The Easter Vigil on Saturday evening begins at 8:00 PM. The vigil is arranged in four parts:  after a service of light (a large fire is prepared to be blessed and to light the paschal candle) and the Easter Proclamation, the Church meditates on all the wonderful things God has done for his people from the beginning; this is the Liturgy of the Word. As the day of resurrection approaches, new members of the Church are reborn in Baptism, and we renew our baptismal promises. Then the whole Church is called to the table the Lord prepared for his people through his Death and Resurrection; this is the Liturgy of the Eucharist.