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Easter Eve

3rd April 2021

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Year B  /  Lent

Principal Service

Collect One

Grant, O Lord,
that as we are baptized into the death
of thy blessed Son our Saviour Jesus Christ,
so by continual mortifying our corrupt affections
we may be buried with him;
and that, through the grave, and gate of death,
we may pass to our joyful resurrection;
for his merits, who died, and was buried,
and rose again for us,
thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect Two

No Post Communion is provided for Easter Eve.

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.

The First Reading

The Psalm

The Second Reading

The Gospel Reading

Collect Of The Word

O God,
creator of heaven and earth:
mercifully 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 dawning of the third day,
and rise with him to newness of life;
who now lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Suggested Hymns

An asterisk (*) before the hymn number indicates that the hymn has been recorded for use in public worship by the Recorded Church Music Committee.

Job 14: 1-14

*6 - Immortal, invisible, God only wise
*537 - O God, our help in ages past
308 - Revive your Church, O Lord

Lamentations 3: 1-9, 19-24

*250 - All hail the power of Jesu's name
*606 - As the deer pants for the water
*563 - Commit your ways to God
*80 - Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father
*101 - Jesus, the very thought of thee
*425 - Jesus, thou joy of loving hearts
*653 - Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom
*56 - Lord, as I wake I turn to you
*58 - Morning has broken
*59 - New every morning is the love
*537 - O God, our help in ages past
*372 - Through all the changing scenes of life
*374 - When all thy mercies, O my God
*S172 - You can't stop rain from falling down

Psalm 31: 1-4, 15-16

*S210 - A city strong we claim as ours
*643 - Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart
*563 - Commit your ways to God
*565 - Father, I place into your hands
*459 - For all the saints, who from their labours rest
*668 - God is our fortress and our rock
*92 - How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
S66 - In the Lord I'll be ever thankful
*S100 - My hope is built on nothing less
620 - O Lord, hear my prayer
*537 - O God, our help in ages past
*595 - Safe in the shadow of the Lord

1 Peter 4: 1-8

*515 - A new commandment I give unto you
*525 - Let there be love shared among us

Matthew 27: 57-66

265 - Good Joseph had a garden
*102 - Name of all majesty
*239 - See, Christ was wounded for our sake

John 19: 38-42

265 - Good Joseph had a garden
*231 - My song is love unknown
*239 - See, Christ was wounded for our sake

Second Service

Collect One

Grant, O Lord,
that as we are baptized into the death
of thy blessed Son our Saviour Jesus Christ,
so by continual mortifying our corrupt affections
we may be buried with him;
and that, through the grave, and gate of death,
we may pass to our joyful resurrection;
for his merits, who died, and was buried,
and rose again for us,
thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect Two

No Post Communion is provided for Easter Eve.

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.

The Psalm

The First Reading

The Gospel Reading

Suggested Hymns

An asterisk (*) before the hymn number indicates that the hymn has been recorded for use in public worship by the Recorded Church Music Committee.

Psalm 142

*627 - What a Friend we have in Jesus

Hosea 6: 1-6

206 - Come, let us to the Lord our God
*125 - Hail to the Lord's anointed
*372 - Through all the changing scenes of life
*S172 - You can't stop rain from falling down

John 2: 18-22

*336 - Jesus, where'er thy people meet
*343 - We love the place, O God

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