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De Benedictione Novi Ignis The Blessing of the New Fire
HYMNUS (1/4)
Inventor rutili, dux bone, luminis,
qui certis vicibus tempora dividis,
merso sole chaos ingruit horridum,
lucem redde tuis, Christe, fidelibus.
Quamvis innumero sidere regiam
lunarique polum lampade pinxeris,
incussu silicis lumina nos tamen
monstras saxigeno semine quaerere.
Ne nesciret homo spem sibi luminis
in Christi solido corpore conditam,
qui dici stabilem se voluit petram,
nostris igniculis unde genus venit.
Splendent ergo tuis muneribus, Pater,
flammis nobilibus scilicet atria,
absentemque diem lux agit aemula,
quam nox cum lacero victa fugit peplo.
V. Dominus vobiscum.
R. Et cum spiritu tuo.
ORATIO
Oremus. Deus, qui per Filium tuum,
angularem scilicet lapidem, claritatis tuae
ignem fidelibus contulisti: productum e
silice, nostris profuturum usibus, novum
hunc ignem sanctifica: et concede nobis,
ita per haec festa paschalia caelestibus
desideriis inflammari; ut ad perpetuae
claritatis, puris mentibus, valeamus festa
pertingere. Per eundem Christum Dominum
nostrum.
R. Amen.
De Benedictione Cerei Paschalis
Christus heri et hodie
Principium et Finis
Alpha
et Omega
Ipsius sunt tempora
et saecula
Ipsi gloria et imperium
Per universa aeternitatis saecula. Amen.
HYMN
Creator of the glowing light who kindly
leadest us on, the seasons change according
to thy holy will. Now the day
goes to rest,and darkness threatens. Give,
o Christ, light to those who follow thee.
Stars untold shine on thy heavenly castle,
And the earth is adorned by the moon's
consoling light. Yet thou bidst us stir up
glowing flames by the pebble-stone's
strength, from seed hidden in the rock.
But man's hope to gain the light, we
know, can only be fulfilled in the promise
of Christ. He is the rock that never can
be shaken. From him must come the
light divine.
By thy gifts, o heavenly Father,
The whole of thy creation is aglow,
By the glory of the day's light
That conquers the darkness of night.
The Lord be with you.
And with you.
PRAYER
Let us pray. O God, who by thy Son, the
corner-stone, didst convey to thy faithful
the fire of thy glory: sanctify this
new fire, produced from the flint and
destined for our service. Grant us,
through this Easter festival, to be so
inflamed with heavenly desires, that we
may come with minds made pure to the
festival of thy undying radiance: through
the same Christ our Lord.
Amen.
The Blessing
of the Paschal Candle
Christ yesterday and today,
the Beginning of all things and their End,
Alpha
and Omega.
All time belongs to him,
and all the ages;
to him be glory and dominion
for all eternity, world without end. Amen.

Per sua sancta vulnera
gloriosa
custodiat
et conservet nos
Christus Dominus. Amen.
Lumen Christi gloriose resurgentis
Dissipet tenebras cordis et mentis.
V. Dominus vobiscum.
R. Et cum spiritu tuo.
ORATIO
Oremus. Veniat, quaesumus, omnipotens
Deus, super hunc incensum cereum larga
tuae benedictionis infusio: et hunc nocturnum
splendorem invisibilis regenerator
intende, ut non solum sacrificium,
quod hac nocte litatum est, arcana luminis
tui admixtione refulgeat; sed in quocumque
loco ex huius sanctificationis
mysterio aliquid fuerit deportatum, expulsa
diabolicae fraudis nequitia, virtus
tuae maiestatis assistat. Per Christum,
Dominum nostrum.
R. Amen.
De Solemni Processione
et de Praeconio Paschali
I. STATIO
Lumen Christi.
Deo gratias.
II. STATIO
Lumen Christi.
Deo gratias.
III. STATIO
Lumen Christi.
Deo gratias.
PRAECONIUM PASCHALE
Exsultet iam Angelica turba caelorum:
exsultent divina mysteria: et pro tanti
Regis victoria, tuba insonet salutaris.
