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418 Knanaya Betrothal

SER: Brothers and sisters, raise your voices and glorify the liv-
ing God.

ALL: Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, Have
mercy on us.
OR MALAYALAM SONG

SER: ശ മുയർ ി ാടിടുവിൻ, / സർവരുെമാ ായ് ാടിടുവിൻ
eെ ം ജീവിക്കും, / സർേവശവ്രെന വാഴ് ിടുവിൻ.
ALL: പരിപാവനനാം സർേവശാ, / പരിപാവനനാം ബലവാേന
പരിപാവനനാം aമർതയ്േന, / നിൻകൃപ nj ൾേക്കകണേമ.

SER: Let us pray. Peace be with us.

CEL: Glorious, Mighty, Immortal, and Holy God! You who are
pleased to dwell in the holy ones! We beseech You! Look upon
us, pardon us, and show us compassion / according to Your na-
ture. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Lord of all,
forever.

ALL: Amen.

READING

READER: Brothers and sisters, be seated and listen attentively.
A reading from the book of Tobith. (4: 12-13) / Hebrews 8:7-10

READER: (Bowing to the celebrant) Bless me, my Lord.

CEL: May God + bless you.

READER: “Be on your guard, son, against every form of im-
morality, and above all, marry a woman of lineage of your forefa-
thers. Do not marry a stranger who is not of your father’s tribe,
because we are sons of the prophets. My boy, keep in mind
Noah, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, our fathers from of old; all of
them took wives from among their own kinsmen and were
blessed in their children. Remember that their posterity shall in-
herit the land. Therefore, my son, love your kinsmen. Do not be
so proud-hearted toward your kinsmen, the sons and daughters of
your people, as to refuse to take a wife for yourself from among

them. For in such arrogance there is ruin and great disorder. Like-