Easter Even

by CCW | 26 March 2016 01:00

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

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[2]
The Gospel: St. Matthew 27:57-66[3]

Cranach the Elder, Pieta (Vatican)[4]Artwork: Lucas Cranach the Elder, Pieta, 16th century. Tempera on panel, Pinacoteca, Vatican[5]. Photograph taken by admin, 26 April 2010.

Endnotes:
  1. The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/resources/bcponline/propers/#eastereven
  2. 1 St. Peter 3:17-22: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20peter%203:17-22;&version=ESVUK;
  3. St. Matthew 27:57-66: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2027:57-66;&version=ESVUK;
  4. [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/CranachTheElder_Pieta.jpg
  5. Pinacoteca, Vatican: http://www.vaticanstate.va/content/vaticanstate/en/monumenti/musei-vaticani/pinacoteca.paginate.1.html

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