ritualeromanumtheroma nritual - Archbishop Lefebvre

Benedíctio Dei omnipoténtis, Patris, et Fílii, + et Spíritus Sancti, descéndat super te (vos), et máneat semper. R. Amen.
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BLESSING AND INVESTITURE WITH THE CINCTURE
The priest, vested in surplice and white 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
IN HONOR OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Formerly reserved to the Hermits of St. Augustine
Almighty and merciful God, who grant mercy and pardon to sinners as they seek your tender forgiveness, we appeal to
your kindness, asking that you graciously bless + and hallow + this cincture. Let him (her) who is to be girt with it in
penance for his (her) sins observe continence, which is so pleasing to you; let him (her) be obedient to your
commandments; let him (her) obtain pardon for his (her) sins, by the prayers of blessed Mary, ever a Virgin, of St.
Augustine and St. Monica, and finally attain everlasting life; through Christ our Lord. R. Amen.
Let us pray. Prayer
Holy Lord, almighty Father, everlasting God, we beg you to bless + this cincture, a sign of purity, reminding us to
restrain the loins and reins, to subject them under your law. Let him (her) who will wear it devoutly and implore your
mercy obtain pardon and remission of sins by your exceeding great mercy; through Christ our Lord. R. Amen.
The priest sprinkles the cincture with holy water.
Then he blesses the rosary, saying:
Let us pray. Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, who taught your disciples to pray, we beg you to accept with a blessing + prayers of your servants,
so that their prayer may ever begin in you and end in you, who live and reign forever and ever. R. Amen.
He sprinkles the rosary with holy water.
Then he blesses the person saying:
Let us pray. Prayer
Lord, hear our humble prayers, and grant that this servant of yours, on whom we bestow in your name this cincture,
may by your bounty always devoutly persevere in holy religion; through Christ our Lord. R. Amen.
The priest sprinkles the person with holy water.
Then he invests the person with the cincture, saying:
Take this cincture about your loins, and let them be girt in token of chastity and temperance; in the name of the Father,
and of the Son, + and of the Holy Spirit. R. Amen.
Lastly the priest says:
May the Lord who has begun a good work in you also bring it to completion; and by the merits of blessed Mary, ever a
Virgin, and of St. Augustine and his devoted mother, Monica, may He grant you an increase of grace and glory. R.
Amen.
By the authority I enjoy in virtue of the Apostolic indult, I receive you into the Order of St. Augustine, and make you a
partaker of all the spiritual benefits of our whole Order.
May the blessing of almighty God, Father, Son, + Holy Spirit, come upon you and remain with you forever. R. Amen.
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