Emphasis Preaching Journal

At the Greek Orthodox Easter Vigil Noon Mass in the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, the Eucharist was completed and the processions around the tomb began ... Coptic, Ethiopian, Greek, Armenian, Syrian ... all the Eastern rite churches. It was like a football rally. The Greek Patriarch entered the tomb with an unlighted Paschal candle. The crowd shouted, "Come, Lord Jesus," "Mary, make your Son come," "St. George, make Jesus come," and