The Most Catholic Night of the Year, The Easter Vigil

Every Knee Shall Bow (Your Catholic Evangelization Podcast)

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4.9 • 863 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

The Easter Vigil is more than a beautiful liturgy, it’s the culmination of salvation history and the climax of the catechumenate. Gomer and Dave unpack the rich symbolism of the Church’s greatest liturgical celebration, from the new fire and Paschal Candle to baptism, confirmation, and the Eucharist. They explore why the Vigil is centered on those entering the Church, how the liturgy embodies the Gospel through signs and symbols, and why Christians should never underestimate the power of the Church’s ancient traditions.

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0:00.0	This podcast is brought to you by Ascension.
0:02.9	To discover even more free Catholic podcasts, videos, and resources, to help you live your faith every day, visit ascensionpress.com.
0:11.3	The beauty of this night is you enter in through baptism into the mystery of the God who loves us so much that he entered into the deepest
0:24.6	amount of humility a person can have in order to free us from the very things that were
0:32.8	destroying us.
0:51.0	No. us. Welcome, ladies and gentlemen to every knee shall bow your weekly Catholic podcast on evangelization and discipleship. My name is Mike Gomer Gormley, and I am joined today,
0:55.4	as always,
0:56.4	by Dave.
0:59.8	What?
1:01.8	Oh my gosh.
1:03.2	Of a nickname,
1:05.3	and I looked at my dad's chart,
1:07.7	and,
1:08.2	uh,
1:08.9	it says sleepy,
1:10.2	but arousable. Uh name my filter kicked in right before
1:16.6	but then left for this small part hello audience how are you hello dave how are you
1:21.7	i'm good man i'm in i'm in the i'm in the bastion of paradise so let me just tell you this, like 99.99% of the time of the year.
1:30.3	Nine times, okay.
1:31.6	I prefer the weather that you have, okay?
1:35.5	But in Texas, there aren't days like this.
1:38.5	Like, there might be the rare fall day that are like what I'm experiencing right now,
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