This prayer is designed to be said within the family before a Crucifix on Holy Saturday. No candles are lit today. Mother or a child: "May our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who alone by his ...

Lent, a 40-day period of prayer and fasting in Christian traditions ... In some traditions, Lent concludes on Holy Saturday, the day before Easter.

Some end it on Holy Saturday. Others, like Roman Catholics ... up personal vices or habits (like eating sugar) and do extra prayers or service activities. The Stations of the Cross are 14 ...

O 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 ...