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decurrat; hoc in totius corporis extrema descendat: ut tui Spiritus virtus et interiota ejus repleat, et exteriora circumtegat. Abundet in eo constantia fidei, puritas dilectionis, sinceritas pacis. Sit speciosi nıunere tuo pedes ejus ad evangelizandum pacem, ad evangelizandum bona tua. Da ei, Domine, ministerium reconciliationis in verbo, et in factis, in virtute signorurn, et prodigiorum. Sit sermo ejus, et prædicatio, non in persuasibilibus humanæ sapientiæ verbis, sed in ostensione spiritus, et virtutis. Da ei, Domine, claves regni cœlorum, ut utatur, non glorietur, potestate, quam tribuis in ædificationem, non in destructionem. Quodcumque ligaverit super terram, sit ligatum et in cœlis, et quodcumque solverit super terram, sit solutum et in cœlis. Quorum retinuerit peccata, retenta sint, et quorum remiserit, tu remittas, Qui maledixerit ei, sit ille maledictus, et qui benedixerit ei, benedictionibus repleatur. Sit fidelis servus, et prudens, quem constituas tu, Domine,

his lips; may it descend to the extreme parts of his body: so that the power of Thy Spirit may replenish him interiorly; and cover him all around exteriorly. May the constancy of faith, the purity of divine love, and the sincerity of peace, abound in him. May his feet, by Thy gift, be beautiful to preach peace, and to carry glad tidings of good things. Give to him, O Lord, the ministry of reconciliation, in words, and in deeds, in the power of signs and prodigies. Let his speech and preaching be, not in the persuasive words of human wisdom, but in the showing of the Spirit and power. Give to him, O Lord, the keys of the kingdom of heaven, that he may employ, without ostentation, the power which Thou dost impart, for edification, and not for destruction. Whatsoever he shall bind on earth, be it bound also in heaven; and whatsoever he shall loosen on earth, be it loosened also in heaven: whose sins he shall retain, be they retained, and whose sins he shall remit, may they be