Gaudeat et tellus tantis irradiata fulgoribus:
et aeterni Regis splendore illustrata,
totius orbis se sentiat amisisse
caliginem. Laetetur et mater Ecclesia,
tanti luminis adornata fulgoribus: et
magnis populorum vocibus haec aula
By his holy
and glorious wounds
may Christ the Lord
guard
and keep us. Amen.
May the light of Christ rising in glory
Scatter the darkness of our heart and
mind.
The Lord be with you.
And with you.
PRAYER
Let us pray. Upon this lighted candle let
thy abundant blessing be poured forth,
we beseech thee, almighty God. Unseen
giver of new life, turn thy gaze upon this
nocturnal flame. Let the atoning sacrifice
offered up this night glow with the
mysterious reflection of thy own light;
and wheresoever any portion of this
mystical holy fire is carried, there let the
power of thy majesty be present and
Satan's guile be driven away: through
Christ our Lord.
Amen.
The Procession and Exsultet
I st STATION
The light of Christ.
Thanks be to God.
II"d STATION
The light of Christ.
Thanks be to God.
IlI'd STATION
The light of Christ.
Thanks be to God.
EXSULTET
Now let the angelic heavenly choirs exult;
let joy pervade the unknown beings who
surround God's throne; and let the
trumpet of salvation sound the triumph
of this mighty King. Let earth, too, be
joyful, in the radiance of this great
splendour. Enlightened by the glory of
her eternal King, let her feel that from
the whole round world the darkness

esultet. Quapropter adstantes vos, fratres
carissimi, ad tam miram huius sancti
luminis claritatem, una mecum, quaeso,
Dei omnipotentis misericordiaminvocate.
Ut, qui me non meis meritis intra Levitarum
numerum dignatus est aggregare:
luminis sui claritatem infundens, cerei
huius laudem implere perficiat. Per Dominum
nostrum Iesum Christum, Filium
tuum: Qui cum eo vivit et regnat in
unitate Spiritus Sancti Deus:
V. Per omnia saecula saeculorum.
R. Amen.
V. Dominus vobiscum.
R. Et cum spiritu tuo.
V. Sursum corda.
R. Habemus ad Dominum.
V. Gratias agamus Domino Deo nostro.
R. Dignum et iustum est.
Vere dignum et iustum est, invisibilem
Deum Patrem omnipotentem Filiumque
eius unigenitum, Dominum nostrum Iesum
Christum, toto cordis ac mentis
affectu et vocis ministerio personare. Qui
pro nobis aeterno Patri Adae debitum
solvit: et veteris piaculi cautionem pio
cruore detersit. Haec sunt enim festa
paschalia, in quibus verus ille Agnus
occiditur, cuius sanguine postes fidelium
consecrantur.
Haec nox est, in qua primum patres
nostros, filios Israel eductos de Aegypto,
mare Rubrum sicco vestigio transire
fecisti. Haec igitur nox est, quae peccatorum
tenebras columnae illuminatione
purgavit. Haec nox est, quae hodie per
universum mundum in Christo credentes,
a vitiis saeculi et caligine peccatorum
segregates, reddit gratiae, sociat sanctitati.
Haec nox est, in qua, destructis vinculis
mortis, Christus ab inferis victor ascendit.
Nihil enim nobis nasci profuit, nisi redimi
profuisset. O mira circa nos tuae pietatis
dignatio! O inaestimabilis dilectio caritatis:
ut servum redimeres, Filium tradidisti!
O certe necessarium Adae peccatum,
quod Christi morte deletum est! O
felix culpa, quae talem ac tantum meruit
habere Redemptorem!
has been lifted. Let mother Church likewise
rejoice, wearing the radiance of this
great Light; let this temple echo with
the multitude's full-throated song. Dear
brethren who are present at this wondrous
lighting of the holy flame, I pray
you join with me and invoke the mercy
of almighty God, that he who, not for
any merit of mine, had deigned to
number me among his Levites, may shed
his own bright light upon me and enable
me to glorify with perfect praise this
candle! through our Lord Jesus Christ,
his Son, who is God, living and reigning
with him in the unity of the Holy Spirit:
For ever and ever.
