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The candidates will now advance in turn and kneel on the predella. While conferring the medal the Priest will say: | ||
| Accipe signum aggregationis ad sodalitatem Sancti Stephani, ut eo jugiter interveniente, vitam sanctam ducere valeas. Amen | Receive the token of your admission into the Guild of Saint Stephen that, ever aided by his intecession, you may lead a holy life. Amen. | |
After enrolment, the candidates will genuflect to the Blessed Sacrament and return by the sides of the Altar to their place on the loweest step or on the floor of the Sanctuary. | ||
Oremus. Domine Jesu Christe, qui non venisti ministrari sed ministrare, qui stans in virtus Dei dextera ostendisti beato Stephano cla- ritate fulgida admirabilem tuam gloriam, concede, quaesumus, ministris tuis ut eadem fide qua ille, te colant celatum in augusto Sacramento, dum sanctis alta- ribus tuis fideliter subministrent, et accende corda eorum et mentes ad amorem gratiae tuae. Qui vivis et regnas, etc. Amen. | Let us pray. O Lord Jesus Christ, Who didst come not to be ministered unto but to minister, and Who standing at the right hand of the power of God, didst manifest to Saint Stephen the radiant light of Thy wonderful glory: Grant to Thy servants, we beseech Thee, that while faith- fully serving Thy holy Altars, they may, with faith like to his, worship Thee hidden in Thine adorable Sacrament, and in their hearts and their minds, do Thou, O Lord, enkindle the love of Thy grace. Who livest and reignest, etc. Amen. | |
Making the sign of the Cross over the newly admitted servers, the Priest says: | ||
Bene[+]dicat vos Deus, et custodiat corda vestra et intel- ligentias vestras, Pater, et Filius et Spiritus Sanctus. Amen. | May God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, [+] bless you and safeguard you in heart and mind. Amen. | |
The Priest then sprinkles the servers with holy water, after which they return to their places in choir. (In Omnibus Glorificetur Deus - In all things may God be glorified.) | ||
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