh!

My favorite part of Holy Week is actually the Good Friday service because that is when Christ fully embraced our humanity by His suffering. As a weak and fallen human being, I find myself more and more drawn more to the Cross rather than to the empty tomb.

Christ's great victory was actually won on the Cross, not just at the joyous ressurection. It was on Good Friday that Jesus said "It is finished."

Pax Vobiscum+

[knittinmama]

I know that mankind waited and prayed for so long for the Savior to come and open the gates of heaven through his death and ressurection, but I personally prefer Midnight Mass on Christmas. There is something about the hope brought about by recalling the birth of our Lord and the music of Christmas than of Easter.