Commemoration of the Most Holy Body
and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Double of the First Class with Privileged Octave of the Second Class
White
INTROIT Ps. 80. 17
HE fed them with the fat of wheat, alleluia; and filled them with honey out of the rock, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Ps. 80.2. Rejoice in God our helper; sing aloud to the God of Jacob. V.: Glory be.
COLLECT
O God, who in a wonderful Sacrament hast left unto us the memorial of thy Passion; grant, we beseech thee, that we may so venerate the sacred mysteries of thy Body and Blood as to experience continually within ourselves the fruit of thy Redemption. Who livest and reignest.
O God, who didst vouchsafe wondrously to solace bles-sed Juliana, thy Virgin, in her last suffering with the precious Body of thy Son: grant, we beseech thee, that, by her intercession and merits, we too in our mortal agony may be refreshed and strengthed by the same Sacrament, and so be brought to our heavenly country. Through the same.
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| Saint Ambrose in between Saints Gervasius and Protasius |
O God, who dost gladden us by the annual feast of thy holy Martyrs Gervasius and Protasius, mercifully grant that we who rejoice in their merits may be inspired by their example. Through.
SEASONAL COLLECTS
Of the Saints
Collect Ad Libitum
EPISTLE I Cor. 11. 23-29
Brethren, I have received of the Lord, that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread, and giving thanks, broke, and said: Take ye and eat, this is my Body which shall be delivered for you; this do for the commemoration of me. In like manner also the chalice, after he had supped, saying: This chalice is the new testament in my Blood; this do ye, as often as you shall drink, for the commemoration of me. For as often as you shall eat this bread and drink this chalice, you shall show the death of the Lord until he come. Therefore whosoever shall eat this bread, or drink of the chalice of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the Body and Blood of the Lord. But let a man prove himself; and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of the chalice. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, not discerning the Body of the Lord.
GRADUAL Ps. 144. 15, 16
The eyes of all hope in thee, O Lord, and thou givest them meat in due season. V.: Thou openest thy hand, and fillest every living creature with thy blessing.
Alleluia, alleluia. V. John 6. 56, 57. My Flesh is meat indeed and my Blood is drink indeed: he that eateth my Flesh and drinketh my Blood, abideth in me, and I in him. Alleluia.
SEQUENCE
Sion, lift thy voice and sing:
Praise thy Savior and thy King,
Praise with hymns thy Shepherd true.
All thou canst, do thou endeavor,
Yet thy praise can equal never
Such as merits thy great King.
See today before us laid
The living and life-giving Bread!
Theme for praise and joy profound!
The same which at the sacred board
Was, by our incarnate Lord,
Giv'n to his Apostles round.
Let the praise by loud and high:
Sweet and tranquil be the joy
Felt today in every breast,
On this festival divine
Which records the origin
Of the glorious Eucharist.
On this table of the King,
Our new Paschal offering
Brings to end the olden rite.
Here, for empty shadows fled,
Is reality instead;
Here, instead of darkness, light.
His own act, at supper seated,
Christ ordain'd to be repeated,
In his memory divine;
Wherefore now, with adoration,
We, the Host of our salvation,
Consecrate from bread and wine,
Hear what holy Church maintaineth,
That the bread its substance changeth
Into Flesh, the wine to Blood.
Doth it pass thy comprehending?
Faith, the law of sight transcending
Leaps to things not understood,
Here beneath these signs are hidden
Priceless things, to sense forbidden
Signs, not things, are all we see.
Flesh from bread, and Blood from wine,
Yet is Christ in either sign,
All entire, confessed to be.
They, who of him here partake,
Sever not, nor rend, nor break:
But, entire, their Lord receive,
Whether one or thousands eat,
All receive the self-same meat,
Nor the less for others leave,
Both the wicked and the good
Eat of this celestial Food;
But with ends how opposite!
Here 'tis life: and there 'tis death:
The same, yet issuing to each
In a difference infinite.
Nor a single doubt retain,
When they break the Host in twain,
But that in each part remains
What was in the whole before;
Since the simple sign alone
Suffers change in state or form,
The signified remaining one
And the same for evermore.
Lo! upon the altar lies,
Hidden deep from human eyes,
Bread of Angels from the skies,
Made the food of mortal man;
Children's meat to dogs denied,
In old types presignified:
In the manna heaven-supplied
In Isaac, and the Paschal lamb.
Jesu! Shepherd of the sheep!
