V. Gloria Patri. R. Glory Be to the Father,

V. Ostende nobis, Domine, V. Shew us thy mercy, O misericordiam tuam.

Lord.

R. Et salutare tuum da R. And grant us thy salva- nobis. tion.

V. Domine, exaudi ora- V.

O Lord, hear my prayer, tionem meam.

R. Et clamor meus ad te R. And let my cry come veniat. unto thee. Y. Dominus vobiscum.

V. The Lord be with you.

R. Et cum spiritu tuo.

R. And with thy spii'it. Then , with his hands still joined before his breast , and all the persons confirmed devoutly kneeling, he says : Oremus. Let us pray. Deus, qui Apostolis tuis God, who didst give to thine Sanctum dedisti Spiritum, et Apostles the Holy Spirit, and per eos, eorumque successores, didst ordain that l>y them and caeteris fidelibus tradendum their successors he should be esse voluisti; respice propi- delivered to the rest of the faith- tius ad humilitatis nostrae fa- ful, look mercifully on the ser- mulatum; et praesta, ut eo- vice of our humility; and grant rum corda, quorum frontes that the hearts of those whose sacro chrismate delinivimus, foreheads we have anointed et signo sanctae Crucis signa- with the sacred chrism, and vimus, idem Spiritus Sanctus signed with the sign of the in eis superveniens, templum holy Cross, may, by the same gloriae suae dignanter innabi- Holy Spirit descending upon tando perficiat. Qui, cum Pa- them, and vouchsafing to dwell tre et eodem Spiritu Sancto, therein, be made the temple vivis et regnas Deus, in sae- of his glory. Who, with the cula saeculorum. Father and the same Holy Spirit, livest andreignest, God, world without end.

R. Amen