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The Roman Ritual

1. "De sacramentis," 1.524.

PART XI. BLESSINGS AND OTHER SACRAMENTALS

Translated by FR. PHILIP T. WELLER, S.T.D.

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Table of contents
Blessing of an Apartment or a Home 2
Another Blessing of a Home 3
Blessing of Homes (Outside of Eastertime) 4
Solemn Blessing of a Cross 5
Solemn Blessing of an Image 6
Rite of Providing Holy Water 7
Blessing of Oil 10
Blessing of Candles 11
Exorcism and Blessing of Bells 12
Blessing of Medals of St. Benedict and St. Anthony of Padua 19
Blessing of a Reliquary 23
Blessing of Any Kind of Medicine 24
Blessing of Rosaries of Our Lady 25
Blessing and Investiture with the Sacred Medal of Mary Immaculate 26
Blessing and Investiture with Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel 28
Blessing of Anything 30

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Blessing of an apartment or a home

P: Our help is in the ✠ name of the Lord.

All: Who made heaven and earth.
P: The Lord be with you.
All: And with your spirit.

Let us pray.
Lord God almighty, bless ✠ this apartment (or home), that it be the shelter of health,
purity, and self-control; that there prevail here a spirit of humility, goodness, mildness,
obedience to the commandments, and gratitude to God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
May this blessing remain on this place and on those who live here now and always.

All: Amen.

It is sprinkled with holy water.

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Another blessing of a home

P: Our help is in the ✠ name of the Lord.

All: Who made heaven and earth.
P: The Lord be with you.
All: And with your spirit.

Let us pray.
God the Father almighty, we fervently implore you for the sake of this home and its
occupants and possessions, that you may bless ✠ and sanctify ✠ them, enriching them
by your kindness in every way possible. Pour out on them, Lord, heavenly dew in good
measure, as well as an abundance of earthly needs. Mercifully listen to their prayers, and
grant that their desires be fulfilled. At our lowly coming be pleased to bless ✠ and sanctify
✠ this home, as you once were pleased to bless the home of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Within these walls let your angels of light preside and stand watch over those who live
here; through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.

It is sprinkled with holy water.

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Blessing of homes
Outside of eastertime
A pastor or another priest may wish to sprinkle with holy water a particular home or the homes of
the faithful in general. On entering the home, he says:

P: God’s peace be in this home.

All: And in all who live here.
As he sprinkles the principal room he says:
Antiphon: Purify me with hyssop, Lord, and I shall be clean of sin. Wash me, and I shall be whiter
than snow. (Ps. 50.1) Have mercy on me, God, in your great kindness.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
All: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

P: Ant. Purify me with hyssop, Lord, and I shall be clean of sin. Wash me, and I shall be whiter
than snow.
P: Lord, heed my prayer.
All: And let my cry be heard by you.

P: The Lord be with you.

All: And with your spirit.

Let us pray.
Hear us, holy Lord and Father, almighty everlasting God, and in your goodness send your
holy angel from heaven to watch over and protect all who live in this home, to be with them and
give them comfort and encouragement; through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.

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Solemn blessing of a cross
If a cross is to be exposed for public veneration, it should be solemnly blessed.

P: Our help is in the ✠ name of the Lord.

All: Who made heaven and earth.
P: The Lord be with you.
All: And with your spirit.

Let us pray.
Holy Lord, almighty Father, everlasting God, be pleased to bless ✠ this cross, that
it may be a saving help to mankind. Let it be the support of faith, an encouragement to
good works, the redemption of souls; and let it be consolation, protection, and a shield
against the cruel darts of the enemy; through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.

Let us pray.
Lord Jesus Christ, bless ✠ this cross by which you snatched the world from Satan's
grasp, and on which you overcame by your suffering the tempter to sin, who rejoiced in
the first man's fall in eating of the forbidden tree. Here it is sprinkled with holy water.

May this cross be hallowed in the name of the Father, ✠ and of the Son, ✠ and of the
Holy ✠ Spirit; and may all who kneel and pray before this cross in honor of our Lord find
health in body and soul; through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.