Amen.
The Lord be with you.
And with you.
Let us lift up our hearts.
We lift them up to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
That is just and fitting.
Just it is indeed and fitting, with all the
ardour of our heart and mind and with
the service of our voice, to hymn God,
the invisible almighty Father, and his
only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ,
who repaid Adam's debt for us to his
eternal Father, and with his dear blood
wiped out the penalty of that ancient sin.
This is the paschal feast wherein is slain
the true Lamb whose blood hallows the
doorposts of the faithful.
This is the night on which thou didst
first cause our forefathers, the sons of
Israel, in their passage out of Egypt, to
pass dry-shod over the Red Sea. This is
the night which purged away the blackness
of sin by the light of the fiery pillar.
This is the night which at this hour
throughout the world restores to grace
and yokes to holiness those who believe
in Christ, detaching them from worldly
vice and all the murk of sin.
On this night Christ burst the bonds of
death and rose victorious from the grave.
Without redemption, life itself had been
no boon. How wonderful the condescension
of thy mercy towards us; how far
beyond all reckoning thy loving-kindness!
To ransom thy slave, thou gavest
up thy Son! O truly necessary sin of
Adam, that Christ's death blotted out;
and happy fault, that merited such a
Redeemer!

O vera beata nox, quae sola meruit scire
tempus et horam, in qua Christus ab
inferis resurrexit! Haec nox est, de qua
scriptum est: Et nox sicut dies illuminabitur:
Et nox illuminatio mea in deliciis
meis. Huius igitur sanctificatio noctis
fugat scelera, culpas lavat: et reddit
innocentiam lapsis et moestis laetitiam.
Fugat odia, concordiam parat, et curvat
imperia.
In huius igitur noctis gratia, suscipe,
sancte Pater, incensi huius sacrificium
vespertinum: quod tibi in hac cerei
oblatione solemni, per ministrorum manus
de operibus apum, sacrosancta reddit
Ecclesia. Sed iam columnae huius praeconia
novimus, quam in honorem Dei
rutilans ignis accendit. Qui licet sit
divisus in partes, mutuati tamen luminis
detrimenta non novit. Alitur enim liquantibus
ceris, quas in substantiam pretiosae
huius lampadis, apis mater eduxit. O vere
beata nox, quae exspoliavit Aegyptios,
ditavit Hebraeos! Nox, in qua terrenis
caelestia, humanis divina iunguntur.
Oramus ergo te, Domine: ut cereus iste
in honorem tui nominis consecratus, ad
noctis huius caliginem destruendam, indeficiens
perseveret. Et in odorem suavitatis
acceptus, supernis luminaribus misceatur.
Flammas eius lucifer matutinus
inveniat. Ille, inquam, lucifer, qui nescit
occasum. Ille, qui regressus ab inferis,
humano generi serenus illuxit.
Precamur ergo te, Domine: ut nos famulos
tuos, omnemque clerum, et devotissimum
populum: una cum beatissimo
Papa nostro et Antistite nostro, quiete
temporum concessa, in his paschalibus
gaudiis, assidua protectione regere, gubernare
et conservare digneris. Respice etiam
ad eos, qui nos in potestate regunt, et,
ineffabili pietatis et misericordiae tuae
munere, dirige cogitationes eorum ad
iustitiam et pacem, ut de terrena operositate
ad caelestem patriam perveniant
cum omni populo tuo. Per eundem
Dominum nostrum Iesum Christum,
Filium tuum: Qui tecum vivit et regnat
in unitate Spiritus Sancti Deus: per
omnia saecula saeculorum.
R. Amen.
Blessed indeed is this, the sole night
counted worthy to know the season and
the hour in which Christ rose again from
the grave. It is this night of which the
scripture says: And the night shall be
bright as day. And the night shall light
up my joy. By this night's holiness crime
is banished, and sin washed away; innocence
is restored to the fallen, and gladness
to the sorrowful. It drives forth
hate, brings peace, and humbles tyranny.
