The History and Antiquities of the Anglo-Saxon Church (1845)

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: parents; and, having received a satisfactory answer, placed his hands upon her head, and pronounced the prayer of consecration.1 " Be thou blessed by the Creator of heaven and earth, the Father, God omnipotent, who has chosen thee like the holy Mary, mother of our Lord Jesus Christ, to preserve pure and immaculate the virginity, which thou hast promised before God, and his holy angels. Persevere therefore in thy resolution; preserve thy chastity with patience; and keep thyself worthy to receive the crown of virginity." " Be thou blessed with every spiritual blessing by God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, that thou mayest remain pure, chaste, and immaculate. May the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and fortitude, the spirit of knowledge and piety, the spirit of the fear of the Lord, rest upon thee. May he strengthen thy weakness, and confirm thy strength. May he govern all thy actions, purify thy thoughts, and enrich thee with every virtue. Have always before thine eyes him, whom one day thou wilt have for thy judge. Make it thy care, that when thou shalt enter the chamber of thy spouse, he may meet thee with joy and kindness; that when the dreadful day shall come which is to reward the just and punish the wicked, the avenging flame may find nothing in thee to burn, but the divine mercy may find much to reward. Serve thy God with a pure heart, that thou mayest hereafter be associated to the one hundred and forty thousand virgins, who follow the Lamb, and sing a new canticle: and may 1 Martenede Kit. 1. ii. c. 6, p. 188. he bless thee from heaven, who vouchsafed to descend upon earth and redeem mankind by dying on a cross, Christ Jesus, our Lord." The bishop then placed the consecrated veil on her head with these words: " Receive, da...

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