Thou thy flock in safety keep,
Living Bread! Thy life supply:
Strengthen us, or else we die:
Fill us with celestial grace!
Thou, who feedest us below!
Source of all we have or know!
Grant that with thy Saints above,
Sitting at the feast of love,
We may see thee face to face.
Amen. Alleluia.
¶ The above Sequence is used throughout the Octave of Corpus Christi.
+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to John (6. 56-59)
At that time Jesus said to the multitudes of the Jews: My Flesh is meat indeed, and my Blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my Flesh, and drinketh my Blood, abideth in me, and I in him. As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father, so he that eateth me, the same also shall live by me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Not as your fathers did eat manna and are dead. He that eateth this bread shall live for ever.
OFFERTORY Levit. 21. 6
The priests of the Lord offer incense and loaves to God, and therefore they shall be holy to their God, and shall not defile his Name. Alleluia.
SECRET
Graciously bestow on thy Church, we beseech thee, O Lord, the gifts of unity and peace, which are mystically shown forth in the gifts now offered. Through.
Commemorate Saint Juliana of Falconieri
SEASONAL COLLECTS
Of the Saints
Collect Ad Libitum
COMMUNION I Cor. 11. 26, 27
As often as you shall eat this Bread, and drink the Chalice, you shall show the death of the Lord, until he come: therefore whosoever shall eat this Bread or drink the Chalice of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the Body and Blood of the Lord. Alleluia.
POSTCOMMUNION
Make us, we beseech thee, O Lord, to be filled with the eternal enjoyment of thy Divinity, which is prefigured by the reception in this life of thy precious Body and Blood. Who livest and reignest.
Commemoration of Saint Juliana of Falconieri
SEASONAL COLLECTS
Of the Saints
Collect Ad Libitum
¶ The church as well as the streets through which the procession will pass should be fittingly decorated with tapestry, drapery, and sacred images; not, however, with profane or meaningless images or any unworthy ornamentation.
¶ The priest first celebrates Mass, during which he consecrates two hosts. After he has consumed one at his communion he exposes the other in the monstrance to be used in the procession. The part of the monstrance which holds the host should be enclosed with glass so that the host is visible to the worshippers. When Mass is over and the procession has begun (in the same order as mentioned above in the Rogation procession), the priest, vested in white cope, kneels and incenses the Blessed Sacrament with a threefold incensation. Then one of the clerics places a humeral veil over the priest’s shoulders. Having covered both hands with the ends of the veil, the Celebrant reverently receives the monstrance from the Deacon. Holding the Blessed Sacrament before his face he turns toward the people and joins the procession, walking beneath the canopy accompanied by his ministers Two acolytes or clerics carrying thuribles with burning incense walk in front of him. All march with bared heads, holding lighted candles, and devoutly singing the following hymns, or as many as time allows.
Hymn 1: Pange Lingua
Sing, my tongue, the Savior's glory:
Of his Flesh the mystery sing;
Of his Blood all price exceeding.
Shed by our immortal King.
Destined for the world's redemption
From a noble womb to spring.
Of a pure and spotless Virgin,
Born for us on earth below,
He, as Man with man conversing,
Stayed the seeds of truth to sow,
Then he closed in solemn order
Wondrously his life of woe.
On the night of his last supper,
Seated with his chosen band,
He, the paschal victim eating,
First fulfills the Law's command;
Then as food to all his brethren
Gives himself with his own hand.
Word made Flesh, the bread of nature,
By his words to Flesh he turns;
Wine into his Blood he changes:
What though sense no change discerns,
Only be the heart in earnest,
Faith her lesson quickly learns.
Hymn 1a: Tantum Ergo Sacramentum
¶ This hymn is the conclusion of the Pange Lingua.
Down in adoration falling,
Lo, the Sacred Host we hail,
Lo, o'er ancient forms departing
Newer rites of grace prevail;
Faith for all defects supplying,
Where the feeble senses fail.
To the everlasting Father
And the Son who reigns on high
With the Holy Ghost proceeding
Forth from each eternally,
Be salvation, honor, blessing,
Might and endless majesty.
Amen.
Hymn 2: Sacris Solemniis
At this our solemn feast
let holy joys abound,
and from the inmost breast
let songs of praise resound;
let ancient rites depart,
and all be new around,
in every act, and voice, and heart.
Remember we that eve,
when, the Last Supper spread,
Christ, as we all believe,
the Lamb, with leavenless bread,
among his brethren shared,
and thus the Law obeyed,
of all unto their sire declared.
