Years A, B & C Easter Eve & Easter Vigil

Years A, B & C – Easter Eve & Easter Vigil

YearsA, B & C

Easter Eve & Easter Vigil

Easter Eve

These readings are for use at services other than the Easter Vigil.

Collect59(Text shown)

Principle Service(Text shown)

Job 14. 1-14 or Lamentations 3. 1-9, 19-24

Psalm 31. 1-4, 15;16 or 31. 1-5

1 Peter 4. 1-8

Matthew 27. 57-66 or John 19. 38-42

Second Service(Text not shown)

Psalm 142

Hosea 6. 1-6

John 2. 18-22

Third Service(Text not shown)

Psalm 116

Job 19. 21-27

1 John 5. 5-12

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Easter Vigil

A minimum of three Old Testament readings should be chosen.

The readings from Exodus 14, Romans and the Gospel should always be used.

Genesis 1.1-2.4a with Psalm 136. 1-9, 23-26

Genesis 7. 1-5, 11-18; 8. 6-18; 9. 8-13 with Psalm 46

Genesis 22. 1-18 with Psalm 16

Exodus 14. 10-31; 15. 20,21 leading into Canticle: Exodus 15. 1b-6, 11-13, 17, 18

Isaiah 55. 1-11 with Canticle: Isaiah 12. 2-6

Baruch 3. 9-15, 32-4.4 or Proverbs 8.1-8,19-21; 9.4b-6 with Psalm 19

Ezekiel 36. 24-28 with Psalm 42; 43

Ezekiel 37. 1-14 with Psalm 143

Zephaniah 3. 14-20 with Psalm 98

Romans 6. 3-11 with Psalm 114

Year A - Matthew 28. 1-10;Year B - Mark 16. 1-8and Year C Luke 24. 1-12

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Collects and Post Communion Prayers from the book New Calendar and the Collects.

ISBN – 1853115495

Pointed Psalms from the book Daily Prayer.

ISBN – 9781853119347

Quotations and Psalms fromThe New Revised Standard Version (Anglicized Edition), copyright 1989, 1995 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.

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Collect 59

1984 Prayer Book

Grant, Lord, that we who are baptised into the death of thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ may continually put to death our evil desires and be buried with him; that through the grave and gate of death we may pass to our joyful resurrection; through his merits, who died and was buried and rose again for us, thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

Contemporary

Grant, Lord,

that we who are baptized into the death

of your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ

may continually put to death our evil desires

and be buried with him;

and that through the grave and gate of death

we may pass to our joyful resurrection;

through his merits, who died and was buried

and rose again for us,

your Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

Job 14. 1-14 or Lamentations 3. 1-9, 19-24

Job 14. 1-14

‘A mortal, born of woman, few of days and full of trouble, comes up like a flower and withers, flees like a shadow and does not last. Do you fix your eyes on such a one? Do you bring me into judgement with you? Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No one can. Since their days are determined, and the number of their months is known to you, and you have appointed the bounds that they cannot pass,look away from them, and desist,that they may enjoy, like labourers, their days. ‘For there is hope for a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease. Though its root grows old in the earth, and its stump dies in the ground, yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth branches like a young plant.But mortals die, and are laid low; humans expire, and where are they? As waters fail from a lake, and a river wastes away and dries up, so mortals lie down and do not rise again; until the heavens are no more, they will not awake or be roused out of their sleep. O that you would hide me in Sheol,that you would conceal me until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me! If mortals die, will they live again? All the days of my service I would wait until my release should come.

Lamentations 3. 1-9, 19-24

I am one who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath; he has driven and brought me into darkness without any light; against me alone he turns his hand, again and again, all day long. He has made my flesh and my skin waste away, and broken my bones; he has besieged and enveloped me with bitterness and tribulation; he has made me sit in darkness like the dead of long ago. He has walled me about so that I cannot escape; he has put heavy chains on me; though I call and cry for help, he shuts out my prayer; he has blocked my ways with hewn stones, he has made my paths crooked.

The thought of my affliction and my homelessness is wormwood and gall! My soul continually thinks of it and is bowed down within me. But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. ‘The Lord is my portion,’ says my soul, ‘therefore I will hope in him.’

Psalm 31. 1-4, 15;16 or 31. 1-5

Biblical text

1-4

In you, OLord, I seek refuge; do not let me ever be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me. Incline your ear to me; rescue me speedily. Be a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me. You are indeed my rock and my fortress; for your name’s sake lead me and guide me, take me out of the net that is hidden for me, for you are my refuge.

Into your hand I commit my spirit; you have redeemed me, OLord, faithful God.

15;16

My times are in your hand; deliver me from the hand of my enemies and persecutors. Let your face shine upon your servant; save me in your steadfast love.

Psalm 31. 1-4, 15;16 or 31. 1-5

Pointed Psalm

1-4

In you, O Lord, have I taken refuge;

let me never be / put to / shame :

de/liver me / in your / righteousness.

Incline your / ear to / me :

make / haste / to de/liver me.

Be my strong rock, a fortress to save me,

for you are my / rock and my / stronghold :

guide me, and / lead me / for your / name’s sake.

Take me out of the net that they have laid / secretly / for me :

for / you / are my / strength.

Into your hands I com/mend my / spirit :

for you have redeemed me, O / Lord / God of / truth.

15;16

My times are / in your / hand :

deliver me from the hand of my enemies,

and from / those who / persecute / me.

