ritualeromanumtheroma nritual - Archbishop Lefebvre

Benedíctio Dei omnipoténtis, Patris, et Fílii, + et Spíritus Sancti, descéndat super te, et máneat semper. R. Amen.
Et porrigit ad osculum.
Hoc signum, si opus sit, repetitur per tres vices, sive diversis diebus, sive eadem die, juxta necessitatem. Tres etiam
Missæ votivæ, si lubet, nempe de Passione, de S. Mauro Abbate, et pro defunctis celebrandæ erunt: alioquin beatissimæ
Virginis Mariæ Rosarium in tres partes distributum juxta præfatam intentionem infirmus, si potest, recitabit vel recitare
faciet.
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BLESSING OF THE SICK WITH RELIC OF TRUE CROSS
OR THE SIGN OF ST. MAURUS THE ABBOT
Formerly reserved to the Order of St. Benedict
Before the ceremony a relic of the true cross of our Lord is exposed, with at least two lighted candles beside it. Then the
sick person is encouraged to make an act of contrition, as well as an act of firm faith that, by the merits and prayers of
St. Benedict and St. Maurus, he will be restored to health, God willing. Three Our Fathers, Hail Marys and Glory be to
the Father are said in honor of the Most Holy Trinity. Following this the priest, vested in surplice and red stole, holds
the relic in his right hand before the sick person, and says:
V. Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and strength to our God forever and ever.
R. Amen.
V. My foot is set on the right path.
R. I will praise you, Lord, in the assemblies.
Invocation
As I call on the holy name of the Lord, may you be restored to desired good health by that faith with which St. Maurus
healed the sick with the following words; and I, unworthy sinner though I am, in similar faith now humbly say this
prayer over you:
In the name of the all holy and undivided Trinity, and aided by the merits of our holy father, St. Benedict, I say to you:
"Arise, N., fully restored to health"; in the name of the Father, and of the Son, + and of the Holy Spirit. R. Amen.
Ant. Surely He has born our grief and endured our sorrows; and by His stripes we are healed.
V. He who pardons man's iniquities.
R. May He heal your infirmities.
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
God, Creator of all things, who ordained that your only-begotten Son, by the co-operation of the Holy Spirit, take flesh
in the womb of the Virgin Mary, in order to redeem the human race; and who in redeeming us were pleased to heal the
wounds and infirmities of our souls by the holy and glorious wood of the life-bearing cross; grant that your servant, N.,
(grant that your servants N.) be restored to former good health by the power of this same life-giving sign; through
Christ our Lord. R. Amen.
Let us pray. Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, who gave to St. Benedict, my master, the power to obtain from you whatever he would ask in your
name; be pleased to expel by his prayers all suffering from this servant of yours, so that restored to health he (she) may
offer thanksgiving to your holy name. We ask this of you who live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit forever
and ever. R. Amen.
The Sign