ANTIPHON: Sprinkle me, O Lord,
with a hyssop, and I shall be purified; wash me and I shall be
whiter than snow.
Ps. 50, 3. Have mercy on me, O
God, in Your great mercy. [Or say all of
Ps.
50 in the Douy-Rheims version.
This is Ps
51 in NAB and all modern
bibles.]
(Leader says:) Glory be to the
Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
(All respond:) As it was in the
beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.
Amen.
(Leader says antiphon then all
repeat:)
ANTIPHON: Sprinkle me, O Lord,
with a hyssop, and I shall be purified; wash me and I shall be
whiter than snow.
(Leader says:) Lord, hear my
prayer
(All respond:) And let my cry
come unto You.
(Leader says:) The Lord be with
you.
(All respond:) And with your
spirit.
(Leader says:) Let us pray.
Hear us, O holy Lord, Father almighty, eternal God, and send
Your holy angel from heaven to watch over, cherish, protect, be
with, and defend all who live in this house. [We ask this]
through Christ our Lord.
(All respond:) Amen.
(Conclude by all make the sign of the
cross on themselves.)
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