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Prayer During the
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Saturday, 27 April 2024 Christina Rossetti, Poet, 1894 [Commemoration] |
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Preparation | ||||
O God, make speed to save us. | ||||
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O Lord, make haste to help us. | |||
If I climb up to heaven, you are there; | ||||
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if I make the grave my bed, you are there also. | |||
Psalm 139.7
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Praise
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A hymn, song, canticle, extempore praise or | ||||
Yesterday I was crucified with Christ; today I am glorified with him. Yesterday I was dead with Christ; today I am sharing in his resurrection. Yesterday I was buried with him; today I am waking with him from the sleep of death. |
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Gregory of Nazianzus (389)
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The Word of God
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Psalmody
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Either, Saturday Psalm 146 | ||||
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Or, on any day Psalm 118.14-24 | ||||
Alternatively, when Morning and Evening Prayer are also celebrated, one of these cycles may be followed. | ||||
Psalm 146Refrain: The Lord shall reign for ever. 1 Alleluia. 2 Put not your trust in princes, 3 When their breath goes forth, they return to the earth; ♦ 4 Happy are those who have the God of Jacob for their help, ♦ 5 Who made heaven and earth, 6 Who gives justice to those that suffer wrong ♦ 7 The Lord looses those that are bound; ♦ 8 The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down; ♦ 9 The Lord watches over the stranger in the land; 10 The Lord shall reign for ever, ♦ Refrain: The Lord shall reign for ever. Lord of all, |
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Psalm 118.14-24 Refrain: I will
give thanks to you, 14 The Lord is my strength and my song, ♦ 15 Joyful shouts of salvation ♦ 16 ‘The right hand of the Lord does mighty deeds; 17 I shall not die, but live ♦ 18 The Lord has punished me sorely, ♦ 19 Open to me the gates of righteousness, ♦ 20 This is the gate of the Lord; ♦ 21 I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me ♦ 22 The stone which the builders rejected ♦ 23 This is the Lord’s doing, ♦ 24 This is the day that the Lord has made; ♦ Refrain: I will
give thanks to you, Saving God, |
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Each psalm or group of psalms may end with | ||||
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Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning is now and shall be for ever. Amen. |
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Short readings
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Either, Saturday | ||||
I turned to see whose voice it was that spoke to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the lampstands I saw one like the Son of Man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash across his chest.When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he placed his right hand on me, saying, ‘Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last, and the living one. I was dead, and see, I am alive for ever and ever; and I have the keys of Death and of Hades.’ | ||||
Revelation 1.12,13,17,18
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Or, on any day in Easter | ||||
Jesus said, ‘This is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day.’ | ||||
John 6.39
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Response
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Silence, study, song, or words from Scripture, such as | ||||
Blessed are the peacemakers, | ||||
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for they will be called children of God. | |||
Matthew 5.9
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Prayers
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Prayers may include these concerns: | ||||
¶ | The people of God, that they may proclaim the risen Lord | |||
¶ | God’s creation, that the peoples of the earth may meet their responsibility to care | |||
¶ | Those in despair and darkness, that they may find the hope and light of Christ | |||
¶ | Those in fear of death, that they may find faith through the resurrection | |||
¶ | Prisoners and captives | |||
A form of intercession found here may be used. | ||||
Either, the following prayer is said | ||||
Christ yesterday and today, the beginning and the end, Alpha and Omega, all time belongs to you, and all ages; to you be glory and power through every age and for ever. |
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Amen. | |||
from the Easter Vigil
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Or, the Collect of the day is said | ||||
Almighty God, whose Son Jesus Christ is the resurrection and the life: raise us, who trust in him, from the death of sin to the life of righteousness, that we may seek those things which are above, where he reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. AllAmen. |
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The Lord’s Prayer is said. | ||||
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As our Saviour taught us, so we pray | ||||
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Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and for ever. Amen. |
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Let us pray with confidence as our Saviour has taught us | ||||
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Our Father, who art in
heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done; on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. |
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The Conclusion
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May the risen Christ give us his peace. | ||||
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Alleluia. Amen. | |||
©
The Archbishops' Council of the Church of England, 2000-2005 The Bible readings (other than the psalms) are from The New Revised Standard Version Anglicized Edition, copyright 1989, 1995 Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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