Benediction Hymns & Prayers
O Saving Victim
O Saving Victim op’ning wide
The gate of heav’n to man below.
Our foes press on from ev’ry side;
Thy strength supply, Thine aid bestow.
All praise and thanks to Thee ascend
For evermore, blest Three in One,
O grant us life that shall not end,
In our true native land with thee.
Amen.
Prayer for Christian Unity
V. Lord Jesus Christ, at your Last Supper you prayed to the Father that all should be one. Send your Holy Spirit upon all who bear your name and seek to serve you. Strengthen our faith in you and make us love one another in humility. May we who have been reborn in one baptism all be united in one faith under one Shepherd.
R. Amen.
Down in Adoration Falling
Down in adoration falling,
This great Sacrament we hail;
Ancient types have long departed;
Newer rites of grace prevail,
Faith for all defects supplying,
Where the feeble senses fail.
Glory let us give and blessing
To the Father and the Son,
Honour, might and praise addressing,
While eternal ages run;
Equal praise to Him confessing
Who proceeds from Both as One
Amen.
V. You have given them bread from heaven (P.T. Alleluia)
R. Having in itself all delight (P.T. Alleluia)
Let us pray:
O God, in this wonderful Sacrament You left us a memorial of your Passion; may we so reverence the sacred mysteries of your Body and Blood, that we may always be conscious of the effects of your Redemption within us. Who live and reign for ever and ever.
R. Amen.
The Divine Praises
Blessed be God.
Blessed be His Holy Name.
Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true Man.
Blessed be the Name of Jesus.
Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart.
Blessed be His Most Precious Blood.
Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.
Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete.
Blessed be the Great Mother of God, Mary most Holy.
Blessed be her Holy and Immaculate Conception.
Blessed be Her Glorious Assumption.
Blessed be the Name of Mary, Virgin and Mother.
Blessed be St. Joseph, her Most Chaste Spouse.
Blessed be God in His Angels and in His Saints.
Priest: Amen.
Psalm of Thanksgiving
Now praise the Lord, O all you nations;
Acclaim his glory all you peoples.
For of His mercy towards us He has
Given us fresh and mighty proofs.
The Lord’s fidelity endures eternally.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son,
And to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the
Beginning is now and ever shall be,
World without end. Amen.
Salve Regina (Hail Holy Queen)
Recited on Saturdays
Salve Regína, Mater Misericórdiæ: vita, dulcédo,
et spes nostra, salve! Ad te clamámus, éxsules fílii Hevæ.
Ad te suspirámus, geméntes et flentes
in hac lacrimárum valle.
Eja ergo, Advocáta nostra, illos tuos
misericórdes óculos ad nos convérte.
Et Jesum, benedíctum fructum ventris tui,
nobis post hoc exsílium osténde.
O clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo María!
V. Ora pro nobis sancta Dei Génitrix.
R. Ut digni efficiámur promissiónibus Christi.
Oremus:
Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui
gloriosae Virginis Matris Mariae corpus et
animam, ut dignum Filii tui habitaculum
effici mereretur, Spiritu Sancto
cooperante, praeparasti: da, ut cuius
commemoratione laetamur; eius pia
intercessione, ab instantibus malis, et a
morte perpetua liberemur.
Per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum.
Amen.
Regina Coeli (Queen of Heaven)
Recited on Saturdays during Easter in place of the Salve Regina
Regina caeli, laetare, alleluia:
Quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia.
Resurrexit, sicut dixit, alleluia.
Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia.
V. Gaude et laetare, Virgo Maria, alleluia.
R. Quia surrexit Dominus vere, alleluia.
Oremus:
Deus, qui per resurrectionem Filii tui,
Domini nostri Iesu Christi, mundum
laetificare dignatus es: praesta,
quaesumus; ut per eius Genetricem
Virginem Mariam, perpetuae capiamus
gaudia vitae.
Per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum.
Amen.
The priest finishes Benediction by making the sign of the Cross with the following words
V. Divinum auxilium maneat semper nobiscum.
R. Amen.