The typic Lamb consumed,
the legal Feast complete,
the Lord unto the Twelve
His Body gave to eat;
the whole to all, no less
the whole to each did mete
with his own hands, as we confess.
He gave them, weak and frail,
His Flesh, their Food to be;
on them, downcast and sad,
His Blood bestowed he:
and thus to them He spake,
"Receive this Cup from me,
and all of you of this partake."
So he this Sacrifice
to institute did will,
and charged his priests alone
that office to fulfill:
tn them he did confide:
to whom it pertains still
to take, and the rest divide.
Thus Angels' Bread is made
the Bread of man today:
the Living Bread from heaven
with figures dost away:
O wondrous gift indeed!
the poor and lowly may
upon their Lord and Master feed.
Thee, therefore, we implore,
O Godhead, One in Three,
so may thou visit us
as we now worship thee;
and lead us on thy way,
That we at last may see
the light wherein thou dwellest aye.
Hymn 3: Verbum Supernum
The heavenly Word pro-ceeding forth,
Yet leaving not his Father's side,
And going to his work on Earth,
Has reached at length life's eventide.
By false disciple to be given
To foemen for his blood athirst,
Himself, the living bread from heaven,
He gave to his disciples first.
In twofold form of sac-rament,
He gave his flesh, he gave his blood,
That man, of soul and body blent,
Might wholly feed on mystic food.
In birth man's fellow-man was he,
His meat while sitting at the board;
He died, our ransomer to be,
He reigns to be our great reward.
O saving Victim, opening wide
The gates of heaven to man below;
Our foes press hard on every side,
Thine aid supply, thy strength bestow.
All praise and thanks to thee ascend
For evermore, blessed One in Three;
O grant us life that shall not end,
In our true native land with thee.
Hymn 4: Salutis Humanae
Hail, thou who man’s Redeemer art,
Jesu, the joy of every heart;
Great Maker of the world’s wide frame,
And purest love’s delight and flame:
What nameless mercy thee o'ercame,
To bear out load of sin and shame?
For guiltless, thou thy life didst give,
That sinful erring man might live.
The realms of woe are forced by Thee,
Its captives from their cha-ins set free;
And thou, amid thy ransomed train,
At God's right hand dost victor reign.
Let mercy sweet with thee prevail,
To cure the wounds we now bewail;
Oh, bless us with thy holy sight,
And fill us with eternal light.
Our guide, our way to heavenly rest,
Be thou the aim of every breast;
Be thou the soother of our tears,
Our sweet reward above the spheres.
Hymn 5: Aeternae Rex
Eternal Monarch, King most high,
Whose blood hath brought redemption nigh,
By Whom the death of Death was wrought,
And conquering grace’s battle fought.
Ascending by the starry road,
This day thou wentest home to God,
By Heaven to power un-ending called,
And by no human hand installed.
That so, in nature’s triple frame,
Each heavenly and each ea-rthly name,
And things in hell’s abyss abhorred,
May bend the knee and own him Lord.
Yes, Angels tremble when they see
How changed is our humanity;
That Flesh hath purged what flesh had stained,
And God, the flesh of God, hath reigned.
Be thou our joy, O might Lord,
As thou wilt be our great reward;
Earth’s joys to thee are nothing worth,
Thou joy and crown of heaven and earth.
To thee we therefore hum-bly pray
That thou wouldst purge our sins away,
And draw our hearts by cords of grace
To thy celestial dwelling-place.
So when the Judgment day shall come,
And all must rise to meet their doom,
Thou wilt remit the debts we owe,
And our lost crowns again bestow.
All glory, Lord, to thee we pay,
Ascending o’er the stars to-day;
All glory, as is ever meet;
To Father and to Paraclete.
¶ In addition to the hymns given above the following may be sung or recited: Te Deum, Canticle of Zachariah, or the Magnificat (see the section of Canticles).
¶ At the end of the procession when the Blessed Sacrament has been brought back to the church and placed on the altar, all kneel in reverent adoration and sing the last stanzas of the Pange Lingua, viz. the Tantum ergo, Hymn 1a above, followed by the versicles and oration below, taken from the end of the Litany of the Most Blessed Sacrament.
¶ Two clerics say the following versicle and response:
V. Panem de caelo praestitisti eis, alleluia.
(Thou didst furnish them with Bread from heaven, Alleluia.)
R. Omne delectamentum in se habentem, alleluia.
(Having in it every delight, Alleluia.)
