A.D. 2015 April 4

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.

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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

At least three of the following lessons are read of which one is always the lesson from Exodus.

Sunday, Holy Day and Commemoration Lectionary — Year B

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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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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

Martin Luther King, Jr., Renewer of Society, 1968

Betsy Graves Reyneau, Martin Luther King, Jr., c. 1960, National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Maryland.

Liturgical Colours

Red

References