“We will not hide them from their children” Psalm 78:13-15, 24-25; antiphon: Ps. 78:4
We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the LORD, and his might,” and the wonders that he has done.
He divided the sea and let them pass through it, and made the waters stand like a heap.
In the daytime he led them with a cloud, and gave them the grain of heaven.
Man ate of the bread of the angels; he sent them food in abundance.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the LORD, and his might, and the wonders that he has done.
COLLECT OF THE DAY
O God, in the paschal feast You restore all creation. Continue to send Your heavenly gifts upon Your people that they may walk in perfect freedom and receive eternal life; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen
I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed I gloriously;*
the horse and his rider he has thrown in- I to the sea.
The LORD is my strength and my song,” and he has become my salvation.
Your right hand, O LORD, glorious | in power,* your right hand, O LORD, shatters the | enemy.
You have led in your steadfast love the people whom you I have redeemed;*
you have guided them by your strength to your ho- Ily abode.
You will bring them in and plant them on your own I mountain,*
the place, O LORD, which you have made for I your abode,
the sanctuary, O Lord, which your hands have es-
Itablished.*
The LORD will reign forever and | ever.
Glory be to the Father and I to the Son*
and to the Holy | Spirit;
as it was in the be- I ginning,* is now, and will be forever. I Amen.
I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed I gloriously;
the horse and his rider he has thrown in- I to the sea.
COLLECT OF THE DAY
Almighty God, through Your only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ, You overcame death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life. We humbly pray that we may live before You in righteousness and purity forever; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen
“Go, make it as secure as you can.” Matthew 27:57-66
Jesus Is Buried
57 When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus. 58 He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. 59 And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen shroud 60 and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the entrance of the tomb and went away. 61 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.
The Guard at the Tomb
62 The next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate 63 and said, “Sir, we remember how that impostor said, while he was still alive, ‘After three days I will rise.’ 64 Therefore order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples go and steal him away and tell the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last fraud will be worse than the first.” 65 Pilate said to them, “You have a guard of soldiers. Go, make it as secure as you can.” 66 So they went and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard.
COLLECT OF THE DAY
O God, creator of heaven and earth, grant that as the crucified body of Your 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 lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen
“[Christ] entered once for all “ Hebrews 9:12a, c, 15a; Psalm 111:9a
[Christ] entered once for all into the holy places, by means of I his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.
Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance.
Ps. 38:1-4, 18, 22; antiphon: Is. 53:5
He was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities;* upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed.
O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath!
For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me.
There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin.
For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
I confess my iniquity. I am sorry for my sin.
Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!
He was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes I we are healed.
COLLECT OF THE DAY
Almighty God, graciously behold this Your family for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed and delivered into the hands of sinful men to suffer death upon the cross; through the same Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen
“Gracious is the LORD” Psalm 116:1-4; antiphon: Ps. 116:5
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; our God is merciful.
I love the LORD, because he has heard my voice and my pleas for I mercy.
Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long I as I live.
The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and I anguish.
Then I called on the name of the LORD:*
“O LORD, I pray, deliver my soul!”
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous;*
our God is merciful.
COLLECT OF THE DAY
O Lord, in this wondrous Sacrament You have left us a remembrance of Your passion. Grant that we may so receive the sacred mystery of Your body and blood that the fruits of Your redemption may continually be manifest in us; for You live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen
“In God I trust; I shall not be afraid. “ Psalm 56:1-4a; antiphon: Ps. 56:11
In God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me?
Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me; all day long an attacker op- I presses me; my enemies trample on me I all day long,* for many attack me proudly.
When l am afraid, I put my trust in you.
In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not I be afraid. In God I trust; I shall not be afraid.*
What can man do to me?
COLLECT OF THE DAY
Merciful and everlasting God, You did not spare Your only Son but delivered Him up for us all to bear our sins on the cross. Grant that our hearts may be so fixed with steadfast faith in Him that we fear not the power of sin, death, and the devil; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen
“Why are you cast down, O my soul” Psalm 42:3, 9-10; antiphon: Ps. 42:5-6a
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me?* Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.
