ritualeromanumtheroma nritual - Archbishop Lefebvre

Thy adorable, true, * and only Son,
And the Holy Spirit * the Comforter.
Thou art the King of glory, * O Christ.
Thou art the everlasting Son * of the Father.
Thou, when thou wouldst take human nature to deliver man, * didst not disdain the Virgin’s womb.
When thou hadst overcome the sting of death, * thou didst open to believers the kingdom of heaven.
Thou sittest at the right hand of God, * in the glory of the Father.
We believe that thou shalt come * to be our Judge.
We beseech thee, therefore, help thy servants, * whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious Blood.
Make them to be numbered with thy Saints * in glory everlasting.
O Lord, save thy people, * and bless thine inheritance.
Govern them, * and exalt them forever.
Day by day * we bless thee;
And we praise thy name forever, * yea, forever and ever.
Vouchsafe, O Lord, this day * to keep us without sin.
Have mercy upon us, O Lord, * have mercy upon us.
Let thy mercy be upon us, O Lord, * as we have hoped in thee.
O Lord, in thee have I hoped, * let me not be confounded forever.
V. Let us bless the Father and the Son, together with the Holy Spirit.
R. Let us praise Him and mightily extol Him forever.
Let us pray. Prayer
O God, Whose mercy is without limits and Whose goodness is a boundless treasury! We thank thy loving Sublimity
for bountiful favors, and perseveringly appeal to thy clemency. Desert us not, thou Who hearest thy suppliants, but
speed us to final victory. Through Christ our Lord. R. Amen.
Lastly the priest blesses the people with a crucifix.
The fastening of the stations to the walls may be done privately by anyone and without ceremony, either before or after
the blessing by the priest.
Following is an example of the formal testimonial that the stations of the cross were erected in a given place:
By virtue of the faculty granted me, I, N. N. erected the Way of the Cross with its annexed indulgences in the place
named above in the delegation, in accord with the rules prescribed by the Congregation of Sacred Indulgences on May
10, 1742. In testimony of which I have affixed my signature on this day, etc.
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RITUS ERIGENDI STATIONES VIÆ MATRIS DOLOROSÆ
SEU IN HONOREM SEPTEM DOLORUM B. MARIÆ VIRG.
Proprius Ordinis Servorum B. M. V.
(Approbatus a S. R. C. die 10 Martii 1883)
Sacerdos, superpelliceo et stola violacei coloris indutus, comitantibus Clericis, vel aliis Ministris, cum vasculo aquæ
benedictæ, et aspersorio, necnon thuribulo ac navicula incensi, ascendit Altare, ibique, habito ad populum brevi
sermone super excellentia et utilitate pii exercitii Viæ Matris Dolorosæ, genuflexus in infimo gradu intonat Hymnum
Veni, Creátor Spíritus, quem chorus prosequitur, ut supra, pag. 489.
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