Let us pray to the
Lord. Lord have mercy.
O Lord our God, Who
has honored us with Your own image, Who has taught
Your elect, so that most wise are they who give heed
to Your teaching, Who reveals wisdom to babes, Who
has imparted wisdom: open the hearts, the minds, and
the lips of these Your servants, that they might
receive the power of Your Law, and successfully
apprehend the useful precepts which shall be taught
to them, to the glory of Your Holy Name, to the
profit and upbuilding of Your Holy Church; and that
they understand Your good and perfect Will. Deliver
them from every hostile oppression: preserve them in
Orthodoxy and Your Holy, Catholic Faith, and in all
uprightness and purity all the days of their life,
that they might advance in wisdom, and in the
fulfillment of Your commandments; that being thus
prepared they may glorify Your most Holy Name and
become heirs of Your Kingdom; for You are the God of
Mercy, and gracious in strength; and to You do we
send up Glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to
the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and to the ages
of ages. Amen.
Blessing
(Sprinkling with Holy Water)
The blessing (+) of the Lord through His divine
Grace and manbefriending love come upon you always,
both now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.
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