BLESSING OF ANY ONE PRIESTLY VESTMENT

THE BLESSING OF ANY ONE PRIESTLY VESTMENT

V. Our help is in the name of the Lord.

R. Who made heaven and earth.

V. The Lord be with you.

R. And with your spirit.

Let us pray: Almighty God, bountiful with gifts, lavish with blessings, give strength to these hands of ours, humbly we beg of thee, to bestow thy blessing now, and with the power of the Holy Spirit to bless this amice (or this alb – this girdle- this stole- this maniple- this tunicle- this dalmatic- this chasuble – this cope – this humeral veil): and grant that those who wear it in thy service may themselves be sanctified thereby. May they stand in holiness before thee, without blemish or reproach; and may thy mercy ever strengthen and support them. Through Christ our Lord.

R. Amen.

He sprinkles the vestment with holy water.

Sacramental Blessings - Priests Only