{"id":5969,"date":"2010-04-03T09:56:19","date_gmt":"2010-04-03T09:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2010\/04\/holy-saturday-prayers.html"},"modified":"2010-04-03T09:56:19","modified_gmt":"2010-04-03T09:56:19","slug":"holy-saturday-prayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2010\/04\/holy-saturday-prayers.html","title":{"rendered":"Holy Saturday Prayers"},"content":{"rendered":"

O<\/font><\/span> <\/span>God, Creator of heaven and earth: Grant that, as the crucified body of your dear Son was laid in the tomb and rested on this holy Sabbath, so we may await with him the coming of the third day, and rise with him to newness of life; who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.<\/span> <\/p>\n


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O God of unchangeable power and eternal light: Look favorably on your whole Church, that wonderful and sacred mystery; by the effectual working of your providence, carry out in tranquillity the plan of salvation; let the whole world see and know that things which were cast down are being raised up, and things which had grown old are being made new, and that all things are being brought to their perfection by him through whom all things were made, your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.<\/span><\/div>\n

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This is the day of the classical Easter Vigil. Read this liturgy<\/b><\/a> and listen to the power of the Story.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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