Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1936-37 (1)

Lesson Epistle of St. Paul to the Ephesians: Ch. ii., v. 19-22. f.J3 RETHREN: You are no more strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow-citizens with the saints, and domestics of God: built upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Chri t Himself being the chief corner-stone. In whom all the building being framed together, groweth up into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you al o are built together into an habitation of God in the Spirit. Gradual Psalm 138 :J~ HY_ fr_ien~s, ? God, a_re made exceeding! y honorable: their pnnc1pahty 1s exceedingly strengthened. V. I wi ll 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 G1·adual having been said, the Consecrator goes to the faldstool before the middle of the altar and there sits wearing his mitre; the assistant bishops again lead the Bishop-elect to the Consecrator, to whom the Bishop-elect, having laid aside his biretta, profoundly bowing his head, makes an humble reverence; the assistants, with the mitres on, and bowing slightly, also make n reverence to the ('onsecrator, then all sit as before, ancl the Consecrator, turned toward the Bishop-elect, says: - (f BISHOP judges, interprets. consecrates. ordains. offers, bap- tizes, and confirms. Then, aJI rising, the ('onsecrator, standing ,dth his mitre, says to those surrounding him: - • 2ET 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 ancl all others kneel. Then the chanters, beginning the litanies, sing: - 16

The Litany of the Saints

St. Thaddeus, * St. Matthias, St. Barnabas,

Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us. God, the Father of Heaven;* God, the Son, Redeemer of the world,

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

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

St. Michael, St. Gabriel, St. Raphael, All ye holy Angels and Arch- angels, All ye holy 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. Nichola , 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 Prie ts and Levites, All ye holy Monks and Hermits, St. Mary Magdalen, * Pray for us.

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