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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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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 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
46:1-7, Deus Noster Refugium (Plainsong/Tone 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
42:1-7, Quemadmodum (Plainsong/Tone III4)
The Valley of Dry BonesEzekiel 37:1-14
Omnes, qui in ChristoPlainsong (Tone II)
The Litany of SaintsPlainsong
The Liturgy of the Eucharist
The Ordinary of the MassMissa Resurrectionis, by Gerre Hancock (1934-2012)
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 GospelLuke 24:1-12
Hymn187 – Through the Red Sea brought at last – STRAF MICH NICHT
At the Offertory, AnthemCome, see the place, by Paul Lindsley Thomas (b. 1929)
Communion AnthemAntiphon (Praised be the God of love), by Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Hymn194 – Jesus lives! thy terrors now – ST. ALBINUS
VoluntaryChoral-Improvisation sur le “Victimae Paschali Laudes” , by Charles Tournemire (1870-1939)

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