The Ceremonies of Consecration
of St. Francis de
Sales Catholic Church.
The ceremonies begin with the Bishop entering the church and ordering the deacon to light the twelve candles on the walls. The Bishop with the clergy and people proceed to the place where the relics are kept, and there the clerics begin saying the seven penitential psalms, with the antiphon Ne reminiscaris Domine. When the seven psalms are completed, the Bishop with the ministers go to the entrance of the Church, where the Bishop begins, and the schola continues, this antiphon:
Be present, O God almighty, the Father and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Let us pray. Direct, we beseech Thee, O Lord, our actions by Thy holy inspirations, and carry them on by Thy gracious assistance: that every prayer and work of ours may always begin from Thee, and through Thee be happily ended. Through Christ our Lord. R. Amen.
The cantors begin the Litanies and proceed until: Ab omni malo, Libera nos Domine.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy. Christ, have
mercy.
Christ, hear us. Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously
hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of heaven,
have mercy on us.
God, the Son, the Redeemer of the world,have
mercy on us.
God, the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.
Holy
Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.
Holy Mary, pray for us. Holy
Mother of God, pray for us.
Holy Virgin of virgins, pray for
us.
Saint Michael, pray for us.
Saint Gabriel, pray for us.
Saint Raphael, pray for us.
All ye holy Angels and Archangels,
pray forus.
All ye holy orders of blessed Spirits, pray for
us.
Saint John the Baptist, pray for us.
Saint Joseph, pray
for us.
All you holy Patriarchs and Prophets, pray for
us.
Saint Peter, pray for us.
Saint Paul, pray for
us.
Saint Andrew, pray for us.
Saint James, pray for
us.
Saint John, pray for us.
Saint Thomas, pray for
us.
Saint James, pray for us.
Saint Phillip, pray for
us.
Saint Bartholomew, pray for us.
Saint Matthew, pray for
us.
Saint Simon, pray for us.
Saint Thaddeus, pray for us.
Saint Matthias, pray for us.
Saint Barnabas, pray for
us.
Saint Luke, pray for us.
Saint Mark, pray for us.
All
ye holy Apostles and Evangelists, pray for us.
All ye holy
Disciples of the Lord, pray for us.
All ye holy Innocents, pray
for us.
Saint Stephen, pray for us.
Saint Lawrence, pray for
us.
Saint Vincent, pray for us.
Saints Fabian and Sebastian,
pray for us.
Saints John and Paul, pray for us.
Saints Cosmas
and Damian, pray for us.
Saints Gervase and Protase, pray for
us.
All ye holy Martyrs, pray for us.
Saint Sylvester, pray
for us.
Saint Gregory, pray for us.
Saint Ambrose, pray for
us.
Saint Augustine, pray for us.
Saint Jerome, pray for
us.
Saint Martin, pray for us.
Saint Nicholas, pray for
us.
All ye holy Popes and Confessors, pray for us.
All ye Holy
Doctors, pray for us.
Saint Anthony, pray for us.
Saint
Benedict, pray for us.
Saint Bernard, pray for us.
Saint
Dominic, pray for us. Saint Francis , pray for us.
All ye holy
Priests and Levites, pray for us.
All ye holy Monks and Hermits,
pray for us.
Saint Anne, pray for us.
Saint Mary Magdalen,
pray for us.
Saint Agatha, pray for us.
Saint Lucy, pray for
us.
Saint Agnes, pray for us.
Saint Cecilia, pray for us.
Saint Catherine, pray for us.
Saint Anastasia, pray for
us.
All ye holy Virgins and Widows, pray for us.
All ye holy
men and women, Saints of God, intercede for us.
Be merciful,
spare us, O Lord.
Be merciful, graciously hear us, O Lord.
The Bishop then rises from reclining, and standing with his miter, blesses water and salt. Finishing the blessing of the water, the Bishop sprinkles himself and those around him.