of Moses, sung as an instruction to the Israelites, in which he praises God and prays that the Israelites may keep God's word after his death. The collect after this reading echoes this hope, praying that we may hold fast in God's word.





Finally, in the twelfth prophecy, we hear the story of the three children in the furnace from the Prophecy of Daniel (pages 39-42). King Nebuchadnezzar (also spelled Nabuchodonosor, the Latinized spelling) of Babylon made a golden idol and commanded everyone in his kingdom to worship it. Any who would not worship this idol would be cast into the fire. Similarly today, our society commands us to worship all manners of idols, including money, sex, and pride, lest we be cast off from society. However, the Hebrewcatechumens into the Church. The ceremony of Baptism of adults is a beautiful seven-part ceremony that we described in part nine of our series on the sacraments in August 2018. For practical reasons, the first six parts are done either earlier in the day or during the singing of the prophecies. Because of the special connection between the Resurrection and Baptism, baptismal water (known as Easter water ) is blessed at the Easter Vigil, even if there is no one to be baptized.





After the last prophecy, the servers and ministers all process to the baptistery. An acolyte leads the procession carrying the Paschal Candle. During the procession, the choir sings the Tract Sicut cervus to the same melody as the canticles from earlier (pages 42-43). This Tract is