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Our Lady of the Rosary, 144 North Federal Highway (US#1),
Deerfield Beach, Florida 33441 954+428-2428
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Blessing of a Christmas Tree [Leader:] † O God, come to my assistance. [All:] O Lord, make haste to help me. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. [Leader:] Then shall all the trees of the forest exult before the Lord, for He comes. Psalm xcv 1. Sing to the Lord a new song; * sing to the Lord, all you lands. 2. Sing to the Lord; bless His name; * announce His salvation, day after day. 1. Tell His glory among the nations; * among all peoples, His wondrous deeds. 2. For great is the Lord, and highly to be praised; * awesome is He beyond all gods. 1. For all the gods of the nations are things of nought, * but the Lord made the heavens. 2. Splendor and majesty go before Him; * praise and grandeur are in His sanctuary. 1. Give to the Lord, you families of nations, give to the Lord glory and praise; * give to the Lord the glory due His name! 2. Bring gifts, and enter His courts; * worship the Lord in holy attire. 1. Tremble before Him, all the earth; * say among the nations: The Lord is king. 2. He has made the world firm, not to be moved; * He governs the peoples with equity. 1. Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice; let the sea and what fills it resound; * let the plains be joyful, and all that is in them! 2. Then shall all the trees of the forest exult before the Lord, for He comes; * for He comes to rule the earth. 1. He shall rule the world with justice * and the peoples with His constancy. 2. Glory be to the Father and to the Son * and to the Holy Ghost. 1. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen. [Leader:] Then shall all the trees of the forest exult before the Lord, for He comes. [Reader:] A Reading from the Prophet Isaias: [All:] Thanks be to God. [Leader:] And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse. [All:] And a flower shall rise up out of his root. [Leader:] O Lord, hear my prayer. [All:] And let my cry come to Thee. [Leader:] Let us pray. O God, who hast made this most holy night to shine forth with the brightness of the True Light, deign to bless this tree (the tree is sprinkled with holy water) which we adorn with lights in honor of Him who has come to enlighten us who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death. (the tree is lighted) And grant that we upon whom is poured the new light of Thy Word made flesh may show forth in our actions that which by faith shines in our minds. Through Christ our Lord. [All:] Amen.
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