Antiphon T hese shall receive a blessing from the Lord and mercy from God their Savior, because they are the generation of them that seek the Lord. The innocent in hands and clean of heart, who hath not taken his soul in vain nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbor. He shall receive a blessing from the Lord and mercy from God his Savior. This is the generation of them that seek Him, of them that seek the face of the God of Jacob. The Lord of hosts, He is the King of glory.
Glory be, etc.
As it was, etc. Here the whole antiphon is repeated. T hese shall receive a blessing from the Lord and mercy from God their Savior, because they are the generation of them that seek the Lord. H ere, O Lord, our humble prayer, and vouchsafe to bless these Thy servants. In Thy holy name we now invest them with the garb of holy religion.