Roman Missal (1962): Holy Saturday
Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray
O God, who dost illuminate this most holy night by the glory of the Lord’s Resurrection, preserve in the new children of Thy family the spirit of adoption which Thou hast given; that renewed in body and mind, they may render to Thee a pure service. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.
Epistle
Lesson from the Epistle of Blessed Paul the Apostle to the Colossians.
(Col 3:1-4)
Brethren, if you be risen with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God: mind the things that are above, not the things that are upon the earth. For you are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ should appear, who is your life, then you also shall appear with Him in glory.
Thanks be to God.
(After the Epistle, all rise and the celebrant intones:)
S. Alleluia!
C. Alleluia!
S. Alleluia!
C. Alleluia!
S. Alleluia!
C. Alleluia!
(Afterward, the choir continues:)
(Ps 117, 1)
℣. Give praise to the Lord for He is good: for His mercy endureth forever.
Tract
(Ps 116)
℣. O praise the Lord, all ye nations, and praise Him all ye people.
℣. For His mercy is confirmed upon us: and the truth of the Lord remaineth forever.
Gospel
(While singing the Gospel candles are not being hold.)
Continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Matthew.
(Matt 28:1-7)
And in the end of the Sabbath, when it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalen and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. And behold there was a great earthquake. For an Angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and coming, rolled back the stone and sat upon it: and his countenance was as lightning and his raiment as snow. And for fear of him the guards were struck with terror and became as dead men. And the Angel answering, said to the women: Fear not you: for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified: He is not here: for He is risen, as He said. Come and see the place where the Lord was laid. And going quickly, tell ye His disciples that He is risen: and behold He will go before you into Galilee: there you shall see Him. Lo, I have foretold it to you.
(Neither Creed nor Offertory-verse is said)
Secret
Accept, we beseech Thee, O Lord, the prayers of Thy people together with the sacrifice they offer: that what has begun by the Paschal Mysteries, may by Thine arrangement result in our eternal healing.
Through our Lord…
Preface
(Easter)
It is truly meet and just, right and for our salvation, at all times to praise Thee, O Lord, but more gloriously especially in this season (sed tempore Passionis)
on this night (sed octava Paschæ)
on this day when Christ our Pasch was sacrificed. For He is the Lamb Who hath taken away the sins of the world: Who by dying hath destroyed our death: and by rising again hath restored us to life. And therefore with Angels and Archangels, with Thrones and Dominations, and with all the hosts of the heavenly army, we sing the hymn of Thy glory, evermore saying:
Postcommunion
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray
Pour forth upon us, O Lord, the spirit of Thy love: that those whose hunger Thou hast satisfied with the Sacraments of Easter may in Thy kindness be one in heart.
Through our Lord…