After this the priest, kneeling before the cross, devoutly venerates and kisses it, and others may do
likewise.

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Solemn blessing of an image
of our Lord Jesus Christ, the blessed Virgin Mary, or any saint

If such images are exposed for public veneration they should be solemnly blessed.

P: Our help is in the ✠ name of the Lord.

All: Who made heaven and earth.
P: The Lord be with you.
All: And with your spirit.

Let us pray.
Almighty everlasting God, who do not forbid us to carve or paint likenesses of your saints,
in order that whenever we look at them with our bodily eyes we may call to mind their holy
lives, and resolve to follow in their footsteps; may it please you to bless ✠ and to hallow
✠ this statue (or picture), which has been made in memory and honor of your only-
begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ (or the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of our Lord Jesus
Christ), (or Blessed N., your Apostle, or Martyr, or Pontiff, or Confessor, or Virgin). And
grant that all who in its presence pay devout homage to your only-begotten Son (or the
Blessed Virgin, or the Glorious Apostle, or Martyr, or Pontiff, or Confessor, or Virgin) may
by His (or Her or Their) merits (and intercession) obtain your grace in this life and
everlasting glory in the life to come; through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.

The image is sprinkled with holy water.

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Rite for providing holy water
Some minor changes have been made in this rite, such as the omission of certain words, putting salt into the water
only once, and the use of the short conclusion for the orations (see "Ephemerides Liturgicae" 75 [1961] 426). The
holy-water font is a counterpart of the baptismal font; and the sacramental use of holy water is related to the great
sacrament of water, baptism. Easter is the day par excellence for baptism, and every Sunday is a little Easter.
Consequently, on the Lord's day the Church blesses water to be used in the ceremony of renewal of baptism, for as
often as she sprinkles us with the blessed water a sign is given us of that sacrament which once bestowed the gift of
life. The rubrics direct that the water may be blessed either in the church proper or in the sacristy. For the edification
of the people it might be well to perform this blessing in the sight of the people, at least occasionally. The practice of
putting salt into the water comes no doubt from the incident of the miraculous cure of the poisonous well (see 4 Kings
2.19-21), where the prophet Eliseus used salt to purify the water of the well.

On Sundays, or whenever this blessing takes place, salt and fresh water are prepared in the church or in the sacristy.
The priest, vested in surplice and purple stole, says:

P: Our help is in the ✠ name of the Lord.

All: Who made heaven and earth.

Exorcism of the salt

God's creature, salt, I cast out the demon from you by the living ✠ God, by the true
✠ God, by the holy ✠ God, by God who ordered you to be thrown into the water- spring
by Eliseus to heal it of its barrenness. May you be a purified salt, a means of health for
those who believe, a medicine for body and soul for all who make use of you. May all evil
fancies of the foul fiend, his malice and cunning, be driven afar from the place where you
are sprinkled. And let every unclean spirit be repulsed by Him who is coming to judge
both the living and the dead and the world by fire.

All: Amen.

Let us pray. Almighty everlasting God, we humbly appeal to your mercy and
goodness to graciously bless ✠ this creature, salt, which you have given for mankind's
use. May all who use it find in it a remedy for body and mind. And may everything that it
touches or sprinkles be freed from uncleanness and any influence of the evil spirit;
through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.

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Exorcism of the water
God's creature, water, I cast out the demon from you in the name of God ✠ the Father
almighty, in the name of Jesus ✠ Christ, His Son, our Lord, and in the power of the Holy
✠ Spirit. May you be a purified water, empowered to drive afar all power of the enemy, in
fact, to root out and banish the enemy himself, along with his fallen angels. We ask this
through the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is coming to judge both the living and
the dead and the world by fire.

All: Amen.

Let us pray.
O God, who for man's welfare established the most wonderful mysteries in the
substance of water, hearken to our prayer, and pour forth your blessing ✠ on this element
now being prepared with various purifying rites. May this creature of yours, when used in
your mysteries and endowed with your grace, serve to cast out demons and to banish
disease. May everything that this water sprinkles in the homes and gatherings of the
faithful be delivered from all that is unclean and hurtful; let no breath of contagion hover
there, no taint of corruption; let all the wiles of the lurking enemy come to nothing. By the
sprinkling of this water may everything opposed to the safety and peace of the occupants
of these homes be banished, so that in calling on your holy name they may know the well-
being they desire, and be protected from every peril; through Christ our Lord.
All: Amen.

