The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-18
BISHOP MILAN
 ARRIVES TO LAY CORNERSTONE
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The Bishop first blesses the salt and water, then says in Latin: Our help is in the name of the Lord.
 The response is: Who made heaven and earth.
 7. Bishop: I exercise thee, creature of i salt, by the living God, by the true God. by the holy God. by God. who by t Eliseus the prophet bade thee be cast into the water. that the barrenness of the water might be healed: that thou mayest be made exercised salt unto 1 the salvation of them that believe. and mayest be unto all that take of thee health of soul and body; and that from the place where thou shalt be sprin- lded may fly away and depart every sfantasy, and wickedness. and deceipt of diabolical fraud, and every unclean spirit, being adjudged by him who shall come to judge the living and the dead, and the world by fire. ' R. Amen.
 v Lord. hear my prayer.
 R. And let my cry come unto thee.
 w. The Lord be with you.
 R. And with thy spirit.
 Let US pray.
 We humbly beseech thine infinite mercy almighty, everlasting God, that I thou mayest vouchsafe to bless and to sanctify this creature of salt. which | thou hast given for the use of man. | kind; that 1t may be unto all that take i of it health of mind and body; and  1, sprinkled with it may be free from all uncleanness, and every assault of spir- t1tual wickedness. Through our Lord [ Jesus Christ thy Son, who liveth and ' reigneth with thee. in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. R. Amen.
 exercise thee, creature of water, in ' the name of God the Father Almighty and in the name of Jesus Christ his Son, our Lord. and in the virtue of the H exercised water. to drive away all the power of the enemy. and mayest be able to root up and extirpate the enemy himself. with his apOstate an- gels. by the virtue of the same our Lord Jesus Christ, who shall come to judge the living and the dead and the, world by fire.
 R. Amen.
 V. Lord. hear my prayer.
 R. And let my cry come unto thee.
 V. The Lord be with you.
 R. And with thy spirit.
 Let us pray.
 God, who, unto the salvation of man. kind. hast constituted the greatest Isacraments of the substance of water, be thou propitiously present to our in- ! kbenediction on this element prepared with manifold notifications. that thy creature, in the service of thy myster- lies, may receive the effect of divine E OG- mons, and the banishment of diseases; so that whatsoever this water shall sprinkle in the houses or places be- longing to the faithful may be free from all uncleanneSS. may be delivered from harm: that therein no pestilent spirit may abide. no air of corruption; ; that from thence all the deceits of the lurking enemy may depart; and that whatsoever there be which is hostile either to the safety or the quiet of the dwellers therein. may fly away at the 1, aspersion of this water;- that the salu- brity sought by the invocation of thy holy name may be defended from all assaults. Through our Lord Jesus Christ thy Son. who liveth and reign , eth with thee, in the unity of the Holy [ Spirit. God. world without end. Let there be made mingling of salt , and water equally. Tn the name of the Father. and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
 : V. The Lord be with you.
 R. And with thy spirit. ! Let us pray. God, the author of uncOnquered strength, and king of insuperable mai esty. ever gloriously trium phing, who Gost crush the power of all adverse domination. and subdue the cruelty of the roaring enemy who dost nightly vanquish hostile wickedness. thee, O Lord, trembling and Suppllantly, we beseech and ask that thou mayest vouchsafe to look upon this creature of salt and water, benignly to shine upon it, and to sanctify it with the {. dew of thy goodness: that wherever lit shall be sprinkled. by the invocation tOf thy holy name, all the molestation .of the unclean spirit may be removed, and the terror of the venomous ser fpent may be driven far away. and the presence of the Holy Spirit may vouch- safe everywhere to be present to us, beseeching thy mercy. Through our Lord Jesus Christ thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with thee. in the unity of the same Holy Spirit, God. world without end.
 { R. Amen.
 O Lord Jesus Christ. place the sign Y, of salvation in this place. and suffer mot the destroying angel to enter in. tHow lovely are thy tabernacles, O ! The choir then chants the 83d Psalm as follows:
 1 How lovely are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts: my soul 1ongeth and fainteth for the courts of the Lord.
 My heart and my flesh: have re- joiced in the living God
 3 For the sparrow hath found her a house: and the turtle nest for her. self, where she may lay her young.
 4 Even thy altars. O Lord of hosts: my King and my God.
 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house. O Lord: they shall praise thee