In the modern Roman Rite, it has become known as the Praeconium Paschale – the “Easter proclamation.”Īfter exhorting all Creation and Mother Church to raise a song of praise, the Exsultet, takes the form of a Preface, such as is used in the Eucharistic liturgy. Sometimes known as the Laus Cerei – the “praise for the candle” – it is a long prayer of blessing, most properly sung by a deacon or, if there is no deacon, the priest himself. The text we use today seems to have been written at some time between the 5th and 7th centuries.
It has its origins in the 4th and 5th centuries in the churches of Spain, Italy and France, and was only slowly adopted into the liturgy of the Church of Rome. The Exsultet – named after its first word in Latin “ Exsultet” which means “Rejoice” – is an ancient hymn of praise.
At the beginning of the Easter Vigil, the Church chants the ancient hymn proclaiming the Resurrection of Christ called the Exsultet.
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