Now the priest pours the salt into the water in the form of a cross, saying:

May this salt and water be mixed together; in the name of the Father, and of the
Son, ✠ and of the Holy Spirit.

All: Amen.

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P: The Lord be with you.
All: And with your spirit.

Let us pray.
God, source of irresistible might and king of an invincible realm, the ever-glorious
conqueror; who restrain the force of the adversary, silencing the uproar of his rage, and
valiantly subduing his wickedness; in awe and humility we beg you, Lord, to regard with
favor this creature thing of salt and water, to let the light of your kindness shine upon it,
and to hallow it with the dew of your mercy; so that wherever it is sprinkled and your holy
name is invoked, every assault of the unclean spirit may be baffled, and all dread of the
serpent's venom be cast out. To us who entreat your mercy grant that the Holy Spirit may
be with us wherever we may be; through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.

Christ's faithful are permitted to take holy water home with them to sprinkle the sick, their homes,
fields, vineyards, and the like. It is recommended too that they put it in fonts in the various rooms,
so that they may use it to bless themselves daily and frequently.

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Blessing of oil
P: Our help is in the ✠ name of the Lord.

All: Who made heaven and earth.

Exorcism
God's creature, oil, I cast out the demon from you by God the Father ✠ almighty,
who made heaven and earth and sea, and all that they contain. Let the adversary's power,
the devil's legions, and all Satan's attacks and machinations be dispelled and driven afar
from this creature, oil. Let it bring health in body and mind to all who use it, in the name
of God ✠ the Father almighty, and of our Lord Jesus ✠ Christ, His Son, and of the Holy
Spirit, the Advocate, as well as in the love of the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who is
coming to judge both the living and the dead and the world by fire.

All: Amen.

P: Lord, heed my prayer.

All: And let my cry be heard by you.
P: The Lord be with you.
All: And with your spirit.

Let us pray.
Lord God almighty, before whom the hosts of angels stand in awe, and whose
heavenly service we acknowledge; may it please you to regard favorably and to bless ✠
and hallow ✠ this creature, oil, which by your power has been pressed from the juice of
olives. You have ordained it for anointing the sick, so that, when they are made well, they
may give thanks to you, the living and true God. Grant, we pray, that those who will use
this oil, which we are blessing ✠ in your name, may be delivered from all suffering, all
infirmity, and all wiles of the enemy. Let it be a means of averting any kind of adversity
from man, made in your image and redeemed by the precious blood of your Son, so that
he may never again suffer the sting of the ancient serpent; through Christ our Lord.
All: Amen
It is sprinkled with holy water.

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Blessing of candles
If a cross is to be exposed for public veneration, it should be solemnly blessed.

P: Our help is in the ✠ name of the Lord.

All: Who made heaven and earth.
P: The Lord be with you.
All: And with your spirit.

Let us pray.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, bless ✠ these candles at our lowly
request. Endow them, Lord, by the power of the holy ✠ cross, with a blessing from on
high, you who gave them to mankind in order to dispel darkness. Let the blessing that
they receive from the sign of the holy ✠ cross be so effectual that, wherever they are
lighted or placed, the princes of darkness may depart in trembling from all these places,
and flee in fear, along with all their legions, and never more dare to disturb or molest those
who serve you, the almighty God, who live and reign forever and ever.

All: Amen.

The priest sprinkles the candles with holy water.

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Exorcism and blessing of bells
Approved by the Congregation of Sacred Rites, Jan. 22, 1908)
Adapted for use in the ministry of spiritual liberation and exorcism;
For the use of the faithful in their homes.

If the bells have sacred symbols engraved on them, e.g. Medal of St. Benedict, Brief of St. Anthony,
Holy Cross, Image of Our Lord/Our Lady/Holy Angels/Saints, these are separately blessed with
the proper blessing intended for those particular symbols.)