In thanksgiving for this night, then, holy
Father, receive the evening sacrifice of
this flame, which Holy Church, by the
hands of her ministers, renders to thee
in the solemn offering of this wax candle
wrought by bees. For now we see the
splendour of this column, kindled to the
glory of God from shining flame. A
flame which though it be divided into
parts, yet suffers no loss of light, being
fed from the evermelting wax that the
mother-bee brought forth to form the
substance of this precious candle. Blessed
indeed is the night, which despoiled the
Egyptians and enriched the Hebrews!
The night on which heaven is wedded
to earth, the things of God to those of
manl
We, therefore, pray thee, Lord, that this
candle, hallowed in honour of thy name,
may continue unfailingly to scatter the
darkness of this night. May it be received
as a sweet fragrance, and mingle
with the lights of heaven. May the morning-star
find its flame alight, that Morning-Star
which knows no setting, which
came back from limbo and shed its clear
light upon mankind.
We pray thee, Lord, to grant us a season
of peace at this time of Easter gladness.
Deign to preserve us thy servants, and
all the clergy and faithful people, together
with our most blessed Pope N.,
and our Bishop N. Guide and keep them
all under thy continual protection:
through the same Jesus Christ thy Son,
our Lord, who is God, living and reigning
with thee in the unity of the Holy
Spirit for ever.
Amen.

HYMNUS (5/7)
O res digna, Pater, quam tibi roscidae
noctis principio grex tuus offerat,
lucem, qua tribuis nil pretiosius,
lucem, qua reliqua praemia cernimus!
Per Christum genitum, summe Pater,
tuum,
in quo visibilis stat tibi gloria,
qui noster Dominus, qui tuus unicus
spirat de patrio corde Paraclitum;
Per quern splendor, honor, laus, sapientia,
maiestas, bonitas et pietas tua
regnum continuat numine triplici,
texens perpetuis saecula saeculis.
R. Amen.
De Lectionibus
II. LECTIO
(2 Ex. 14,24—31; 15,1)
In diebus illis: Factum est in vigilia matutina,
et ecce respiciens Dominus super
castra Aegyptiorum per columnam ignis
et nubis, interfecit exercitum eorum: et
subvertit rotas curruum, ferebanturque
in profundum. Dixerunt ergo Aegyptii:
»Fugiamus Israelem: Dominus enim pugnat
pro eis contra nos.« Et ait Dominus ad
Moysen: »Extende manum tuam super
mare, ut revertantur aquae ad Aegyptios
super currus et equites eorum.« Cumques
extendisset Moyses manum contra mare,
reversum est primo diluculo ad priorem
locum: fugientibusque Aegyptiis occurrerunt
aquae, et involvit eos Dominus in
mediis fluctibus. Reversaeque sunt aquae,
et operuerunt currus, et equites cuncti
exercitus Pharaonis, qui sequentes ingressi
fuerant mare: nec unus quidem
superfuit ex eis. Filii autem Israel perrexerunt
per medium sicci maris, et aquae
eis erant quasi pro muro a dextris et a
sinistris: liberavitque Dominus in die
ilia Israel de manu Aegyptiorum. Et viderunt
Aegyptios mortuos super littus
maris, et manum magnam, quam exercuerat
Dominus contra eos: timuitque
populus Dominum, et crediderunt Domino
et Moysi, servo eius. Tunc cecinit
Moyses et filii Israel carmen hoc Domino,
et dixerunt:
CANTICUM MOYSI S
(2 Ex. 15,1-2)
Cantemus Domino: gloriose enim honorificatus
est: equum et ascensorem proiecit
in mare: adiutor et protector factus
est mihi in salutem.
HYMN
No sacrifice, o Father, could be more
worthy than this our offering of light in
the early morn, of light, the most precious
of thy gifts, of light which reveals all thy
blessings to man.
Through Christ, thy Son, o heavenly
Father, visible image of thy glory,
through our Lord, the only begotten
who in unity with thee breathes the
Spirit unspeakably holy.
Through him thou rulest the kingdom
in splendour and wisdom and majesty,
O Triune God, in the course of the ages,
through all eternity.