My tears have been my food day and night,* while they say to me continually, “Where is your God?”
I say to God, my rock: “Why have you forgotten me?*
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”
As with a deadly wound in my bones, my adversaries taunt me,*
while they say to me continually, “Where I is your God?”
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me?* Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation I and my God.
COLLECT OF THE DAY
Almighty and everlasting God, grant us by Your grace so to pass through this holy time of our Lord’s passion that we may obtain the forgiveness of our sins; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen
“Be gracious to me, O LORD” Ps. 31:10-11, 13-15; antiphon: Ps. 31:9
Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am I in distress;* my eye is wasted from grief; my soul and my body I also.
For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing,*
my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones waste away.
Because of all my adversaries I have become a reproach, especially to my neighbors, and an object of dread to my acquaintances; those who see me in the street flee from me.
For I hear the whispering of many — terror on every side! —
as they scheme together against me, as they plot to take my life.
But I trust in you, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”
My times are in your hand; rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors!
Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eye is wasted from grief; my soul and my body also.
COLLECT OF THE DAY
Almighty God, grant that in the midst of our failures and weaknesses we may be restored through the passion and intercession of Your only begotten Son, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. AMEN
20 Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. 21 So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” 22 Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. 23 And Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24 Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. 25 Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
The Son of Man Must Be Lifted Up
27 “Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But for this purpose I have come to this hour. 28 Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.” 29 The crowd that stood there and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.” 30 Jesus answered, “This voice has come for your sake, not mine. 31 Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out. 32 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” 33 He said this to show by what kind of death he was going to die. 34 So the crowd answered him, “We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?” 35 So Jesus said to them, “The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. 36 While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.”
The Unbelief of the People
When Jesus had said these things, he departed and hid himself from them. 37 Though he had done so many signs before them, they still did not believe in him, 38 so that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:
“Lord, who has believed what he heard from us, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”
39 Therefore they could not believe. For again Isaiah said,
40
“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them.”
41 Isaiah said these things because he saw his glory and spoke of him. 42 Nevertheless, many even of the authorities believed in him, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not confess it, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue; 43 for they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God.
COLLECT OF THE DAY
Almighty and everlasting God, You sent Your Son, our Savior Jesus Christ, to take upon Himself our flesh and to suffer death upon the cross. Mercifully grant that we may follow the example of His great humility and patience and be made partakers of His resurrection; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen
5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
430 My song is love unknown
1 My song is love unknown,
my Savior’s love to me,
love to the loveless shown
that they might lovely be.
Oh, who am I,
that for my sake
my Lord should take
frail flesh and die?
2 He came from his blest throne
salvation to bestow,
but such disdain! So few
the longed-for Christ would know!
But oh, my friend,
my friend indeed,
who at my need
his life did spend!
3 Sometimes they crowd his way
and his sweet praises sing,
resounding all the day
hosannas to their King.
Then “Crucify!”
is all their breath,
and for his death
they thirst and cry.
4 Why? What has my Lord done?
What makes this rage and spite?
He made the lame to run,
he gave the blind their sight.
Sweet injuries!
Yet they at these
themselves displease
and ‘gainst him rise.
5 They rise and needs will have
my dear Lord made away.
A murderer they save,
the Prince of life they slay.
Yet cheerful he
to suff’ring goes
that he his foes
from death might free.
6 In life, no house, no home
my Lord on earth might have;
in death, no friendly tomb,
but what a stranger gave.
What may I say?
Heav’n was his home
but mine the tomb
wherein he lay.
7 Here might I stay and sing;
no story so divine,
never was love, dear King,
never was grief like thine.
This is my friend,
in whose sweet praise
I all my days
could gladly spend!
COLLECT OF THE DAY
Almighty and everlasting God, You sent Your Son, our Savior Jesus Christ, to take upon Himself our flesh and to suffer death upon the cross. Mercifully grant that we may follow the example of His great humility and patience and be made partakers of His resurrection; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen
