An additional Post-Communion is said, for the Consecrated.
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PLenum quæsumus Domine, in nobis remedium tuæ miserationis operare; ac tales nos esse perfice propitius, et sic foveri, ut tibi in omnibus placere valeamus. Per Dominum, &c.
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OPerate in us, O Lord, the full benefits of Thy mercy, and in Thy divine goodness, so perfect and so cherish us, that we may in all things be enabled to please Thee. Through our Lord, &c.
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After the Ite, Missa est, is said, the Consecrating Bishop blesses the congregation in the usual manner; the form of blessing is hereafter mentioned. He then sits down mitred before the Altar, the Consecrated kneeling before him; and after a short pause, he rises and blesses the Mitre, saying:
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Oremus.
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Let us pray.
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DOmine Deus, Pater Omnipotens, cujus præclara bonitas est, et virtus immensa, à qua omne donum optimum, et omne donum perfectum, totiusquo decoris ornamentum: bene✠dicere et sancti✠ficare dignare hanc mitram hujus famuli tui Antistitis capiti imponendam. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. ℟. Amen.
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O Lord God, Almighty Father, whose goodness is ever glorious, and whose power is boundless; from which every best gift, and every perfect gift, and every ornament of beauty descends; bless ✠ Thou and sanctify ✠ this mitre, about to be placed on the head of this Thy prelate: Through Christ, our Lord. Amen.
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After sprinkling it with holy water, he places it on the head of the Consecrated, saying:
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IMponimus, Domine, capiti hujus Antistitis et Agonistæ tui galeam munitionis et salutis, quatenus decorata facie et armato capite, cornibus utriusque Testamenti terribilis appareat adversa-
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WE place, O Lord, on the head of this Thy Prelate and Combatant, the helmet of defence and salvation, that, having his forehead adorned, and his head guarded, by the power of both Tes-
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