Amen.
The end of the first turn of the record
From the Lessons
It was already the first watch of the morning,
when suddenly, through the pillar
of fire and mist, the Lord looked down
upon the Egyptians, and brought their
army to its doom. He turned the wheels
of their chariots aside, so that they drove
through deep places. And the Egyptians
began to say, Back, back! There is no
facing Israel; the Lord is fighting on
their side against us. Then the Lord said
to Moses, Stretch out thy hand over the
sea, so that its waters shall recoil on the
Egyptians, on all their chariots and their
horsemen. And when Moses stretched
out his hand towards the sea, at early
dawn, it went back to its bed, so that its
waters met the Egyptians in their flight,
and the Lord drowned them amid the
waters. Back came the water, overwhelming
all the chariots and horsemen
of Pharao's army that had entered the
sea in their pursuit; not a man escaped.
But the sons of Israel made their way
through the midst of the sea where it
had parted, its waters towering like a
wall to right and left. So the Lord rescued
Israel that day from the assault of the
Egyptians and when they saw the dead
Egyptians washed up on the shore, and
the great defeat the Lord had inflicted
upon them, the people learned to fear
the Lord, putting their trust in him and
in his servant Moses. Then Moses and
the Israelites sang praises to the Lord,
and this was their song:
MOSES' CANTICLE
A psalm for the Lord, so great is he and
so glorious; horse and rider hurled into
the sea! He is my helper and protector
and has brought me deliverance.
Shall I not praise him, my own God;

V. Hie Deus meus, et honorabo eum:
Deus patris mei, et exaltabo eum.
V. Dominus conterens bella: Dominus
nomen est illi.
Oremus.
V. Flectamus genua.
R. Levate.
ORATIO
Deus, cuius antiqua miracula etiam nostris
saeculis coruscare sentimus: dum,
quod uni populo, a persecutione Aegyptica
liberando, dexterae tuae potentia contulisti,
id in salutem gentium per aquam
regenerationis operaris: praesta; ut in
Abrahae filios, et in Israeliticam dignitatem,
totius mundi transeat plenitudo. Per
Dominum nostrum Iesum Christum,
Filium tuum: Qui tecum vivit et regnat
in unitate Spiritus Sancti Deus: per omnia
saecula saeculorum.
R. Amen.
De Prima Parte Litaniarum
Kyrie, eleison.
Christe, eleison.
Kyrie, eleison.
Christe, audi nos.
Christe, exaudi nos.
Pater de caelis, Deus, miserere nobis.
Fili, Redemptor mundi, Deus,
miserere nobis.
Spiritus Sancte, Deus, miserere nobis.
Sancta Trinitas, unus Deus,
miserere nobis.
Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis.
Sancta Dei Genitrix, ora pro nobis.
Sancta Virgo virginum, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Michael, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Gabriel, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Raphael, ora pro nobis.
Omnes sancti Angeli et Archangeli,
orate pro nobis.
Omnes sancti beatorum Spirituum
ordines, orate pro nobis.
Sancte Ioannes Baptista, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Ioseph, ora pro nobis.
Omnes sancti Patriarchae et Prophetae,
orate pro nobis.
Sancte Petre, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Paule, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Andrea, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Ioannes, ora pro nobis.
Omnes sancti Apostoli et Evangelistae,
orate pro nobis.
Omnes sancti Discipuli Domini,
orate pro nobis.
shall I not extol him, the God of my
father before me?
He is the Lord that destroys wars: the
Lord is his name.
Let us pray.
Let us kneel.
Arise.
PRAYER
O God, we behold thy ancient miracles
shining even in our own day, for that
salvation which the power of thy right
hand conferred upon one people, delivering
them from Egyptian persecution,
thou dost now accomplish for all nations
by means of the water of spiritual rebirth.
Grant that the whole world may
join the ranks of Abraham's descendants
and share the prerogative of Israel:
Through Jesu Christ, thy Son, our Lord
who is God, living and reigning with thee
in the unity of the selfsame Holy Spirit,
world without end. Amen.
The First Part of the Litanies
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, hear us.
