Collect

    O God, who dost illuminate this most sacred night by the glory of the resurrection of our Lord: preserve in the new children of Thy family the spirit of sonship which Thou hast given, that renewed in body and soul, they may give Thee a pure service. Through the same Lord.

Epistle: Colossians iii. 1-4

    Lesson from the Epistle of blessed Paul the Apostle to the Colossians. 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 shall appear, who is your life, then you also shall appear with Him in glory.

Alleluia

    Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

Verse: Psalms cxvii. 1

    Give praise to the Lord, for He is good for His mercy endureth for ever.

Tract: Psalms cxvi. 1-2

    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 for ever.

Gospel: Matthew xxviii. 1-7

    + The continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Matthew. And in the end of the sabbath, when it began to dawn towards 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.

Secret

    Receive, we beseech Thee, O Lord, the prayers of Thy people with the offering of this sacrifice; that what we have begun at these Easter mysteries, may, through Thy power, profit us as a saving remedy unto life everlasting. Through our Lord.

Vespers

    Antiphon: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

Psalm cxvi

    O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise Him, all ye people.

    For His mercy is confirmed upon us: and the truth of the Lord remaineth for ever.

    Glory be to the Father, etc.

Antiphon: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

Antiphon at the Magnificat: Matthew xxviii. 1

    And in the end of the sabbath, when it began to dawn towards the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalen, and the other Mary, to see the sepulchre. alleleluia.

    ℣. The Lord be with you.

    ℟. And with thy spirit.

Collect of the Vespers and Postcommunion of the Mass

    Pour forth upon us, O Lord, the spirit of Thy love, that by Thy loving kindness Thou mayest make to be of one mind those whom Thou hast fed with these paschal sacraments. Through our Lord.

    ℣. The Lord be with you.

    ℟. And with thy spirit.

    ℣. Go, this is your dismissal, alleluia, alleluia.

    ℟. Thanks be to God, alleluia, alleluia.

+ Taken from St. Andrew Daily Missal, by Dom Gaspar Lefebvre, O.S.B., Imprimi Potest 11-18-1945 P. Joannes Delacroix, O.S.B., Imprimatur 11-22-1945 Joseph Van Der Meersch