Exorcism
P: Our help is in the ✠ name of the Lord.

All: Who made heaven and earth.

P: Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.

P: Our Father...
And lead us not into temptation.
All: But deliver us from evil.

P. Blessed be the name ✠ of the Lord.

All. Both now and forevermore.

P. Lord heed my prayer.

All. And let my cry be heard by you.

P. The Lord be with you.

All. And with your spirit.

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Let us pray.
Almighty everlasting God, who arranged the purpose of all creatures with
indescribable wisdom; be pleased, we pray, to pour out the dew of your blessing ✠ on
this (these) bell (bells), destined to ring out the order of the day's activities in the lives of
your faithful people and have them proceed in orderly fashion, thus forestalling any
disturbance from the spiteful demon; through Christ our Lord.

All. Amen.

The bell (bells) is (are) sprinkled with holy water.

P. Purify me with hyssop, Lord, and I shall be clean of sin. Wash me, and I shall be whiter
than snow. Lord, let my prayer come like incense before you.

The priest signs the bell with the sign of the cross. Holy Chrism or Exorcised-Blessed Oil can be
used to trace the sign of the cross on the bell.

P. To the honor of N. (Title of Our Lord, of Our Lady, of a Saint, of the Holy Angels).

All: Amen.

Blessing
P: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
All: Amen.
P: The Lord be with you.
All: And with your spirit.

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P: Bells have played an important role in Church life for centuries, being a primary method
of communication for priests and monks in calling the Christian faithful to prayer. In fact,
the importance of bells was so great in the Church that an elaborate ceremony was
developed to bless the bells, with many people calling it a "baptism."
The solemn blessing of bells or baptism of bells addresses their further purpose of driving
away evil spirits and even protecting the Christian faithful from storms. Let us now listen
to the words of God.

D: A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark.

All: Glory to you, O Lord.

D: Then they came to Capernaum, and on the sabbath, he entered the synagogue and
taught. The people were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one having
authority and not as the scribes. In their synagogue was a man with an unclean spirit; he
cried out, "What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy
us? I know who you are — the Holy One of God!" Jesus rebuked him and said, "Quiet!
Come out of him!" The unclean spirit convulsed him and with a loud cry came out of him.
All were amazed and asked one another, "What is this? A new teaching with authority. He
commands even the unclean spirits and they obey him." His fame spread everywhere
throughout the whole region of Galilee.
D: The Gospel of the Lord.
All: Praise to you O Lord, Jesus Christ.

P: Our help is in the ✠ name of the Lord.

All: Who made heaven and earth.

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PSALM 53
The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, and their ways are vile;
there is no one who does good.
God looks down from heaven on all mankind to see if there are any who understand, any
who seek God.
Everyone has turned away, all have become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not
even one.
Do all these evildoers know nothing? They devour my people as though eating bread;
they never call on God.
But there they are, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to dread. God
scattered the bones of those who attacked you; you put them to shame, for God despised
them.
Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When God restores his people, let
Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!

P: God, by your name, save us, and by Your might defend our cause.
All: God, hear our prayer; hearken to the words of our mouth.

P: For haughty men have risen up against us, and fierce men seek our life; they set not
God before their eyes.
All: See, God is our helper; the Lord sustains our life.

P: Turn back the evil upon our foes; in your faithfulness destroy them.
All: Freely will I offer our sacrifice; I will praise your name, Lord, for its goodness,

P: Because from all distress you have rescued us, and our eyes look down upon my
enemies. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
All: As it was, in the beginning, is now and will be forever. Amen

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P: Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Our Father
All: Who art in heaven...

P: Blessed be the ✠ name of the Lord.

All: Both now and forevermore.

P: Lord, head our prayer.

All: And let my cry come out to you.

P: The Lord be with you.

