Additional Blessing | |||
Solemn Blessing | |||
The Lord bless you and keep you: | |||
All
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Amen. | ||
The Lord make his face to shine upon you, | |||
and be gracious to you: | |||
All
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Amen. | ||
The Lord lift up his countenance upon you | |||
and give you peace: | |||
Numbers 6.24-26
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All
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Amen. | ||
The Lord God almighty, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, | |||
the holy and undivided Trinity, | |||
guard you, save you, | |||
and bring you to that heavenly city, | |||
where he lives and reigns for ever and ever. | |||
All
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Amen. | ||
Additional Short Prefaces | |||
Transfiguration | |||
And now we give you thanks | |||
because the divine glory of the incarnate Word | |||
shone forth upon the holy mountain | |||
before the chosen witnesses of his majesty; | |||
and your own voice from heaven proclaimed your beloved Son. | |||
(traditional language) | |||
And now we give thee thanks | |||
because the divine glory of the incarnate Word | |||
shone forth upon the holy mount | |||
before the chosen witnesses of his majesty; | |||
and thine own voice from heaven proclaimed thy beloved Son. | |||
Michael and All Angels | |||
Through him the archangels sing your praise, | |||
the angels fulfil your commands, | |||
the cherubim and seraphim continually proclaim your holiness; | |||
the whole company of heaven glorifies your name | |||
and rejoices to do your will. | |||
Therefore we pray that our voices may be heard with theirs, | |||
for ever praising you and saying: | |||
All
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Holy, holy, holy Lord … | ||
Dedication | |||
And now we give you thanks | |||
for your blessing on this house of prayer, | |||
where through your grace we offer you the sacrifice of praise | |||
and are built by your Spirit into a temple made without hands, | |||
even the body of your Son Jesus Christ. | |||
(traditional language) | |||
And now we give thee thanks | |||
for thy blessings on this house of prayer, | |||
where we are stirred to faithful witness | |||
and are built up by thy Spirit into a temple made without hands, | |||
even the body of thy Son Jesus Christ. | |||
(or) | |||
Though the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee, | |||
and thy glory is in all the world, | |||
thou dost deign to hallow places for thy worship, | |||
and in them dost pour forth gifts of grace upon thy faithful people. | |||