Make your face to shine up/on your / servant :

and save me / for your / mercy’s / sake.’

1 Peter 4. 1-8

Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same intention (for whoever has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin),so as to live for the rest of your earthly lifeno longer by human desires but by the will of God.You have already spent enough time in doing what the Gentiles like to do, living in licentiousness, passions, drunkenness, revels, carousing, and lawless idolatry. They are surprised that you no longer join them in the same excesses of dissipation, and so they blaspheme.But they will have to give an account to him who stands ready to judge the living and the dead.For this is the reason the gospel was proclaimed even to the dead, so that, though they had been judged in the flesh as everyone is judged, they might live in the spirit as God does. The end of all things is near; therefore be serious and discipline yourselves for the sake of your prayers. Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins.

Matthew 27. 57-66 or John 19. 38-42

Matthew 27. 57-66

When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus. He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus; then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. So Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn in the rock. He then rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb and went away. Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb. The next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilateand said, ‘Sir, we remember what that impostor said while he was still alive, “After three days I will rise again.”Therefore command that the tomb be made secure until the third day; otherwise his disciples may go and steal him away, and tell the people, “He has been raised from the dead”, and the last deception would be worse than the first.’Pilate said to them, ‘You have a guardof soldiers; go, make it as secure as you can.’ So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone.

John 19. 38-42

After these things, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, though a secret one because of his fear of the Jews, asked Pilate to let him take away the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission; so he came and removed his body. Nicodemus, who had at first come to Jesus by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, weighing about a hundred pounds.They took the body of Jesus and wrapped it with the spices in linen cloths, according to the burial custom of the Jews.Now there was a garden in the place where he was crucified, and in the garden there was a new tomb in which no one had ever been laid.And so, because it was the Jewish day of Preparation, and the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.

EASTER VIGIL

A minimum of three Old Testament readings should be chosen.

The readings from Exodus 14, Romans and the Gospel should always be used.

Genesis 1.1-2.4a with Psalm 136. 1-9, 23-26

Genesis 7. 1-5, 11-18; 8. 6-18; 9. 8-13 with Psalm 46

Genesis 22. 1-18 with Psalm 16

Exodus 14. 10-31; 15. 20, 21 leading into Canticle: Exodus 15. 1b-6, 11-13, 17, 18

Isaiah 55. 1-11 with Canticle: Isaiah 12. 2-6

Baruch 3. 9-15, 32-4.4 or Proverbs 8.1-8,19-21; 9.4b-6 with Psalm 19

Ezekiel 36. 24-28 with Psalm 42; 43

Ezekiel 37. 1-14 with Psalm 143

Zephaniah 3. 14-20 with Psalm 98

Romans 6. 3-11 with Psalm 114

Mark 16. 1-8

Genesis 1.1 - 2.4a with Psalm 136. 1-9, 23-26

Genesis 1.1 - 2.4a

In the beginning when God createdthe heavens and the earth,the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from Godswept over the face of the waters.Then God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light.And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. And God said, ‘Let there be a dome in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.’So God made the dome and separated the waters that were under the dome from the waters that were above the dome. And it was so.God called the dome Sky. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day. And God said, ‘Let the waters under the sky be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.’ And it was so. God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good. Then God said, ‘Let the earth put forth vegetation: plants yielding seed, and fruit trees of every kind on earth that bear fruit with the seed in it.’ And it was so. The earth brought forth vegetation: plants yielding seed of every kind, and trees of every kind bearing fruit with the seed in it. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening and there was morning, the third day. And God said, ‘Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years, and let them be lights in the dome of the sky to give light upon the earth.’ And it was so. God made the two great lights - the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night - and the stars. God set them in the dome of the sky to give light upon the earth, to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day. And God said, ‘Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky.’ So God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, of every kind, with which the waters swarm, and every winged bird of every kind. And God saw that it was good. God blessed them, saying, ‘Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.’ And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day. And God said, ‘Let the earth bring forth living creatures of every kind: cattle and creeping things and wild animals of the earth of every kind.’ And it was so. God made the wild animals of the earth of every kind, and the cattle of every kind, and everything that creeps upon the ground of every kind. And God saw that it was good. Then God said, ‘Let us make humankindin our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.’ So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. God blessed them, and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.’ God said, ‘See, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food. And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.’ And it was so. God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their multitude. And on the seventh day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done.So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all the work that he had done in creation.

These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created.

Psalm 136. 1-9, 23-26

Biblical text

O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures for ever. O give thanks to the God of gods, for his steadfast love endures for ever. O give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his steadfast love endures for ever; who alone does great wonders, for his steadfast love endures for ever; who by understanding made the heavens, for his steadfast love endures for ever; who spread out the earth on the waters, for his steadfast love endures for ever; who made the great lights, for his steadfast love endures for ever; the sun to rule over the day, for his steadfast love endures for ever; the moon and stars to rule over the night, for his steadfast love endures for ever; It is he who remembered us in our low estate, for his steadfast love endures for ever; and rescued us from our foes, for his steadfast love endures for ever; who gives food to all flesh, for his steadfast love endures for ever. O give thanks to the God of heaven, for his steadfast love endures for ever.

Pointed Psalm

Give thanks to the Lord, for / he is / gracious :

for his / mercy en/dures for / ever.

Give thanks to the / God of / gods :

for his / mercy en/dures for / ever.

Give thanks to the / Lord of / lords :