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    Solemn Blessing
    The Lord bless you and keep you:
All
  Amen.
     
    The Lord make his face to shine upon you,
    and be gracious to you:
All
  Amen.
     
    The Lord lift up his countenance upon you
    and give you peace:                                                                 
   
Numbers 6.24-26
All
  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
  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
  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.
     
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