First Sunday of Lent Bishop's Blessing

First Sunday of Lent 2020

Bishop's blessing, The first Sunday of Lent; may Almighty God, who consecrated Elias and our Mediator by the fast of forty days of Moses, bless you. And may He grant unto you the dispensation that you go through this present life unto the receiving from the Father of the [heavenly] family the coin of reward of remission of all sins, unto the glorious resurrection with all the saints. Amen. And may He give to you spiritual virtue for victorious defense; as the Lord gave the example of how to be strong enough to conquer thoroughly the most cunning temptations of the ancient enemy. Amen. For not in bread alone, but by every word which proceeds from His mouth, and through the spiritual food of the observation of the fasts and the display of similar good work, may you be worthy to receive the never-withering crown of glory. 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

Last Sunday before Lent

Sexagesima; 2nd Sunday before Lent, Bishop's Blessing

Bishop's Blessing

Second Sunday before Lent, Sexagesima, Western Rite. Bishop's blessing; may God, who preserves the seed of good crops in His Church, never cease to preserve and multiply that seed in you. Amen. May he repel from you the weeds sown by the adversary, and by the pablum [cereal] of his word, restore you without ceasing. Amen. And with His coming in the days of judgment, may you be separated from the guilty, and may you stand at the right hand of the judge and be gathered into His most blessed kingdom. 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, 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