¶ When this procession is used for a procession of the Most Blessed Sacrament outside Paschaltide or the Feast of Corpus Christi, the Alleluias are not said.
¶ Then the priest says the following prayer.
Oremus. (Let us pray.)
O God, who under a marvelous Sacrament has left us a memorial of thy Passion; grant us; we beseech thee; so to venerate the sacred mysteries of thy Body and Blood, that we may ever perceive within us the fruit of thy Redemption. thou, who livest and reignest forever and ever. R. Amen.
¶ Having made a genuflection the priest blesses the people with the monstrance, as at the Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament. The priest, still wearing the humeral veil, makes the sign of the cross over the people with the Blessed Sacrament as Jesus Christ himself, not the priest, blesses the people. As this is done, the acolyte rings a bell three times, and the thurifer incenses the sacrament with three triple swings. The faithful bow as the sign of the cross is made over them with the Sacrament.
¶ Having placed the monstrance back on the altar, then follow the Divine Praises. The people join the priest in saying this, all kneeling.
Divine Praises
BLESSED be God.
Blessed be his holy Name.
Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true man.
Blessed be the name of Jesus.
Blessed be his Most Sacred Heart.
Blessed be his Most Precious Blood.
Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.
Blessed be the Holy Spirit the Paraclete.
Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary Most Holy.
Blessed be her holy and Immaculate Conception.
Blessed be her glorious Assumption.
Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother.
Blessed be Saint Joseph, her most chaste spouse.
Blessed be God in his Angels and in his Saints.
Amen.
¶ Then the priest rises and goes to the altar, genuflects, and takes the Sacred Host from the monstrance. He puts the host back into the ciborium, genuflects, and closes and locks the tabernacle door. He replaces the corporal in the burse, and veils the monstrance before going to stand at the foot of the altar. As soon as the tabernacle door closes, the people all rise, and the choir sings the Laudate Dominum. After the first half of the Gloria Patri has been sung in the Laudate Dominum, the priest and servers may leave.
Laudate Dominum
Praise the Lord, all nations;
Praise him, all people.
For he hath bestowed
His mercy upon us,
And the truth of the Lord endureth forever.
Glory be. As it was. Amen.
¶ The manner of blessing described above is observed in every procession with the Blessed Sacrament.
The priests of the Lord offer incense and loaves to God, and therefore they shall be holy to their God, and shall not defile his Name. Alleluia.
SECRET
Graciously bestow on thy Church, we beseech thee, O Lord, the gifts of unity and peace, which are mystically shown forth in the gifts now offered. Through.
Commemorate Saint Juliana of Falconieri
| May this sacrifice of thy dedicated people be accepted by thee, O Lord, in honor of thy Saints: to whose merits we attribute the help afforded us in tribulation. Through. Commemoration: Of Saints Gervasius and Protasius Be appeased, we beseech thee, O Lord, by the gifts now offered, and by the intercession of thy holy Martyrs Gervasius and Protasius, defend us from all dangers. Through. |
SEASONAL COLLECTS
Of the Saints
Collect Ad Libitum
COMMUNION I Cor. 11. 26, 27
As often as you shall eat this Bread, and drink the Chalice, you shall show the death of the Lord, until he come: therefore whosoever shall eat this Bread or drink the Chalice of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the Body and Blood of the Lord. Alleluia.
POSTCOMMUNION
Make us, we beseech thee, O Lord, to be filled with the eternal enjoyment of thy Divinity, which is prefigured by the reception in this life of thy precious Body and Blood. Who livest and reignest.
Commemoration of Saint Juliana of Falconieri
| Thou hast filled thy household, O Lord, with holy gifts: do thou cherish us always, through the intercession of her whose festival we are keeping. Through. Commemoration: Of Saints Gervasius and Protasius May this communion, O Lord, cleanse us from guilt; and through the intercession of thy holy Martyrs Gervasius and Protasius, make us share in the heavenly healing. Through. |
SEASONAL COLLECTS
Of the Saints
Collect Ad Libitum
Corpus Christi Procession
¶ The church as well as the streets through which the procession will pass should be fittingly decorated with tapestry, drapery, and sacred images; not, however, with profane or meaningless images or any unworthy ornamentation.
