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Easter Even

The collect for today, Easter Even, or Holy Saturday, from The Book of Common Prayer [1] (Canadian, 1962):

Michelangelo, The Deposition, Florence [2]GRANT, O Lord, that as we are baptized into the death of thy blessed Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, so by continual mortifying our corrupt affections we may be buried with him; and that, through the grave, and gate of death, we may pass to our joyful resurrection; for his merits, who died, and was buried, and rose again for us, thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle: 1 St. Peter 3:17-22 [3]
The Gospel: St. Matthew 27:57-66 [4]

Artwork: Michelangelo, The Deposition [5] (or The Florentine Pietà), 1547-53. Marble, Museo dell’Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore [6], Florence. Photograph taken by admin, 14 May 2010.