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The traditional blessing of seeds will be held on Monday, September 8, after the 7:45 a.m. Mass. The Roman Ritual prescribes this traditional blessing on the feast of the Nativity of Our Lady.You can bring seeds or seedling with you to church with you that day and place them before Mass on the table by the state of Our Lady of Grace in the transept. You can also drop them off this Sunday, but please make sure to label them with your name!
Prayers for the blessing:
Let us pray. Holy Lord, almighty Father, everlasting God: we request and we beseech that Thou wouldst deign to look upon these seedling fruits and seeds with merry eyes and a cheerful countenance. And as Thou didst promise to Thy servant Moses, saying: Say unto the children of Israel: When you shall have entered into the land which I will give you, that they may offer their first fruits to the priests, they will be blessed, so too, we beseech Thee, Lord, that through the help of Thy mercy Thou wouldst send upon this seedling fruit, which Thou hast deigned to bring forth for the harvest, the blessing (+) of Thy right hand. May it not be crushed by hail or drowned by a flood of rain, but may it ever remain safe and sound for the use of soul and body, and mayest Thou deign to bring it well to full and abundant maturity. Thou who livest and reignest in the perfect Trinity unto ages of ages. R/. Amen.
Let us pray. Almighty and everlasting God, sower and tiller of the heavenly Word, who tillest the topsoil of our hearts with spiritual tools: kindly be present to our prayers, and pour fourth Thy abundant blessing upon the fields in which these seeds are to be planted, and by the grace of Thy defense turn away from them the violence of storms: that every one of these fruits may be filled with Thy blessing (+), and may reach the granaries without hindrance; through Christ our Lord. R/. Amen.
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