Bishop's blessing, Presentation of our Lord in the Temple

Today we celebrate in the western rite, the dedication of our Lord in the Temple.  Bishop's blessing: May Almighty God Who was willing that on this day, His Only-Begotten Son be presented in the temple in the flesh He assumed; may He make you, who are supported by His blessing to be adorned with good works. Amen. And may He Who was willing to undergo the ministrations so that the law might be fulfilled, open your minds to His law through spiritual documents. Amen. May He for Whom spotless turtle doves were offered, strengthen you by His Charity, and may you rejoice for the progeny of the doves: of spiritual gifts. Amen. May He Whose Kingdom and Dominion remain without end, be pleased to sustain us unto ages of ages. Amen. May the blessing of God: the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and the peace of the Lord be ever with you. Amen.  +William 

Bishop's Blessing: 2nd Sunday after Epiphany: I Throne of Peter

Bishop's blessing: May the Lord remove from you dangers of all temptations, and may He mercifully exclude you from disturbances of gales.  Amen. May He dissolve all the frauds, indeed the exertions of the tempter, and make you cautious and indeed invincible against him. Amen. May He grant unto you continuous gifts of peace, and may He be satisfied to set you apart in a harbor that is tranquil and indeed secure. Amen. May He Whose Kingdom and Dominion remain without end, be pleased to sustain us unto ages of ages. Amen. May  the blessing of God: the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and the peace of the Lord be ever with you. Amen. +William  

Bishop's Blessing-1st Sunday after Epiphany-1/12/2020

Bishop's blessing; May Almighty God, who miraculously was able to change water into wine, grant unto you to remove from you the old man, and transfer you into newness of a blessed life.  Amen. And may He who is willing to attend unto the newlyweds so that His presence might be unto their good, confer unto you the gift of perpetual discipline and sobriety. Amen. Moreover, may He Himself grant unto you spiritual understanding of the Holy Scriptures, who was Himself pleased to indicate Himself by changing water into wine. Amen. May He Whose Kingdom and Dominion remain without end, be pleased to sustain us unto ages of ages. Amen. May the blessing of God: the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and the peace of the Lord be ever with you. Amen. +William  

Bishop's Blessing Sunday after Epiphany 1-05-2020

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Bishop's blessing; May Almighty God Whose Only-begotten Son did not dissolve the law, but rather came to fulfill it, receiving circumcision in the flesh; by spiritual circumcision purge your mind from all of the attractions of sins, and pour forth into you His blessing.  Amen. And may He Who gave the law through Moses, so that He might give blessing through our Mediator, remove from you the mortification of sins, and make you to persevere in newness of virtues. Amen.  This one [as a human] in perfection of the sixth in number [day of creation of man] grant that you may you live in this age and the seventh [day of creation] in number that may you rest among the flock of spirits of the Saints, since renewed in the eight-fold Resurrection [the eighth day of creation], and enriched in the remission of the jubilee [eight days after Christmas], may you enter into joys that remain without end. Amen. May He Whose Kingdom and Dominion remain without end, be pleased to sustain us unto ages of ages. Amen. May the blessing of God: the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and the peace of the Lord be ever with you. Amen. +William  

Bishop's Blessing December 29, 2019

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May God Who made the temporal childhood of His Son  a wonder, be pleased to illuminate and teach your heart by a spirit of prudence. Amen. Moreover, may He Who desired His Son be submissive to temporal parents, Himself inform you wondrously with the gifts of humility and piety. Amen. And may He Who made Him to advance in wisdom of age and grace, bountifully pour upon you the increase of spiritual perfection. Amen. May He be pleased to sustain [you], Whose rule and kingdom endure without end, unto ages of ages. Amen. The Blessing of God the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and the Peace of the Lord  be ever with you. Amen.  +William 

Merry Christmas! Collect before the Epistle!

MERRY CHRISTMAS. Collect before the Epistle: The only hope restores our Life and Faith, O Eternal God the Father,  Who is pleased to save us through Your Only-Begotten Son, Who was united to this world by the assumption of the nature of the flesh, that He Who was God from God the Father, might also be man from the mother: from You without time; from her without seed: look upon us and answer our petitions and grant that we, who praise with joy  the humble advent of Your Son, may be worthy to joyfully behold His coming in glory. Through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, Who reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit, throughout all ages of ages. Amen.  +William 

Christmas Eve Western Rite Preface/Introductory Collect

Christmas Eve, Preface or Introductory Collect Western Rite: Merciful and most sweet God, by Whose will and by Whose gift, our Lord Jesus Christ humiliated Himself: so that the whole species of humanity might be exalted; and therefore unto the lower-most parts He descended to raise up humility. To this end, for that purpose, God was born man through the Virgin, so that He might reform the ruined heavenly Image in man. Allow these people to adhere to You, so that they whom You have redeemed by Your gifts, may be pleased to remain ever in dedicated service to You. Amen.

+William