FROM THE SAINT JOSEPH DAILY MISSAL
AFTER THE BLESSING OF THE NEW FIRE, THE ACOLYTE (OR ONE OF THE SERVERS) BRINGS THE PASCHAL CANDLE TO THE MIDDLE, IN FRONT OF THE CELEBRANT, WHO INCISES A CROSS IN THE WAX WITH A STYLUS (FOR KNIFE), BETWEEN THE POINTS WHERE THE GRAINS OF INCENSE WILL BE INSERTED. THEN HE CARVES THE GREEK LETTER ALPHA ABOVE THE CROSS AND THE GREEK LETTER OMEGA BELOW THE CROSS, AND, BETWEEN THE ARMS OF THE CROSS, THE FOUR NUMERALS OF THE CURRENT YEAR. WHILE CARVING THESE SYMBOLS HE SAYS RESPECTIVELY:
(1) CHRIST YESTERDAY AND TODAY
(CARVING THE VERTICAL BEAM)
(2) THE BEGINNING AND THE END
(CARVING THE TRANSVERSE BEAM)
(3) THE ALPHA (CARVING THE LET-
TER A ABOVE THE VERTICAL BEAM),
(4) AND THE OMEGA (CARVING THE
LETTER "horseshoe" BELOW THE VERTICAL BEAM):
(5) TO HIM BELONG TIME (AS HE CARVES THE
FIRST NUMERAL OF THE CURRENT YEAR IN THE UPPER
LEFT-HAND ANGLE OF THE CROSS)
(6) AND THE AGES (AS HE CARVES THE SECOND
NUMERAL OF THE CURRENT YEAR IN THE UPPER RIGHT-
HAND ANGLE OF THE CROSS);
(7) TO HIM BE GLORY AND EMPIRE (AS HE
CARVES THE THIRD NUMERAL OF THE CURRENT YEAR IN
THE LOWER LEFT-HAND ANGLE OF THE CROSS, FOR
EXAMPLE, 6)
(8) THROUGHOUT ALL THE AGES OF ETERNITY. AMEN
(AS HE CARVES THE FOURTH NUMERAL OF THE CURRENT
YEAR IN THE LOWER RIGHT-HAND ANGLE OF THE CROSS,
FOR EXAMPLE, 1)
THE DEACON (OR ONE OF THE SERVERS) GIVES THE GRAINS OF
INCENSE TO THE CELEBRANT, WHO INSERTS THE
FIVE GRAINS INTO THE PLACES PREPARED FOR
THEM, SAYING:
(1) THROUGH HIS HOLY WOUNDS
(2) GLORIOUS
(3) MAY HE GUARD
(4) AND PROTECT US
(5) CHRIST THE LORD. AMEN
THEN THE DEACON (OR ONE OF THE SERVERS) GIVES THE CELE-
BRANT A SMALL TAPER LIGHTED FROM THE NEW FIRE, WITH WHICH
THE CELEBRANT LIGHTS THE CANDLE, SAYING:
MAY THE LIGHT OF THE GLORIOUSLY RISEN CHRIST
SCATTER THE DARKNESS OF MINDS AND HEARTS.
THEN THE CELEBRANT BLESSES THE LIGHTED CANDLE, SAYING :
THE LORD BE WITH YOU. AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT.
LET US PRAY. MAY AN ABUNDANT OUTPOURING OF YOUR BLESSING,
WE BESEECH YOU, ALMIGHTY GOD DESCEND UPON THIS LIGHTED
CANDLE: AND, O INVISIBLE REGENERATOR, MAY YOU ILLUMINE THIS
NOCTURNAL BRIGHTNESS, THAT NOT ONLY THE SACRIFICE THAT IS
OFFERED THIS NIGHT MAY SHINE BY THE SECRET MIXTURE OF YOUR LIGHT,
BUT ALSO INTO WHATEVER PLACE ANYTHING OF THIS MYSTERIOUS
SANCTIFICATION SHALL BE BROUGHT, THERE, THE MALICIOUS ARTIFICES OF
SATAN MAY BE DEFEATED.
THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD.
AMEN
MEANWHILE, ALL THE LIGHTS OF THE CHURCH ARE PUT OUT.
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FROM MY BOOK - PAGES 340, 341 & 342 SAINT JOSEPH DAILY MISSAL
TYPED UP BY ME
DEBORAH KIM KENNEDY
04/08/2022
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