Christ, hear and heed us.
God the heavenly Father, have mercy
on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
have mercy on us.
God the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on
us.
Holy Mary, pray for us.
Holy Mother of God, pray.
Holy Virgin of virgins, P ray-
S. Michael, P ray-
S. Gabriel, P ray-
S. Raphael, pray.
All holy Angels and Archangels,
pray.
All holy orders of blessed
Spirits, pray.
S. John the Baptist, P ray-
S. Joseph, pray.
All holy Patriarchs and
Prophets, P ray-
S. Peter, P ray-
S. Paul, pray.
S. Andrew, P ray-
S. John, pray.
All holy Apostles and
Evangelists, P ray-
All the Lord's holy Disciples,
pray.

Sancte Stephane, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Laurenti, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Vincenti, ora pro nobis.
Omnes sancti Martyres, orate pro nobis.
Sancte Silvester, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Gregori, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Augustine, ora pro nobis.
Omnes sancti Pontifices et Confessores,
orate pro nobis.
Omnes sancti Doctores, orate pro nobis.
Sancte Antoni, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Benedicte, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Dominice, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Francisce, ora pro nobis.
Omnes sancti Sacerdotes et Levitae,
orate pro nobis.
Omnes sancti Monachi et Eremitae,
orate pro nobis.
Sancta Maria Magdalena, ora pro nobis.
Sancta Agnes, ora pro nobis.
Sancta Caecilia, ora pro nobis.
Sancta Agatha, ora pro nobis.
Sancta Anastasia, ora pro nobis.
Omnes sanctae Virgines et Viduae,
orate pro nobis.
Omnes Sancti et Sanctae Dei,
intercedite pro nobis.
De Benedictione Aquae
Baptismalis
V. Dominus vobiscum.
R. Et cum spiritu tuo.
ORATIO
Oremus. Omnipotens sempiterne Deus,
adesto magnae pietatis tuae mysteriis,
adesto sacramentis: et ad recreandos
novos populos, quos tibi fons baptismatis
parturit, spiritum adoptionis emitte; ut,
quod nostrae humilitatis gerendum est
ministerio, virtutis tuae impleatur effectu.
Per Dominum nostrum Iesum Christum,
Filium tuum: Qui tecum vivit et regnat
in unitate Spiritus Sancti Deus:
V. Per omnia saecula saeculorum.
R. Amen.
V. Dominus vobiscum.
R. Et cum spiritu tuo.
V. Sursum corda.
R. Habemus ad Dominum.
V. Gratias agamus Domino, Deo nostro.
R. Dignum et iustum est.
PRAEFATIO
Vere dignum et iustum est, aequum et
salutare, nos tibi semper et ubique gratias
agere: Domine, sancte Pater, omni-
S. Stephen, pray.
S. Laurence, P ray.
S. Vincent, pray.
All holy Martyrs, pray.
S. Silvester, P ray.
S. Gregory, P ray.
S. Augustine, pray.
All holy Bishops and Confessors,
pray.
All holy Doctors, P ray.
S. Antony, pray.
S. Benedict, P raY-
S. Dominic, P ray.
S. Francis, P raY-
All holy Priests and Clerks, P raY-
All holy Monks and
Hermits, P ray.
S. Mary Magdalene, P ray.
S. Agnes, P raY-
S. Cecily, pray.
S. Agatha, P ray.
S. Anastasia, pray-
All holy Virgins and
Widows, P ray.
All you Saints of God, plead for us.
The Blessing
of the Baptismal Water
The Lord be with you.
And with you.
PRAYER
Let us pray. Almighty and eternal God,
let thy great and present mercy be felt in
this sacramental rite; send forth the
spirit of adoption to regenerate those
who are born anew of the baptismal
waters, so that the work of our humble
ministry may be perfected by the operation
of thy power: through our Lord
Jesus Christ, thy Son, who is God, living
and reigning with thee in the unity of
the Holy Spirit:
For ever and ever.
Amen.
The Lord be with you.
And with you.
Let us lift up our hearts.
We lift them up to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
That is just and fitting.
