Vesting Prayers
January 1, 1970
(1970 Missal)
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Cum lavat manus dicat:
Da, Domine, vitutem manibus meis ad abstergendam omnem maculam: ut sine
pollutione mentis et corporis valeam tibi servire.
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While he washes his hands, let him say:
Give strength to my hands, Lord, to wipe away all stain, so that I may be able to serve Thee in purity of mind and body.
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Ad Amictum, dum ponitur super caput, dicat:
Impone, Domine, capiti meo galeam salutis, ad expugandos diabolicos incursus.
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As he places the amice over his head, let him say:
Lord, set the helmet of salvation on my head to fend off all the assaults of the devil.
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Ad Albam, cum ea induitur:
Dealba me, Domine, et munda cor meum: ut in sanguine Agni dealbatus, gaudiis perfruar sempiteris.
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As he puts on the alb:
Purify me, Lord, and cleanse my heart so that, washed in the Blood of the Lamb, I may enjoy eternal bliss.
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Ad Cingulam, dum se cingit:
Praecinge me, Domine, cingulo puritatis, et exstingue in lumbis meis humorem libidinis: ut maneat in me virtus continentiae et castitatis.
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As he ties the cincture:
Lord, gird me with the cincture of purity and extinguish my fleshly desires, that the virtue of continence and chastity may abide within me.
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Ad stolam, dum impontur collo:
Redde mihi, Domine, stolam immortalitatis, quam perdidi in praevaricatione primi parentis: et, quamvis indignus accedo ad tuum sacrum mysterium, merear tamen gaudium sempiterum.
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As he puts the stole around his neck:
Lord, restore the stole of immortality, which I lost through the collusion of our first parents, and, unworthy as I am to approach Thy sacred mysteries, may I yet gain eternal joy.
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Ad Casulam, cum assumitur:
Domine, qui dixisti: Jugum meum suave est et onus meum leve: fac, ut istud portare sic valeam, quod consequar tuam gratiam. Amen.
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As he puts on the chasuble:
O Lord, Who hast said, "My yoke is sweet and My burden light," grant that I may so carry it as to merit Thy grace. Amen.
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A deacon may also use these prayers when he vests. As he puts on the dalmatic he may say the following prayer taken from the vesting prayers of a bishop. (The bishop only wears a dalmatic at special solemn occassions such as an ordination)
Lord, endow me with the garment of salvation, the vestment of joy, and with the dalmatic of justice ever encompass me.
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1962 Missal
