Sunday, January 23, 2022

Bishop's Blessing. 3rd Sunday after Epiphany! 1st 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.

Sunday, January 16, 2022

2nd Sunday After Epiphany2022! Everyone goes to Hell!

Bishop's Blessing. 2nd Sunday after Epiphany! Everyone goes to Hell!

 Bishop's Blessing

May Almighty God cleanse you from all the stain of sins, who Himself was pleased to cleanse by His enduring touch, the begging leper. Amen.

And may He who did not spurn to visit (heal) the servant of the Centurion, mercifully be pleased to enter into the hospitality of your heart. Amen.

Thus may He inform you by the plentitude of His faith, so that He might grant unto you a place at His table with His Saints in the kingdom of the heavens. 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.


Blessings,

+William

Sunday, January 9, 2022

1st Sunday after Epiphany! On Your Knees!

Bishop's Blessing! 1st Sunday after Epiphany! On Your Knees!

 

                                                 

             Proper Blessing of the Day by a Bishop 

                     [First Sunday after Epiphany]


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.

Sunday, January 2, 2022

1st Sunday after Circumcision The Religion of Trees

Bishop's Blessing. 1st Sunday after Circumcision. The Religion of Trees

                                                                   Bishop's Blessing

                                        1st Sunday after Circumcision. The Religion of Trees.

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 minds 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] may you live in this age and the seventh [day of creation] in number 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.