Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1937 (3)

The Litany of the Saints

Lesson Epistle of St. Paul to the Ephesians: Ch. ii., Y. 19-22. fB RETHRE -: You. ~re no .more str~ngers and fore.igners. but you are fellow-c1t1zen with the amt . and domestics of God: built upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ Him elf being the chief corner- tone. In whom all the building being framed together. groweth up into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are built together into an habitation of God in the pirit. Gradual Psalm 138 J- HY. fr~en~s. ? God. a.re made exceedingly honorable: their pnnc1pahty 1s exceedingly strengthened. V. I will number them. and they shall be multiplied above the sand. Alleluia. alleluia. V. Ps. 32. Rejoice in the Lord. 0 ye just: praise be- cometh the upright. Alleluia. Ceremony of Consecration The Gradual having been said, the Consecrator goes to the falclstool before the middle of the altar and there sits wearing hi mitre; the as istant bishops again lead the Bishop-elect to the Consecrator, to whom the Bishop-elect, having laid aside his biretta, profotmclly bowing his head, makes an hmuble reverence; the assistants, with the mitres on, and bowing slightly, also make a reverence to the Consecrator, then all sit as before, and the Consecrator, turned toward the Bishop-elect, says: - a BISHOP judges, interprets, consecrates, ordains, offers. bap- tizes, and confirms. Then, all rising, the Consecrator, standing with his mitre, says. to those surrounding him: - £ET us pray, dearest brethren, that the kindness of the Almighty God consulting the utility of His Church, may bestow the abundance of His grace upon His chosen one. Through Christ Our Lord. R. Amen. And then the Consecrator before the faldstool, and the as- sistant bishops before theirs, all with their mitres on, kneel. The Bishop-elect, however, prostrates himself at the left of the Conse- crator; the ministers and all others kneel. Then the chanters, beginning the litanies, sing: - 16

t. Thaddeus. * t. Matthias, St. Barnaba ,

Lord, have mercy on us. Chri t, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us. Christ, graciou ly hear us. God, the Father of Heaven.* God, the Son, Redeemer of the world,

St. Luke, St. Mark, All ye holy Apo ties and Evan- gelists, All ye holy disciples of the Lord, All ye holy Innocents, t. Stephen, St. Lawrence, St. Vincent, SS. Fabian and Sebastian, SS. John and Paul,

God, the Holy Ghost, Holy Trinity, One God, Holy 1ary, t Holy Mother of God, Holy Virgin of virgins,

St. Michael, St. Gabriel, St. Raphael, All ye holy Angels and Arch- angels, All ye hol y orders of blessed Spirits, St. John the Baptist, St. Joseph, All ye holy Patriarchs and Prophets,

SS. Cosmas and Damian, SS. Gervase and Protase, All ye holy Martyrs,

St. Sylvester, St. Gregory, St. Ambrose, St. Augustine,

St. Jerome, St. Martin, St. Nicholas, All ye holy Bishops and Con- fessors, All ye holy Doctors,

St. Peter, St. Paul, St. Andrew, St. James, St. John, St. Thomas,

St. Anthony, St. Benedict, St. Bernard, St. Dominic, St. Francis,

St. James, St. Philip, St. Bartholomew, St. Matthew, St. Simon, *Have mercy on us. t Pray for us.

All ye holy Priests and Levites, All ye holy Monks and Hermits, St. Ma·ry Magdalen, *Pray for us.

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