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The Litany of the Saints

Lesson Epislle of St. Paul to the Ephesians: Ch. ii., v. 19-22. fJ3 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 Christ 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 also are built together into an habitation of God in the Spirit. Gradual Psalm 138 cj~ HY friend , 0 God, are made exceedingly honorable: their < principality is exceedingly strengthened. V. I will number them, and th ey 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 'l'he Gradual 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 a reverence to the Consecrator, then all sit as before, and the Conseci-ator, 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 consu lting 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

Lord, have mercy on us. Chri t, 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 th e world,

St. Thaddeus, 1 ' St. Matthias, St. Barnabas,

St. Luke, St. Mark, All ye holy Apostles and Evan- gelists, All ye holy disciples of the Lord, All ye hol y 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 hol y Angels and Arch- angel , Al I ye ho! 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 hol y Martyrs,

St. ylvester, St. Gregory, St. Ambrose, St. Augustine,

St. Jer~me, 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. tPray for us.

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

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