The Great Vigl of eEaster

                   The Exsultet________________

This 

is the night when Christ broke the bonds of death and hell, and rose victorious from 
the grave… when earth and 
heaven  are joined  and 
man is reconciled 
with God. 

Holy Saturday Eveing Prayer

_                             _______________Psalm 27:18b 

       be 

strong 

    and 

    God 

    will 

    comfort your heart; 

      wait patiently for the Lord. 

Holy Saturday

                                               ___________Psalm 88:12 

              Will 

               your

               loving-

               kind-

               ness 

               be 

              declared 

              in the

              grave, 

              your 

              faithfulness 

              in the land of destruction? 

March 30, 2018, Good Friday nearing sundown and the beginning of the Passover tonight

                  ________________I Peter 1:18, 19

 you know that

 you were ran-somed… not with perishable things like silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like 

that of a lamb without 

defect or blemish.

Good Friday afternoon

 Luke 23:46____________________

and 

he 

bre-

ath-

ed 

his 

last.

Good Friday

______________Canticle 16: The Benedictus 

                         Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,

 for he has come to his people & set them free. 

Good Friday morning

                                                ________Psalm 95:8a

                 

                  

                    Hard-

                    en not 

                    your hearts 

Maundy Thursday evening

                Maundy Thursday Liturgy 

 “Peace is my last gift to you; 

 my own peace I leave with you”

Maundy Thursday, March 29, 2018, which began like any day for the disciples….

                            __________________________John 13: 37, 38

Peter said “Lord… I will lay down my life for you.” Jesus answered, “Will you lay down your life for me? Very truly I tell  you, before the cock crows you will have denied me three times.”

Wednesday Evening

                ___________________Psalm 74: an antiphon

Re-mem-ber your con-gre-gation, Lord, 

that you purchased long ago. 

Wednesday in Holy Week, 28 March, 2018

                                                             Psalm 55:14a 

Cast 

your

burden 

upon

the Lord

and he will 

sustain you 

Tuesday at Evening Prayer

                             __________________________Psalm 94:11

The 

Lord

 knows 

our 

human 

thoughts, 

how  like a puff of wind they are. 

Tuesday in Holy Week

 The Venite___________           

                                              

Oh, 

that 

today 

you 

would 

hearken 

to 

God’s 

voice! 

Palm Sunday

                            ______________Psalm 29:10

 The Lord 

 will give 

 strength 

 to his 

 eople; 

 the Lord 

 will give 

 his people the blessing of peace

Monday Evening

                        _____________Psalm 62:18

           

           An-

           swer 

           me, 

           Lord, 

           for 

           your 

           love is kind_________________

Monday in Holy Week, March 26, 2018

                                      ________Psalm 51:11

 

   

              Create 

              in me 

              a clean 

              heart, 

              O God, 

              and 

              renew 

              a right spirit within  me. 

The night after the Triumphal entry

                                 ___________Mark 15:12-13   

What then 

do you wish

me to do 

with the 

man you 

call the
King of 
the Jews?

They shouted back, Crucify him!

Saturday evening

                  _______________Psalm 42:10

The Lord grants his loving kindness in the daytime; in the night season his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.

Saturday, March 24*

                     _____________________Mark 10:47, 51

Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me! 

                        Jesus said to him,                  What do you want me to do for you?                         I want to se again!

*Archbishop of San Salvador Óscar Romero (1917-1980)  and the Martyrs of San Salvador. 

Archbishop Romero was assass-inated on this day in 1980 while he was saying mass. He had been threatened and his response was  

a       bishop will die but the Church of God which is the people will never perish. 

Friday evening

                                ______2 Corinthians 4:7

   

          We 

          have 

          this  

          treas-

          ure 

           in

          clay

          jars, 

          so 

          that 

          it

          may

          be 

         made 

         clear 

         that this extraordinary  

              power belongs to God &

                  does not come from us. 

Friday, March 23, 2018*

                             _____________Psalm 22:18

         

         

            

            Be not 

            far away,

            O Lord;

            you are my 

            strength;

            hasten to  help me.

*Gregory

  the Illuminator 

        ca 257-332

      Bishop and  

“Apostle to Armenia" 

the  firstnation-state

to become officially 

       Christian. 

Shine, we pray

 in our hearts, 

that we  in our 

generation may 

show forth your

 marvelous praise.

-Collect

                                    ___pray for the people of Armenia__