PREFACE
Just it is indeed and fitting, right, and
for our lasting good, that we should always
and everywhere give thanks to

potens aeterne Deus: Qui invisibili potentia,
sacramentorum tuorum mirabiliter
operaris effectum: et licet nos tantis mysteriis
exsequendis simus indigni: tu
tamen gratiae tuae dona non deserens,
etiam ad nostras preces aures tuae pietatis
inclinas.
Deus, cuius Spiritus super aquas, inter
ipsa mundi primordia ferebatur: ut iam
tunc virtutem sanctificationis aquarum
natura conciperet. Deus, qui, nocentis
mundi crimina per aquas abluens, regenerationis
speciem in ipsa diluvii effusione
signasti: ut, unius eiusdemque elementi
mysterio, et finis esset vitiis et origo virtutibus.
Respice, Domine, in faciem
Ecclesiae tuae, et multiplica in ea regenerationes
tuas, qui gratiae tuae affluentis
impetu laedficas civitatem tuam: fontemque
baptismatis aperis toto orbe terrarum
gentibus innovandis: ut, tuae maiestatis
imperio, sumat Unigenid tui gratiam
de Spiritu Sancto.
Qui hanc aquam, regenerandis hominibus
praeparatam, arcana sui numinis
admixdone fecundet: ut, sanctificatione
concepta, ab immaculato divini fontis
utero, in novam renata creaturam, progenies
caelestis emergat: et quos aut
sexus in corpore aut aetas discernit in
tempore, omnes in unam pariat gratia
mater infantiam. Procul ergo hinc, iubente
te, Domine, omnis spiritus immundus
abscedat: procul tota nequitia diabolicae
fraudis absistat. Nihil hie loci habeat
contrariae virtutis admixtio: non insidiando
circumvolet: non latendo subrepat:
non inficiendo corrumpat.
Sit haec sancta et innocens creatura libera
ab omni impugnatoris incursu, et totius
nequitiae purgata discessu. Sit fons vivus,
aqua regenerans, unda purificans: ut
omnes hoc lavacro salutifero diluendi,
operante in eis Spiritu Sancto, perfectae
purgationis indulgentiam consequantur.
Unde benedico te, creatura aquae, per
Deum vivum, per Deum verum, per
Deum sanctum: per Deum, qui te in
principio verbo separavit ab arida: cuius
Spiritus super te ferebatur.
thee, Lord, holy almighty Father, eterna"
God; by whose unseen power the wondrous
effect of thy sacraments is wrought.
Unworthy as we are to perform so great
a rite, do not withdraw the gifts of thy
favour, but incline the ears of thy goodness
even to our prayers.
O God, whose Spirit in the very first
beginnings of the world did brood over
the waters, giving the element of water,
even in its origin, the power to sanctify:
who by water didst wash away the
crimes of a guilty world, and by the
outpouring of the flood didst signify regeneration,
so that one and the same
element might have the mysterious power
to make an end of vice and a beginning
of virtue; look down, O Lord, upon
the face of thy Church and multiply
within her thy acts of regeneration;
thou who makest thy city glad by the
flowing torrent of thy grace and openest
to the whole world the font of baptism
for the renewal of the nations, so that
under thy great dominion they may receive
from the Holy Ghost the grace of
thy only-begotten Son.
May this water, prepared for the rebirth
of men, be rendered fruitful by the
secret inpouring of his divine power;
may a heavenly offspring, conceived in
holiness and re-born into a new creation,
come forth from the stainless womb of
this divine font; and may all, however
distinguished by age in time or sex in
body, be brought forth into one new
infancy by the motherhood of grace.
Begone then every unclean spirit at thy
bidding, Lord; begone all wicked and
satanic wiles. Let no power of opposition
intrude here, or spread its snares
about this place, or creep into it by
stealth, or taint it by its poison.
May this holy and innocent creature be
free from all the enemy's assaults and
cleansed by the removal of all wickedness.
Be this a fount of life, a water of new
birth, a purifying stream, so that all
who are to be washed in this bath of
salvation may, by the working of the
Holy Spirit within them, obtain the
grace of perfect cleansing.
