The Great Vigil of Easter

Part of the event series Holy Week 2023

Saturday, March 30, 2024
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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.


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5:30 p.m. | High Altar

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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.

CelebrantFr. Turner
DeaconFr. Moretz
SubdeaconMo. Turner
Sung byThe Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys
The Liturgy of Light
The ExsultetPlainsong
The Liturgy of the Word
The Story of CreationGenesis 1:1-2:4a
Psalm136:1-9, 23-27, Confitemeni (Plainsong/Tone V3)
The FloodGenesis 7:1-5, 11-18; 8:6-18; 9:8-13
Psalm46, Deus noster refugium (Plainsong/VIII5)
Israel’s Deliverance from the Red SeaExodus 14:10-31; 15:20-21
CanticleCantemus Domino — Plainsong (Tone IV4)
A New Heart and a New SpiritEzekiel 36:24-28
Psalm42:1-7, Quemadmodum (Plainsong/Tone III4)
The Gathering of God's PeopleZephaniah 3:14-20
Psalm98, Cantate Domino (Plainsong/Tone III5)
Holy Baptism
AntiphonOmnes, qui in Christo — Plainsong (Tone II)
The Litany of SaintsPlainsong
The Liturgy of the Eucharist
SettingMessa da Cappella a quatro in La, by Antonio Lotti (c. 1667-1740)
HymnJesus Christ is risen to-day, Alleluia! – EASTER HYMNtext by
EpistleRomans 6:3-11
The Easter SequenceVictimae Paschali laudes -- arr. Andrew Reid (b. 1971)
The Holy GospelMark 16:1-8
Hymn187 – Through the Red Sea brought at last – STRAF MICH NICHT
At the Offertory, AnthemChristus resurgens, by William Byrd (c. 1542-1623)
Communion AnthemHaec dies, by William Byrd (c. 1542-1623)
Hymn194 – Jesus lives! thy terrors now – ST. ALBINUS
VoluntaryPrelude and Fugue in C, BWV 547, by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

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