ALMIGHTY God, who through thine only begotten Son Jesus Christ, hath overcome death, and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life; we humbly beseech thee, that as by thy special grace preventing us, thou dost put into our minds good desires; so by thy continual help we may bring the same to good effect, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen!
The Homily for the Resurrection.
Bless’d morning, whose first dawning rays
Beheld our rising God;
That saw him triumph o’er the dust,
And leave his last abode!
In the cold prison of a tomb,
The dead Redeemer lay;
’Till the revolving skies had brought
The third, th’ appointed day.