RITE OF BLESSSING A CLASSROOM

Here, the faithful shall impose the Sign of the Cross.

V: Blessed be Jesus, the Word made flesh through Mary. Whom by His Sacred Paschal Mystery conquered the power of
evil.
R: Blessed be God forever!

V: Let us ask God to bless us

and our classroom.

Pause for a while.

All praise to You, heavenly Father, Lord of all creation:

You have gathered us in this parish community
to praise You by our words and works.

Bless + this school which we have built for the education of our young people.
Bless + our students and teachers, our parents, board members, employees,
and all who promote sound education in our community.

May our youth grow in wisdom, age, and grace before You and all Your people.
May this school always be a home of truth and wisdom, of faith and good will toward all.
Through the prayers of St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Benedict of Nursia,
may this school help our community, and build Your kingdom of justice, light, and peace.

Loving Father, listen to our prayer, which we offer through Christ our Lord,
in Your Holy Spirit: all glory to You, one God, for ever and ever.

R: Amen!

The leader sprinkles the Holy Water on the entire room.

While sprinkling the Blessed Water, the faithful altogether prays either of the following or in their English translations:

Crux Sacra Sit Mihi Lux. Non draco sit mihi dux. Vade retro satana. Nunquam suade mihi vana. Sunt mala quae libas. Ipse
venena bibas.
Pater Noster, qui es in caelis, sanctificetur nomen tuum. Adveniat regnum tuum. Fiat voluntas tua, sicut in caelo et in
terra. Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie, et dimitte nobis debita nostra sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus
nostris. Et ne nos inducas in tentationem, sed libera nos a malo. Amen.

Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum. Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Iesus. Sancta
Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc, et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen.

Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.

V: May the Almighty God bless you, the Father + and the Son + and the Holy Spirit.
R: Amen!

V: Go in peace.
R: Thanks be to God!