Noon EST: How to join today’s Vigil for Peace

[William Zambrano MD]

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Noon EST: How to join today’s Vigil for Peace

Antoine Mekary | ALETEIA

The Vatican channels will livestream the event, and various local initiatives are available to the faithful. The light from St. Francis of Assisi's tomb will accompany prayer.

This Saturday evening in Rome at 6 pm local time (noon in New York), Pope Leo XIV will lead the Prayer Vigil for Peace that he invited everyone to join on Easter Sunday.

For those not in Rome, the event will be live-streamed by the Vatican. Check with your local diocese to see if other initiatives will be combined. For example, in New York, following noon Mass, there will be exposition of the Eucharist.

You can follow the Vigil at the Vatican's website, or at its YouTube channels (in various languages, with English here and Spanish here).

According to VaticanNews, the vigil will mainly consist of the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary, with meditations from various Church Fathers, including St. Augustine of Hippo, St. John Chrysostom, and St. Ambrose of Milan.

As well:

During the Rosary, faithful from different continents ... will light candles with the flame from the Lamp of Peace in Assisi, which burns perpetually at the tomb of St. Francis of Assisi.

To close the vigil, Pope Leo will offer a reflection and prayer before offering a final blessing asking for the grace of peace upon the entire world.

This evening's event is the newest chapter in a line of global peace initiatives led by the Bishops of Rome. From John Paul II to Leo, you can take a look at some of these events here -- a sign that prayer is powerful, especially when the Successor of Peter unites the faithful around the globe: