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command. May the Church, You have commissioned to build the
Kingdom of God on earth, be blessed to fulfill Your will through
us. May Your salvific day, on which the whole humankind is
united and assembled under one shepherd and one sheepfold,
come soon. Let this sacrament we administer be, by the power of
the Holy Spirit, the door to eternal life for the child. Lord of all,
forever.

ALL: Amen.

SER: Bless us, O Lord. Brothers and sisters, bow your heads for
the imposition of hands and receive the blessing.

CEL: Lord God, extend Your merciful right hand over the uni-
versal and apostolic Church. Protect it from every danger, visible
and invisible. In Your compassion make us worthy to minister in
Your presence with devotion, diligence, and purity.

Merciful God, bless us. Grant that all of us, as one body, may
properly please You throughout our lives, by works of justice
that reconcile us with You. Make us worthy to offer You never-
ending praise, homage, thanksgiving, and adoration. The Father,
the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Lord of all, forever.

ALL: Amen.

Profession of Faith

CEL: We believe in One God, the Father Almighty,

ALL: Creator of all things visible and invisible, and in one Lord
Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, the first born of all
creatures, born of the Father before all ages, and not made, true
God from true God, consubstantial with his Father. Through Him
the worlds were formed, and all things were created.
For the sake of us men and for our salvation/ He came down
from heaven; and became incarnate by the Holy Spirit / and be-
came man, and was conceived and born of the Virgin Mary.
He suffered and was crucified/ in the days of Pontius Pilate /
died and was buried; and on the third day rose again / as it is
written.

He ascended into heaven / and sits at the right hand of his Fa-