If you’re not Catholic, you might not know how dramatic the Catholic Mass is, how theatrical, how just plain spectacular it is (like, SPECTACLE). The Easter Vigil is like the operatic, histrionic form of all of that, the most insane thing I do all year. Here’s why. (a thread: 1/) We start the night with an actual bonfire. Which we chant over. Then we take this MASSIVE, HUGE, UNNECESSARILY LARGE candle with the date carved into it and pierce it, chant over it, anoint it, and then solemnly light its unlit wick for the first time. (2/)