THE BLESSING OF A TABERNACLE OR OF ANY VESSEL MADE TO HOLD THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
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, great and everlasting God, be pleased to bless † this tabernacle (or vessel), fashioned as a resting place for the Body of our Lord Jesus Christ thy Son, and set it apart from any other use. Through the same Christ our Lord.
R. Amen.
He sprinkles it with holy water.
BENEDICTIO TABERNACULI SEU VASCULI
pro sacrosancta Eucharistia conservanda
V. Adiutórium nostrum in nómine Dómini.
R. Qui fecit cælum et terram.
V. Dóminus vobíscum.
R. Et cum spíritu tuo.
Orémus.
Omnípotens sempitérne Deus, majestátem tuam súpplices deprecámur:ut tabernáculum (seu vásculum) hoc pro Córpore Fílii tui Dómini nostri Jesu Christi in eo condéndo fabricátum, bene † dictiónis tuæ grátia dicáre dignéris. Per eúmdem Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum: Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus,per ómnia sĒ½cula sæculórum.
R. Amen.
He sprinkles it with holy water.