Saturday, April 15, 2017
Holy Saturday
5:30 PM
Holy Saturday
5:30 PM
The Fifth Avenue doors open at 4:30pm for this service, which is the last of the three great liturgies of the triduum, which began on Maundy Thursday and continued through Good Friday.
The service begins where Good Friday left off: complete darkness. If you intend to come, please arrive before 5:30pm, ideally by 5:15pm, as you will not be allowed to enter the doors during the first few minutes of the service. Also, the nave of the church will be dark and it will hard for you to find your seats if you arrive late.
| Celebrant | The Rector |
| Preacher | The Rector |
| Deacon | Fr. Spurlock |
| Subdeacon | Fr. Daniels |
| Sung by | The Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys |
| The Great Vigil | |
| The Exultet | The Proclamation of the Resurrection (Sung to Plainsong, Solemn Tone.) |
| The Story of Creation | Genesis 1:1—2:4a |
| Psalm | Psalm 36:5-10 |
| The Flood | Genesis 7:1-5, 11-18; 8:6-18; 9:8-13 |
| Psalm | 46:1-7 Deus noster refugium Plainsong (Tone V3) |
| Abraham’s Sacrifice of Isaac | Genesis 22:1-18 |
| Psalm | 16:1-3, 8-12 Conserva me, Domine Plainsong (Tone VIII5) |
| Israel’s Deliverance from the Red Sea | Exodus 14:10-31; 15:20-21 |
| Exodus 15:1-4 | The Song of Moses Cantemus Domino Plainsong (Tone IV4) |
| The Valley of Dry Bones | Ezekiel 37:1-14 |
| Psalm | 1-5 Exaltabo te, Domine Plainsong (Tone IB10) |
| Holy Baptism | |
| Psalm | 42:1-3 Quemadmodum, Herbert Howells (1892-1983) |
| Plainsong | The Litany of the Saints |
| The First Eucharist of Easter | |
| Service | Missa Dies Resurrectionis |
| Hymn | Jesus Christ is risen to-day -- EASTER HYMN |
| Epistle | Romans 6:3-11 |
| Great Alleluia | Introit |
| Hymn | Through the Red Sea brought at last, Alleluia! -- STRAF MICH NICHT |
| Gospel | Matthew 28:1-10 |
| Anthem | Christus vincit, Joseph Noyon (1888-1962), arranged by Gerre Hancock (1934-2012) |
| Anthem | Surrexit a mortuis, Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937) |
| Hymn | Jesus lives! thy terrors now -- ST. ALBINUS |
| Motet | Dum transisset sabbatum |
| Motet | Dic nobis Maria |
| Motet | |
| Motet | Surrexit Christus hodie |
| Hymn | |
| Voluntary | |
