. Salvos fac servum tuum (vel, ancillam tuam; vel, servos tuos, aut, ancillas tuas). R. Deus meus sperantem (vel, sperantes in Te. V. Domine exaudi, &c. V. Dominus vobiscum. D° Oremus. OMINE Jesu Christe, qui dixisti discipulis tuis, "Qui vult venire post Me, abneget semetipsum, et tollat crucem suam, et sequatur Me," da Famulo tuo (vel, famulæ tuæ aut, famulis tuis), post Te venire desideranti (vel, desiderantibus), et hanc Sanctam Societatem ingresso (vel, ingressæ aut, ingressis), semper et ubique tibi placere, sese abnegare, Crucem suam tollere, Te sequi, et ad Te tandem pervenire. Qui cum Patre, et Spiritu Sancto, vivis et regnas Deus per omnia sæcula sæculorum. Amen. The priest continues: May the Lord, who commenced in you this good work, perfect it, and may He grant you an increase of heavenly grace and glory, through the merits of our Divine Saviour, and the intercession of the Blessed Mary, ever Virgin, and of our Holy Father St. Augustine, and of his most devout mother St. Monica. Amen. And I, by the authority of our most Rev. Father-General, which I exercise, and by the apostolic privilege granted to me, do now receive and make you a partaker (or partakers) of all the spiritual benefits, and of all the good works, which are done by the whole Order of St. Augustine. * Et ego, auctoritate Reverendissimi Patris Nostri Generalis Ordinis Eremitarum S. Augustini, qua fungor, indultoque Apostolico mihi commisso, te (vel, vos) recipio atque accepto, et participem (vel, participes) omnium bonorum quæ fiunt per totum Ordinem S. Augustini constituo. Here the Director imparts the ordinary blessing, unless the following prayers (used in the Spanish Province) be said to add to the solemnity; in which case the benediction is reserved for the end. V. Emitte Spiritum tuum, et creabuntur. R. Et renovabis faciem terræ. V. Post partum Virgo inviolata permansisti. V. Ora pro nobis, B. M. Monica. V. Domine exaudi, &c. R. Dominus vobiscum, &c. Oremus. DEUS, qui corda fidelium S. Spiritus il lustratione docuisti, da nobis in eodem Spiritu recta sapere, et de ejus semper consolatione gaudere. Concede nos famulos tuos, quæsumus, Domine Deus, perpetua mentis et corporis sanitate gaudere, et gloriosa B. Mariæ semper Virginis intercessione, a presenti liberari tristitia, et æterna perfrui lætitia. Concede, quæsumus, omnipotens Deus, ut qui peccatorum nostrorum pondere premimur, B. Augustini Patris nostri, Confessoris tui atque Pontificis, patrocinio sublevemur. Deus, morentium consolator, et in te sperantium salus, qui B. Matris Monica pias lacrymas in conversione filii sui Augustini misericorditer suscepisti, da nobis utriusque interventu peccata nostra deplorare et gratiæ tuæ indulgentiam invenire. Prætende Domine fidelibus tuis dextram cœlestis auxilii, ut Te toto corde perquirant, et quæ digne postulent, consequi mereantur. Actiones nostras, quæsumus Domine, aspirando præveni, et adjuvando prosequere: ut cuncta nostra oratio et operatio a te semper incipiat, et per te cœpta finiatur per Christum, &c. Amen. Finally the priest will give the blessing, saying:— Benedictio Dei Omnipotentis Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti descendat super te (vel, vos), et maneat semper. Amen. The Director will then and there, or in some other suitable place, instruct the newly received Brothers and Sisters (if not done before) in the duties of their new state of life, especially explaining the vast treasury of Indulgences now open to them, of which they have a convenient summary in this Manual; he will also particularly exhort them to attend those Meetings, at which they can learn at fuller length the rules and ordinances of our holy Confraternity. Finally, he will duly inscribe the new Member's full name and address, with date of enrolment, on the roll-book of the Confraternity. THE BLESSING OF A HABIT. . Adjutorium nostrum in nomine Domini. R. Qui fecit cœlum et terram. . Domine, exaudi orationem meam. R. Et clamor meus ad te veniat. y. Dominus vobiscum. R. Et cum spiritu tuo. Oremus. Domine Jesu Christi, qui tegumentum mortalitatis nostræ induere dignatus es, obsecramus immensam tuæ largitatis abundantiam, ut hoc genus indumenti, quod sancti patres nostri ad humilitatis indicium, abrenutiantes sæculo, ferre sanxerunt, tu ita benedicere tua benedictione digneris, ut hic famulus tuus (vel, hæc ancilla tua), qui eo usus fuerit, te induere mereatur, qui vivis et regnas, &c. Deinde aspergatur aqua benedicta, &c. § II. BENEDICTIO IN ARTICULO MORTIS. Whensoever and by whomsoever (whether Regular or Secular), and under what title soever, the Papal Benediction or Last Blessing be given, no other formula can be now used except the one prescribed by Benedict XIV., which is found in the Roman Ritual and in most editions of the Roman Breviary; and this even under the pain of nullity. Hence the forms hitherto peculiar to religious orders, &c., are rendered hereby practically useless. This was decided on March 22, 1879, and decreed by the S. Cong. Rit., 7 Maii, 1882, ex mandato SS. D. Ñ. Leonis PP. XIII. (Vide Dec. Auth., No. 444, p. 411.) Though Rome has forbidden either the same priest, or different priests, having each the faculty, whether ex uno vel diverso capite, to give to the same sick person the Papal Benediction or Last Blessing more than once in eodem mortis periculo, nevertheless it is not to be concluded that the sick or dying man himself has right to only one Plenary Indulgence. It is true that he cannot gain the indulgence more than once, and that only when death ensues, as Maurel teaches in common with other writers; but many Plenary Indulgences have been granted in articulo mortis to those who have practised certain devotions during life, altogether independent of the ministry of the priesthood in the last moment; and each of these he has a right to try and gain. In these cases the invocation, at least mentally, of the sacred name of Jesus, generally directed to be made, is an essential condition (conditio sine qua non) of such indulgences, should the dying person still have consciousness. (Decree 23 Sept, 1775. Dec. Auth., No. 237, p. 215.) Three distinct Plenary Indulgences have been granted by different Pontiffs to a dying Brother or Sister of the Confraternity. Firstly.-Julius II., in his Bull, "Dum fructus uberes," granted to the priests of the Order of St. Augustine the faculty of imparting the Papal Benediction in articulo mortis. Secondly.-Sixtus IV. granted also a Plenary Indulgence in articulo mortis, empowering any priest, whether secular or regular, to give it, provided the cinctured person has said five Paters and Aves, at least, once in his life. (6th of the Kal. of Dec., 1477.) Thirdly.-Gregory XIII., in his Bull, "Etsi cuncta," also granted a Plenary Indulgence in articulo mortis, provided the dying Brother or Sister, being penitent and having confessed, shall piously invoke the most holy name of Jesus with the mouth, or if not able, in the heart. (25 Jan., 1582.) As by recent legislation of the Holy See, only the Formula of Benedict XIV. can now be used. Reference may be made to any Roman Ritual for this Formul. (See page 418.) |