” “The days of Easter are "days fit for reawakening in us a more fervent wish to join Christ and follow Him generously", began Benedict XVI as he went over the rites of the Easter triduum, starting tomorrow, on Maundy Thursday, when "as well as the establishment of priesthood, we celebrate the total offering that Christ made of Himself to mankind in the Sacrament of the Eucharist". Good Friday, went on the Pope, is a "day of fasting and penance, all aimed at the contemplation of Christ on the Cross", while on Holy Saturday "the Church, spiritually joining Mary, stays praying at the Sepulchre". Then, the solemn Easter vigil will begin late at night "when in every church the joyful song of the Easter Gloria and Hallelujah will rise from the heart of the new baptised and from the whole Christian community, that rejoice because Christ has risen from the dead and has defeated death". ” “
