Order of Service for The Great Vigil of Easter, April 4, 2026

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Scripture

• Genesis 1:1–2:4a [The Story of Creation]
• Genesis 7:1–5, 11–18, 8:6–18, 9:8–13 [The Flood]
• Genesis 22:1–18 [Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac]
• Exodus 14:10–31; 15:20–21 [Israel's deliverance at the Red Sea]
• Ezekiel 36:24–28 [A new heart and a new spirit]
• Ezekiel 37:1–14 [The valley of dry bones]
• Zephaniah 3:14–20 [The gathering of God's people]
• Romans 6:3–11
• Matthew 28:1–10

Hymns and Anthems

• The Story of Creation, INSERT, Lucis Creator optime
• The Flood, INSERT, Faithfulness
• Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac, Psalm 16, Plainsong and Anglican Chant
• Israel's deliverance at the Red Sea, 425, Adon Olam
• A new heart and a new spirit, Psalm 42, Hugo Distler (Choir)
• The valley of dry bones, 508, Nova Vita
• The gathering of God's people, Psalm 98, Hans Leo Hassler (Choir)‍
• The gathering of God's people, 678, College of Preachers‍
• Pascha Nostrum S-46, Plainsong
• Psalm 114, Anglican Chant, St. Martin's Psalter
• Offertory Anthem, Easter Anthem, Philip E. Baker (Choir)
• Offertory Hymn 187, Straf mich nicht
• Communion Motet, from the All-Night Vigil, Sergei Rachmaninoff (Choir)
• Communion Hymn 202, Ad cenam Agni providi
• Recessional Hymn 208, Victory
• Postlude: Fanfare, William Mathias
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Collects

O God, who made this most holy night to shine with the glory of the Lord's resurrection: Stir up in your Church that Spirit of adoption which is given to us in Baptism, that we, being renewed both in body and mind, may worship you in sincerity and truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

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Almighty God, who for our redemption gave your only-begotten Son to the death of the cross, and by his glorious resurrection delivered us from the power of our enemy: Grant us so to die daily to sin, that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his resurrection; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.