All: And with your spirit

Let us pray.
God, who decreed through blessed Moses, your servant and lawgiver, that silver
trumpets should be made and be sounded at the time of sacrifice, to remind the people
by their clear tones to prepare for your worship and to assemble for its celebration. Grant,
we pray, that this bell, destined for your holy Church, may be hallowed ✠ by the Holy
Spirit through our lowly ministry, so that when it is tolled and rung the faithful may be
invited to the house of God and to the everlasting recompense. Let the people's faith and
piety wax stronger whenever they hear its melodious peals. At the sound of the bell
dedicated to St. N. (name of the saint/s) let all evil spirits be driven afar (3x); let thunder
and lightning, hail and storm be banished; let the power of your hand put down the evil
powers of the air, causing them to tremble at the sound of this bell, and to flee at the sight
of the holy cross engraved thereon (3x); May our Lord Himself grant this, who overcame
death on the gibbet of the cross, and who now reigns in the glory of God the Father, in
the unity of the Father and the Holy Spirit, forever and ever.

All: Amen.
The priest then signs the bell inside and out with holy chrism and then sprinkles the bell with holy
water. He may also incense it.

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Antiphon: Lord, let my prayer come like incense before you.

Then the priest continues:

Let us pray.
O Christ, the almighty ruler, as you once calmed the storm at sea when awakened
in the boat from the sleep of your human nature, so now come with your benign help to
the needs of your people, and pour out on this bell of St. N. (name of the saint/s) the dew
of the Holy Spirit. Whenever it rings may the enemy of the good take flight (3x), the
Christian people hear the call to faith, the empire of Satan be terrified (3x), your people
be strengthened as they are called together in the Lord, and may the Holy Spirit be with
them as He delighted to be with David when he played his harp. And as onetime thunder
in the air frightened away a throng of enemies, while Samuel slew an unweaned lamb as
a holocaust to the eternal King, so when the peal of this bell resounds in the clouds may
a legion of angels stand watch over the assembly of your Church, the first-fruits of the
faithful, and afford your ever abiding protection to them in body and spirit (3x). We ask
this through you, Jesus Christ, who live and reign with God the Father, in the unity of the
Holy Spirit, God, forever and ever.

All: Amen.

P: To the honor of St. N. (name of the saint/s)

All: Amen.

Again, the priest signs the blessed bell with the sign of the cross, and departs with his assistants.

P: The Lord be with you.

All: And with your Spirit.
P: Bow down for the blessing

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P: May the bless you and keep you. May he show his face to you and have mercy on you.
May he turn to you his countenance and give you peace. The Lord bless you, the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit
All: Amen

P: Let us praise the Lord

All: And give you thanks.

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Blessing of medals of St. benedict
(and St. Anthony of Padua)
According to the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite.

The prayer-blessings are taken from Weller’s Roman Ritual Vols. II (1952) and III (1946). The Extra-Ordinary form
is used by authority of Pope Benedict XVI’s Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum (2007) and the Instruction Universae
Ecclesiae (2011) no. 35 from the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei. The exorcists of AMOE and PACE prefer this
form of blessing in so far as the prayer-blessing for this sacramental invokes Almighty God to protect the Catholic
Faithful from the action and influence of malevolent spirits.

The Priest should take careful note of the inscriptions of the medallion. Anything to the contrary
is not to be blessed as some may have been tampered.

The medallion presented here is the typical or popular version of the St. Benedict Medal, there are other accepted
versions, but the inscription, if they are at all present, follows exactly the letterings presented here.

The Cross of St. Anthony of Padua also known as St. Anthony’s Brief has these words in Latin. Versions in other
modern languages exist.

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A back-to-back medallion with both the prayers of St. Benedict and St. Anthony of Padua circulate,
though not widespread.

Exorcism
I purge you medals of evil by God ✠ the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and
earth and of the sea and of all that they contain. Of every power of the adversary, every
cohort of the devil, every attack and appearance of Satan - get thee out of these medals
and fly afar! And may they become for all who will use them a help for body and soul, in
the name of the Father ✠ Almighty, in the name of Jesus ✠ Christ, His Son, our Lord, in
the name of the Holy ✠ Spirit, the Paraclete, and in the love of the self-same Lord Jesus
Christ, Who shall come to judge the living and the dead and the world by fire.

All: Amen.
[Ad libitum from *Our Father… to And with your spirit.]

