Page:Book of common prayer (TEC, 1979).pdf/287

 whole heart and mind and voice, to praise you, the invisible, almighty, and eternal God, and your only-begotten Son,  Jesus Christ our Lord; for he is the true Paschal Lamb, who  at the feast of the Passover paid for us the debt of Adam’s sin,  and by his blood delivered your faithful people.

This is the night, when you brought our fathers, the children of Israel, out of bondage in Egypt, and led them through the  Red Sea on dry land.

This is the night, when all who believe in Christ are delivered from the gloom of sin, and are restored to grace and holiness  of life.

This is the night, when Christ broke the bonds of death and hell, and rose victorious from the grave.

Holy Father, accept our evening sacrifice, the offering of this candle in your honor. May it shine continually to drive away all darkness. May Christ, the Morning Star who knows no setting, find it ever burning—he who gives his light to all  creation, and who lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen.