ritualeromanumtheroma nritual - Archbishop Lefebvre

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
Holy Lord, almighty Father, everlasting God, who, in pouring out the grace of your blessing on the bodies of the sick,
encompass your creatures with your generous love; hearken as we call on your holy name, and by the prayers of
Blessed Vincent, your confessor, free your servants from illness and restore them to health, and then hasten their
convalescence by your sure hand, strengthen them by your might, shield them by your power, and give them back in
full vigor to your holy Church; through Christ our Lord. R. Amen.
He then immerses a medal or a reliquary of St. Vincent de Paul in the water, and holds it so until the following prayer is
concluded:
Lord, bless + this water, that it be a saving remedy for men; and grant that, by the prayers of Blessed Vincent, your
confessor, whose relics (or medal) are (is) now immersed in it, all who will drink this water may have health in body
and protection in soul; through Christ our Lord. R. Amen.
He then removes the medal or reliquary from the water, and says:
Ant. The poor of Sion I will sate with bread, and I will let my blessing overflow on her priests, and her saints will exult
exceedingly.
V. God, you have provided in your kindness for the poor.
R. The Lord gives orders to his messengers with great authority.
Let us pray. Prayer
God, who through Blessed Vincent have added to your Church a new community to serve the poor and to train the
clergy; grant, we pray, that we may be imbued with the same fervor, so as to love what he loved and to carry out what
he inculcated; through Christ our Lord. R. Amen.
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