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BLESSING AND INVESTITURE WITH THE BLACK SCAPULAR OF OUR LORD’S
SACRED CROSS AND PASSION
Formerly reserved to the Congregation of Passionists
The one who is to receive the scapular is kneeling. The priest, vested in surplice and red stole, says:
V. Our help is in the name of the Lord.
R. Who made heaven and earth.
V. The Lord be with you.
R. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray. Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, who, in order to redeem the world, willed to be born of a woman, submit to circumcision, to be
rejected by the Jews and betrayed by the traitor, Judas, with a kiss; to be bound in chains and led as an innocent Lamb to
the slaughter; wantonly made a spectacle of in the presence of Annas and Caiphas, Pilate and Herod; accused by false
witnesses; tormented with scourges and indignities; spat upon, crowned with thorns, struck with a reed, blindfolded,
stripped of your garments, nailed to the cross, and pierced with a lance. O Lord, by these your sacred sufferings and by
your holy cross and death, enlighten your servant's mind and inflame his (her) heart, so that, imbued with your tender
charity, he (she) may ever shed tears of compunction, love you with all his (her) heart, and devote himself (herself)
wholly to whatever pleases you. We ask this of you who live and reign with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy
Spirit, God, forever and ever. R. Amen.
The foregoing prayers may be omitted at will. Then the priest says:
V. Our help is in the name of the Lord.
R. Who made heaven and earth.
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord.
R. Both now and forevermore.
V. Lord, heed my prayer.
R. And let my cry be heard by you.
V. The Lord be with you.
R. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray. Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, who condescended to clothe yourself in our mortal nature, we humbly beg you to bless + and to
hallow + this garment, designed as a reminder of you sacred passion and death. May this servant of yours, who is to
wear it, have a part in your suffering, and so deserve to attain the glory of heaven. We ask this of you who live and reign
forever and ever. R. Amen.
Next the priest sprinkles the scapular with holy water, and then clothes the person with it, saying:
May the Lord clothe you as a new man, so that, wearing this insignia of a sorrowing penitent, you may keep your eyes
fixed on Jesus who was crucified at the hands of wicked men, and mourn over Him with a grief befitting the death of
God's firstborn Son. R. Amen.
The priest continues:
By the faculty granted me I make you a partaker of all the spiritual benefits which the Congregation of Passionists
enjoys by privilege of the Holy See; in the name of the Father, and of the Son, + and of the Holy Spirit. R. Amen.
In conclusion he adds:
May the passion of our Lord Jesus Christ be ever in our hearts. Amen.
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BENEDICTIO ET IMPOSITIO SCAPULARIS RUBRI PASSIONIS