Therefore I bless thee, water, God's
creature, by the living God, by the true
God, by the holy God; by that God,
whose word in the beginning separated
thee from the dry land, and whose Spirit
brooded over thee.

Qui te de paradisi fonte manare fecit,
et in quattuor fluminibus totam terram
rigare praecepit. Qui te in deserto amaram,
suavitate indita,fecit esse potabilem,
et sitienti populo de petra produxit.
Benedico te et per Iesum Christum,
Filiumeius unicum, Dominum nostrum:
qui te in Cana Galilaeae signo admirabili
sua potentia convertit in vinum.
Qui pedibus super te ambulavit: et a
Ioanne in Iordane in te baptizatus est.
Qui te una cum sanguine de latere suo
produxit: et discipulis suis iussit, ut credentes
baptizarentur in te, dicens: »Ite,
docete omnes gentes, baptizantes eos in
nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.«
Haec nobis praecepta servantibus, tu,
Deus omnipotens, clemens adesto: tu
benignus aspira.
Tu has simplices aquas tuo ore benedicito:
ut praeter naturalem emundationem,
quam lavandis possunt adhibere corporibus,
sint etiam purificandis mentibus
efficaces.
Descendat in hanc plenitudinem fontis
virtus Spiritus Sancti.
Who caused thee to flow from a well in
paradise and bade thee water the whole
earth in four streams. Who, when thou
wast bitter in the wilderness, poured
sweetness into thee, making thee fit to
drink, and brought thee out of a rock to
quench his people's thirst. I bless thee,
too, through Jesus Christ, his only Son,
our Lord, who in Cana of Galilee, by
a wondrous miracle, changed thee into
wine; whose feet walked upon thee, and
who was baptized in thee by John in
Jordan; who made thee flow out of his
side, together with his blood, and commanded
his disciples that believers
should be baptized in thee, saying: Go,
teach all nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father and of the Son and
of the Holy Ghost.
Almighty God, in thy mercy stand by us
who are observing this commandment:
let thy gracious breath be upon us.
With thy own lips bless this pure water,
so that besides its natural power of
cleansing bodies, it may have the effect
of purifying souls.
May the power of the Holy Ghost descend
into this brimming font.

Totamque huius aquae substantiam regenerandi
fecundet effectu.
Hie omnium peccatorum maculae deleantur:
hie natura ad imaginem tuam condita,
et ad honorem sui reformata principii,
cunctis vetustatis squaloribus emundetur:
ut omnis homo, sacramentum
hoc regenerationis ingressus, in verae
innocentiae novam infantiam renascatur.
Per Dominum nostrum Iesum Christum,
Filium tuum: Qui venturus est iudicare
vivos et mortuos, et saeculum per ignem.
R. Amen.
Sanctificetur et fecundetur fons iste Oleo
salutis renascentibus ex eo, in vitam
aeternam.
R. Amen.
Infusio Chrismatis Domini nostri Iesu
Christi, et Spiritus Sancti Paracliti, fiat in
nomine sanctae Trinitatis.
R. Amen
Commixtio Chrismatis sanctificationis, et
Olei unctionis, et aquae baptismatis,
pariter fiat in nomine Patris, et Filii, et
Spiritus Sancti.
R. Amen.
And may it make the whole substance of
this water fruitful in regenerative power.
Here may all stain of sin be wiped away.
Here let human nature, created in thy
likeness, and recreated to the honour of
its maker, be cleansed of all ancestral defilement,
so that every man who enters
into this sacrament of regeneration may
be born again into a new childhood of
true innocence. Through our Lord Jesus
Christ, thy Son: who will come to judge
the living, and the dead, and the world
by fire.
Amen.
Let this font be hallowed and made
fruitful, by means of this saving oil, for
those born anew in it into everlasting
life.
Amen.
Let the inpouring of the chrism of our
Lord Jesus Christ and of the Holy Ghost
take place in the name of the holy Trinity.
Amen.
And in like manner, may the chrism of
consecration, the oil of unction, and the
water of baptism, mingle together in the
name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost.
Amen.
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