Currently livestreaming: Shrine Prayers (Intercessions) and Mass

The Great Vigil and First Eucharist of Easter

Saturday, April 3, 2021
Holy Saturday

Holy Saturday


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; who now liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

5:30 p.m. | High Altar

We invite those of you watching this service online to invite Jesus into your hearts during Holy Communion by making an Act of Spiritual Communion.

My Jesus,

I believe that you are present in the Most Holy Sacrament.
I love you above all things,
and I desire to receive you into my soul.
Since I cannot at this moment
receive you sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart.
I embrace you as if you were already there and unite myself wholly to you.
Never permit me to be separated from you.
Amen.


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CelebrantThe Rector
PreacherThe Rev. Dr. Grieb
DeaconMo. Turner
SubdeaconFr. Moretz
Sung byThe Gentlemen of the Choir
The Exsultet
The Liturgy of the Eucharist
ServiceMesse cum jubilo, by Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
HymnJesus Christ is risen to-day, Alleluia! – EASTER HYMNtext by
EpistleRomans 6:3-11
GospelMark 16:1-8
SermonProfessor Katherine Grieb: Dying and Living with Christ
Hymn187 – Through the Red Sea brought at last – STRAF MICH NICHT
At the Offertory, MotetRegina coeli, by Robert Whyte (c. 1538-1574)
MotetSalve festa dies, by John Sheppard (c. 1515-1560)
Hymn194 – Jesus lives! thy terrors now – ST. ALBINUS
VoluntaryChoral–Improvisation sur le ‘Victimae paschali’, by Charles Tournemire (1870-1939)

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