BLESSING OF ALTAR CLOTHS

THE BLESSING OF ALTAR CLOTHS

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: Lord God Almighty, forty days thou didst teach Moses how to furnish the Tabernacle of the Covenant and what linen he must fashion for use there; and Maria then wove it all and made it. In thy goodness bless these linen cloths (this linen cloth) to cover and dress the altar of thy glorious Son, our Lord Jesus Christ: who lives and reigns with thee for ever and ever.

R. Amen.

He sprinkles them with holy water.

BENEDICTIO MAPPARUM SEU TOBALEARUM ALTARIS

V. Adiutórium nostrum in nómine Dómini.

R. Qui fecit cælum et terram.

V. Dóminus vobíscum.

R. Et cum spíritu tuo.

Orémus.

Exáudi, Dómine, preces nostras: et hæc linteámina (hoc linteámen), sacri Altáris usui præparat (-um), bene dícere, et sancti ficáre dignéris. Per Christum Dóminum nostrum.

R. Amen.

Orémus.

Dómine Deus omnípotens, qui Móysen fámulum tuum ornaménta et linteámina fácere per quadragínta dies docuísti, quæ étiam María téxuit, et fecit in usum ministérii tabernáculi fœderis; bene dícere, sancti ficáre, et conse cráre dignéris hæc linteámina (hoc linteámen) ad tegéndum involvendúmque altáre gloriosíssimi Fílii tui Dómini nostri Jesu Christi: Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sĒ½cula sæculórum.

R. Amen.

He sprinkles them with Holy Water.

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