V: Our Father…
V: And lead us not into temptation.
R: But deliver us from evil.

V: Preserve thy servants.

R: Who trust in thee, my God.
V: Be unto us, O Lord, a tower of strength.

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R: In the face of the enemy.

V. The Lord will grant strength to His people.

R. The Lord will bless His people with peace.

V. Send us, Lord, aid from on high.

R. And from Sion watch over us.

V. O Lord hear my prayer.

R. And let my cry come unto thee.

V. The Lord be with you.

R. And with your spirit.

Blessing
If it is the back-to-back medallion of St. Benedict and St. Anthony, then both these saints are
mentioned in the Prayer Blessing.

Almighty God, lavish Dispenser of every good, we thy suppliants pray that, by the
intercession of St. Benedict (and/or St. Anthony of Padua), thou wouldst pour out thy blessing
✠ on these sacred medals inscribed with letters and symbols appointed by thee. Let all
who will use them with minds intent on good works deserve to obtain health of body and
spirit, the grace of making progress in holiness, as well as the indulgences which
have been granted. And may they escape by thy merciful help every onslaught and fraud
of the devil, and finally stand before thee sinless and holy. Through Christ our Lord.

R: Amen.

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If the medals are inscribed in a crucifix, the crucifix is blessed as well according to the prayer
blessing for crucifix.

Blessing of the crucifix

Holy Lord, almighty Father, eternal God, bless ✠ this cross that it be a saving help
to mankind. Let it be a bulwark of faith, an encouragement to good works, the redemption
of souls; and may it be consolation, protection, and a shield against the cruel darts of the
enemy. Through Christ our Lord.

R: Amen.

If the medals are inscribed in a reliquary, it is also blessed according to the prayer blessing for a
reliquary.

V: May the blessing of almighty God, Father, Son, ✠ and Holy Spirit come upon these
medals and all who use them, and remain for all time.

R: Amen.

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Blessing of a reliquary

P: Our help is in the name of the Lord

All: Who made heaven and earth.
P: The Lord be with you.
All: And with your spirit.

Let us pray.

Lord, bless ✠ this reliquary made to contain the holy remains of your saints; and
grant that by the prayers of your saints all who devoutly venerate their relics may obtain
pardon for sin and protection from every adversity; through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.

The priest sprinkles the medals/crucifix/reliquary with holy water.

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Blessing of any kind of medicine

P: Our help is in the name of the Lord

All: Who made heaven and earth.
P: The Lord be with you.
All: And with your spirit.

Let us pray.
God, who in a wonderful way created man and still more wondrously renewed him;
who were pleased to aid with many healing remedies the various infirmities that beset the
human condition; mercifully pour out your holy ✠ blessing on this medicine, so that he (or
she) who takes it may have health in mind and body; through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.

The priest sprinkles the medicine(s) with holy water.

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Blessing of rosaries of Our Lady
(Formerly reserved to the order of preachers.)

P: Our help is in the ✠ name of the Lord.

All: Who made heaven and earth.
P: The Lord be with you.
All: And with your spirit.

Let us pray.
Almighty and merciful God, who, out of exceeding love for us, willed that your only
begotten Son, our Lord Jes us Christ, come down from heaven to earth, take flesh at the
angel's message in the sacred womb of Our Lady, the blessed Virgin Mary, submit to
death on the cross, and rise gloriously from the dead on the third day, in order to snatch
us from Satan's tyranny; we humbly beg you in your boundless goodness to bless ✠ and
to hallow ✠ these rosaries, which your faithful Church has consecrated to the honor and
praise of the Mother of your Son. Let them be endowed with such power of the Holy ✠
Spirit, that whoever carries one on his pers on or reverently keeps one in his home, or
devoutly prays to you, while meditating on the divine mysteries, according to the rules of
this holy society, may fully participate in all the graces, privileges, and indulgences which
the Holy See has granted to this society. And may he always and everywhere in this life
be shielded from all enemies, visible and invisible, and at his death deserve to be
presented to you by the blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, laden with the merits of good
works; through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.