¶ The priest first celebrates Mass, during which he consecrates two hosts. After he has consumed one at his communion he exposes the other in the monstrance to be used in the procession. The part of the monstrance which holds the host should be enclosed with glass so that the host is visible to the worshippers. When Mass is over and the procession has begun (in the same order as mentioned above in the Rogation procession), the priest, vested in white cope, kneels and incenses the Blessed Sacrament with a threefold incensation. Then one of the clerics places a humeral veil over the priest’s shoulders. Having covered both hands with the ends of the veil, the Celebrant reverently receives the monstrance from the Deacon. Holding the Blessed Sacrament before his face he turns toward the people and joins the procession, walking beneath the canopy accompanied by his ministers Two acolytes or clerics carrying thuribles with burning incense walk in front of him. All march with bared heads, holding lighted candles, and devoutly singing the following hymns, or as many as time allows.
Hymn 1: Pange Lingua
Sing, my tongue, the Savior's glory:
Of his Flesh the mystery sing;
Of his Blood all price exceeding.
Shed by our immortal King.
Destined for the world's redemption
From a noble womb to spring.
Of a pure and spotless Virgin,
Born for us on earth below,
He, as Man with man conversing,
Stayed the seeds of truth to sow,
Then he closed in solemn order
Wondrously his life of woe.
On the night of his last supper,
Seated with his chosen band,
He, the paschal victim eating,
First fulfills the Law's command;
Then as food to all his brethren
Gives himself with his own hand.
Word made Flesh, the bread of nature,
By his words to Flesh he turns;
Wine into his Blood he changes:
What though sense no change discerns,
Only be the heart in earnest,
Faith her lesson quickly learns.
Hymn 1a: Tantum Ergo Sacramentum
¶ This hymn is the conclusion of the Pange Lingua.
Down in adoration falling,
Lo, the Sacred Host we hail,
Lo, o'er ancient forms departing
Newer rites of grace prevail;
Faith for all defects supplying,
Where the feeble senses fail.
To the everlasting Father
And the Son who reigns on high
With the Holy Ghost proceeding
Forth from each eternally,
Be salvation, honor, blessing,
Might and endless majesty.
Amen.
Hymn 2: Sacris Solemniis
At this our solemn feast
let holy joys abound,
and from the inmost breast
let songs of praise resound;
let ancient rites depart,
and all be new around,
in every act, and voice, and heart.
Remember we that eve,
when, the Last Supper spread,
Christ, as we all believe,
the Lamb, with leavenless bread,
among his brethren shared,
and thus the Law obeyed,
of all unto their sire declared.
The typic Lamb consumed,
the legal Feast complete,
the Lord unto the Twelve
His Body gave to eat;
the whole to all, no less
the whole to each did mete
with his own hands, as we confess.
He gave them, weak and frail,
His Flesh, their Food to be;
on them, downcast and sad,
His Blood bestowed he:
and thus to them He spake,
"Receive this Cup from me,
and all of you of this partake."
So he this Sacrifice
to institute did will,
and charged his priests alone
that office to fulfill:
tn them he did confide:
to whom it pertains still
to take, and the rest divide.
Thus Angels' Bread is made
the Bread of man today:
the Living Bread from heaven
with figures dost away:
O wondrous gift indeed!
the poor and lowly may
upon their Lord and Master feed.
Thee, therefore, we implore,
O Godhead, One in Three,
so may thou visit us
as we now worship thee;
and lead us on thy way,
That we at last may see
the light wherein thou dwellest aye.
Hymn 3: Verbum Supernum
The heavenly Word pro-ceeding forth,
Yet leaving not his Father's side,
And going to his work on Earth,
Has reached at length life's eventide.
By false disciple to be given
To foemen for his blood athirst,
Himself, the living bread from heaven,
He gave to his disciples first.
In twofold form of sac-rament,
He gave his flesh, he gave his blood,
That man, of soul and body blent,
Might wholly feed on mystic food.
In birth man's fellow-man was he,
His meat while sitting at the board;
He died, our ransomer to be,
He reigns to be our great reward.
O saving Victim, opening wide
The gates of heaven to man below;
Our foes press hard on every side,
Thine aid supply, thy strength bestow.
All praise and thanks to thee ascend
For evermore, blessed One in Three;
O grant us life that shall not end,
In our true native land with thee.
Hymn 4: Salutis Humanae
Hail, thou who man’s Redeemer art,
Jesu, the joy of every heart;
Great Maker of the world’s wide frame,
And purest love’s delight and flame:
What nameless mercy thee o'ercame,
To bear out load of sin and shame?
For guiltless, thou thy life didst give,
That sinful erring man might live.
The realms of woe are forced by Thee,
Its captives from their cha-ins set free;
And thou, amid thy ransomed train,
At God's right hand dost victor reign.
