| Additional Short Preface | |||
| Blessing of the Oils | |||
| And now we give you thanks | |||
| because by your Holy Spirit | |||
| you anointed your only Son to be servant of all | |||
| and ordained that he should enter | |||
| into his kingdom through suffering. | |||
| In your wisdom and love you call your Church to serve the world, | |||
| to share in Christ's suffering and to reveal his glory. | |||