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Blessing and investiture with
the sacred medal of Mary immaculate
commonly known as the “miraculous medal”

(Formerly reserved to the Congregation of the Missions. Approved by the Congregation of Sacred Rites, April 19,
1895). The priest who is to bless the sacred medal of the Immaculate Conception, vested in surplice and white stole,
says:

P: Our help is in the ✠ name of the Lord.

All: Who made heaven and earth.
P: The Lord be with you.
All: And with your spirit.

Let us pray.
Almighty and merciful God, who by the many appearances on earth of the
Immaculate Virgin Mary were pleased to work miracles again and again for the salvation
of souls; kindly pour out your blessing ✠ on this (these) medal (medals), so that all who
devoutly wear it and reverence it may experience the patronage of Mary Immaculate and
obtain mercy from you; through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.

The priest sprinkles the medal with holy water, and presents it to the person, saying:

Take this holy medal; wear it with faith, and handle it with due devotion, so that the
holy and immaculate Queen of heaven may protect and defend you. And as she is ever
ready to renew her wondrous acts of kindness, may she obtain for you in her mercy
whatever you humbly ask of God, so that both in life and in death you may rest happily in
her motherly embrace.

All: Amen.

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The priest continues:

P: Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.

Our Father...
P: And lead us not into temptation.
All: But deliver us from evil.

P: Queen conceived without original sin.

All: Pray for us who have recourse to thee.

P: Lord, heed my prayer.

All: And let my cry be heard by you.

P: The Lord be with you.

All: And with your spirit.

Let us pray.
Lord Jesus Christ, who willed that your Mother, the blessed Virgin Mary conceived
without sin, should become illustrious through countless miracles; grant that we who ever
seek her patronage may finally possess everlasting joys. We ask this of you who live and
reign forever and ever.

All: Amen.

The rosaries are sprinkled with holy water.

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Blessing and investiture with
scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
short form

(Approved by the Congregation of Sacred Rites, July 24, 1888.)

The one who is to receive the scapular is kneeling.

The priest, vested in surplice and white stole or at least the latter, says:

P: Lord, show us your mercy.

All: And grant us your salvation.

P: Lord, heed my prayer.

All: And let my cry be heard by you.

P: The Lord be with you.

All: And with your spirit.

Let us pray.

Lord Jesus Christ, Savior of the human race, sanctify ✠ by your right hand this
habit, which is to be worn by your servant in love and devotion to you and your blessed
Mother, Our Lady of Mount Carmel. By her intercession may he (she) be defended from
the evil foe and persevere in your grace until death. We ask this of you who live and reign
forever and ever.

All: Amen.

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Then he sprinkles the habit with holy water, and invests the person with it, saying to each one:

Take this blessed habit, and call on the most holy Virgin, that by her merits you
may keep it spotless, be protected by her from all adversity, and attain everlasting life.

All: Amen

By the power granted me I receive you as a partaker of all the spiritual favors
which, by the merciful help of Jesus Christ, are enjoyed by the religious of the Order of
Carmelites; in the name of the Father, and of the Son, ✠ and of the Holy Spirit.

All: Amen.

May almighty God, Creator of heaven and earth, bless ✠ you, He who graciously
chose you for the confraternity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. We pray to her that in the
hour of your death she will crush the head of the ancient serpent, so that you may finally
possess the palm and crown of the everlasting inheritance; through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.

The priest sprinkles the person with holy water. If several are being received the plural
forms are used. If only the habit is to be blessed, the blessing begins with the versicle Lord, show
us your mercy, and concludes with the prayer Lord Jesus Christ, etc.

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Blessing of anything
(This form may be used by any priest for the blessing of anything that does not have its own special blessing in the
Roman Ritual.)

P: Our help is in the ✠ name of the Lord.

All: Who made heaven and earth.
P: The Lord be with you.
All: And with your spirit.

Let us pray.

God, whose word suffices to make all things holy, pour out your blessing ✠ on this
object (these objects); and grant that anyone who uses it (them) with grateful heart and
in keeping with your law and will, may receive from you, its (their) Maker, health in body
and protection of soul by calling on your holy name; through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.

It (they) is (are) sprinkled with holy water.

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