Let mercy sweet with thee prevail,
To cure the wounds we now bewail;
Oh, bless us with thy holy sight,
And fill us with eternal light.
Our guide, our way to heavenly rest,
Be thou the aim of every breast;
Be thou the soother of our tears,
Our sweet reward above the spheres.
Hymn 5: Aeternae Rex
Eternal Monarch, King most high,
Whose blood hath brought redemption nigh,
By Whom the death of Death was wrought,
And conquering grace’s battle fought.
Ascending by the starry road,
This day thou wentest home to God,
By Heaven to power un-ending called,
And by no human hand installed.
That so, in nature’s triple frame,
Each heavenly and each ea-rthly name,
And things in hell’s abyss abhorred,
May bend the knee and own him Lord.
Yes, Angels tremble when they see
How changed is our humanity;
That Flesh hath purged what flesh had stained,
And God, the flesh of God, hath reigned.
Be thou our joy, O might Lord,
As thou wilt be our great reward;
Earth’s joys to thee are nothing worth,
Thou joy and crown of heaven and earth.
To thee we therefore hum-bly pray
That thou wouldst purge our sins away,
And draw our hearts by cords of grace
To thy celestial dwelling-place.
So when the Judgment day shall come,
And all must rise to meet their doom,
Thou wilt remit the debts we owe,
And our lost crowns again bestow.
All glory, Lord, to thee we pay,
Ascending o’er the stars to-day;
All glory, as is ever meet;
To Father and to Paraclete.
¶ In addition to the hymns given above the following may be sung or recited: Te Deum, Canticle of Zachariah, or the Magnificat (see the section of Canticles).
¶ At the end of the procession when the Blessed Sacrament has been brought back to the church and placed on the altar, all kneel in reverent adoration and sing the last stanzas of the Pange Lingua, viz. the Tantum ergo, Hymn 1a above, followed by the versicles and oration below, taken from the end of the Litany of the Most Blessed Sacrament.
¶ Two clerics say the following versicle and response:
V. Panem de caelo praestitisti eis, alleluia.
(Thou didst furnish them with Bread from heaven, Alleluia.)
R. Omne delectamentum in se habentem, alleluia.
(Having in it every delight, Alleluia.)
¶ When this procession is used for a procession of the Most Blessed Sacrament outside Paschaltide or the Feast of Corpus Christi, the Alleluias are not said.
¶ Then the priest says the following prayer.
Oremus. (Let us pray.)
O God, who under a marvelous Sacrament has left us a memorial of thy Passion; grant us; we beseech thee; so to venerate the sacred mysteries of thy Body and Blood, that we may ever perceive within us the fruit of thy Redemption. thou, who livest and reignest forever and ever. R. Amen.
¶ Having made a genuflection the priest blesses the people with the monstrance, as at the Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament. The priest, still wearing the humeral veil, makes the sign of the cross over the people with the Blessed Sacrament as Jesus Christ himself, not the priest, blesses the people. As this is done, the acolyte rings a bell three times, and the thurifer incenses the sacrament with three triple swings. The faithful bow as the sign of the cross is made over them with the Sacrament.
¶ Having placed the monstrance back on the altar, then follow the Divine Praises. The people join the priest in saying this, all kneeling.
Divine Praises
BLESSED be God.
Blessed be his holy Name.
Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true man.
Blessed be the name of Jesus.
Blessed be his Most Sacred Heart.
Blessed be his Most Precious Blood.
Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.
Blessed be the Holy Spirit the Paraclete.
Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary Most Holy.
Blessed be her holy and Immaculate Conception.
Blessed be her glorious Assumption.
Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother.
Blessed be Saint Joseph, her most chaste spouse.
Blessed be God in his Angels and in his Saints.
Amen.
¶ Then the priest rises and goes to the altar, genuflects, and takes the Sacred Host from the monstrance. He puts the host back into the ciborium, genuflects, and closes and locks the tabernacle door. He replaces the corporal in the burse, and veils the monstrance before going to stand at the foot of the altar. As soon as the tabernacle door closes, the people all rise, and the choir sings the Laudate Dominum. After the first half of the Gloria Patri has been sung in the Laudate Dominum, the priest and servers may leave.
Laudate Dominum
Praise the Lord, all nations;
Praise him, all people.
For he hath bestowed
His mercy upon us,
And the truth of the Lord endureth forever.
Glory be. As it was. Amen.
¶ The manner of blessing described above is observed in every procession with the Blessed Sacrament.
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