Page 412 - Special Occasion Prayers

412 Sacraments of Initiation
SER: For this servant, who has become child of God in baptism
and is awaiting the gifts of the Holy Spirit, let us pray: "Lord,
hear our prayer".

ALL: Lord, hear our prayer. (Repeat for every prayer)

SER: That You send Your Spirit on this servant, as You did to
Your disciples lost in prayer in Sehion Banquet Hall, we pray:

SER: That, filled with Your Holy Spirit, he (she) may be braced
up to live a life of holiness, and rooted in faith, he ( she) may glo-
rify You always, we pray:

SER: That the parents, teachers and benefactors, who raise him
(her) up in Christian faith, be infused with Your Spirit, we pray:

SER: Let us commend one another and ourselves to the Father,
the Son and the Holy Spirit.

ALL: Lord God, we commend ourselves to You.

CEL: Lord, Almighty God, we humbly pray You. Fill this child
with Your Spirit. May he (she) grow up to the plenitude of Chris-
tian life. May he (she) be strengthened not to forget You in pros-
perity, and to seek You out in adversity. Bless him (her) to bear
strong witness to You in life, and, then after death, to find the
bliss of eternal happiness. Father, Son and Holy Spirit, forever.

ALL: Amen.

The celebrant asks:

CEL: Being filled with the Holy Spirit and confirmed in faith,
do you desire to witness to Christ?

ANS: Yes, I do

CEL: May God bless you.

All together sing the Hymn to the Holy Spirit.

പരിശു ാ ാേവ, നീെയഴു ി / വരണേമ eെ ഹൃദയ ിൽ
ദിവയ്ദാന ൾ ചി ിെയ ിൽ / ൈദവേ ഹം നിറയ്ക്കേണ.

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