Easter Even

by CCW | 8 April 2023 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]

Enguerrand Quarton, Avignon Pietà[4]Artwork: Enguerrand Quarton, Pietà de Villeneuve-lès-Avignon[5], 1455. Tempera on panel, Louvre.

Endnotes:
  1. The Book of Common Prayer: https://prayerbook.ca/bcp-online/propers/#eastereven
  2. 1 St. Peter 3:17-22: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20peter%203:17-22;&version=ESVUK;
  3. St. Matthew 27:57-66: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2027:57-66;&version=ESVUK;
  4. [Image]: https://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Quarton_AvignonPieta.jpg
  5. Pietà de Villeneuve-lès-Avignon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietà_of_Villeneuve-lès-Avignon

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