O God, make speed to save us.
O Lord, make haste to help us
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Hymn Refrain:
Hail thee, festival day!
Blest day that art hallowed forever;
day wherein Christ arose,
breaking the kingdom of death.
Lo, the fair beauty of earth,
from the death of the winter arising,
every good gift of the year
now with its Master returns. Refrain
He who was nailed to the Cross
is God and the Ruler of all things;
all things created on earth
worship the Maker of all. Refrain
God of all pity and power,
let thy word be assured to the doubted;
light on the third day returns:
rise, Son of God, from the tomb! Refrain
Loosen, O Lord, the enchained,
the spirits imprisoned in darkness;
rescue, recall into life those
who are rushing to death. Refrain
Rise now, O Lord, from the grave
and cast off the shroud that enwrapped thee;
thou art sufficient for us;
darkness and chaos and death
flee from the face of the light. Refrain
At one of these hours, the Psalm 119:25-32 and 76, parts I and II are used, as below.
For the other hours, the complimentary psalmody is used: Psalm 120, 121, 122 for Midmorning (Terce); Psalm 123, 124, 125 for Midday (Sext); Psalm 126, 127, 128 for Midafternoon (Nones).
TERCE Antiphon: Christ is risen from the dead and will never die again, alleluia
Reading
God raised this man Jesus to life, and all of us are witnesses to that. For this reason the whole House of Israel can be certain that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ. - Acts 2:32 - 36
Responsory This is the day the Lord has made, alleluia.
- Let us rejoice and be glad, alleluia.
SEXT Reading
All baptised in Christ, you have all clothed yourselves in Christ, and there are no more distinctions between Jew and Greek, slave and free, male and female, but all of you are one in Christ Jesus. - Galatians 3:27 - 28
Responsory
This is the day the Lord has made, alleluia. NONES Antiphon: Since you have been raised to life with Christ, seek the things that are above, alleluia.
Reading
Get rid of all the old yeast, and make yourselves into a completely new batch of bread, unleavened as you are meant to be. Christ, our passover, has been sacrificed; let us celebrate the feast, then, by getting rid of all the old yeast of evil and wickedness, having only the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. - 1 Corinthians 5:7-8
Responsory
This is the day the Lord has made, alleluia.
- Let us rejoice and be glad, alleluia.
PRAYER
Eternal Father,
you gave us the Easter mystery
as our covenant of reconciliation.
May the new birth we celebrate
show its effects on the way we live.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God for ever and ever.
