A.D. 1940 March 23
Holy Saturday
Collects
O God, creator of heaven and earth: Grant that, as the crucified body of thy dear Son was laid in the tomb and rested on this holy Sabbath, so we may await with him the coming of the third day, and rise with him to newness of life; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
or
O God of the living, on this day thy Son our Savior descended to the place of the dead: Look with kindness on all of us who wait in hope for liberation from the corruption of sin and death, and vouchsafe to grant unto us a share in the glory of the children of God; through the same Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord. Amen.
Lessons
Sunday, Holy Day and Commemoration Lectionary — Year B
Daily Office Lectionary
Morning Prayer
Evening Prayer
Liturgical Colours
Red
References
Easter Eve
Acclamations
Celebrant: Alleluia. Christ is risen.
People: The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia.
Collects
O God, who dost illumine this most holy night with the glory of the Lord’s resurrection: Stir up, we beseech thee, in thy Church that Spirit of adoption which is given unto us in Baptism, that we, being regenerate both in body and soul, may render unto thee a pure service; through the same Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.
Lessons
Sunday, Holy Day and Commemoration Lectionary — Year B
- The Creation — Genesis 1:1–2:3 (optional)
- Psalm 104:1–24 or 104:1–13 (optional) or Canticle 10 (optional)
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or
- The Flood — Genesis 7:1–5, 11–18; 8:6–20; 9:8–13 (optional)
- Psalm 36 (optional) or Psalm 46 (optional)
or
- Abraham’s sacrifice of Isaac — Genesis 22:1–18 (optional)
- Psalm 16 (optional)
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- Israel’s deliverance at the Red Sea — Exodus 14:10–15:1
- Canticle 5
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- God’s presence in a renewed Israel — Isaiah 4:2–6 (optional)
- Psalm 122 (optional)
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- Salvation offered freely to all — Isaiah 55:1–11 (optional)
- Canticle 8 (optional) or Psalm 42:1–7 (optional)
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- A new heart and a new spirit — Ezekiel 36:24–28 (optional)
- Psalm 42:1–7 (optional) or Canticle 8 (optional)
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- The valley of dry bones — Ezekiel 37:1–14 (optional)
- Psalm 30 (optional) or Psalm 126 (optional)
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- The three young men in the furnace — Daniel 3:1–28 (optional)
- Canticle 10 (optional) or Canticle Benedictus es, Domine (optional)
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- Jonah and the fish — Jonah 1:1–2:10 (optional)
- Psalm 130 (optional)
or
- The gathering of God’s people — Zephaniah 3:12–20 (optional)
- Psalm 98 (optional)
and
Prefaces
But chiefly are we bound to praise thee for the glorious Resurrection of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord: for he is the very Paschal Lamb, which was offered for us, and hath taken away the sin of the world; who by his death hath destroyed death, and by his rising to life again hath restored to us everlasting life.
Liturgical Colours
White or Gold
References
Gregory the Illuminator, Missionary to Armenia, 333
Liturgical Colours
White or Gold