CONSECRATION OF A PATEN AND A CHALICE

The consecration of a paten and chalice may take place on any day
and at any convenient place.

The following are prepared: holy chrism and whatever materials are
necessary for cleansing and wiping the chalice and paten as well as
the bishop's hands. The chalice and paten should be placed on a
table covered with a white-linen cloth or on the altar.

If several chalices and patens are to be consecrated the bishop

performs the anointings successively on each of them, but he says
the orations only once and in the plural form.

The bishop, standing and wearing the rochet, white stole, and gold-
embroidered mitre, says:

Presider:

In the name of the Father,  and of the Son,

and of the Holy Spirit.

All:
Amen.

Presider:

Our help is in the name of the Lord.

All:
Who made heaven and earth.
Presider:

Let us pray, my dear brethren,

that by the help of God's grace
this paten may be consecrated and hallowed
for the purpose of breaking over it
the body of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who suffered death on the cross
for the salvation of us all.

Then, removing the mitre, he says:

Presider:

The Lord be with you.

All:
And with your spirit.

Presider:
Let us pray.
Almighty everlasting God,
who instituted the laws of sacrifice,
and ordered among other things
that the sprinkled wheaten flour
should be carried to the altar
on plates of gold and silver;
be pleased to bless, hallow, 
and consecrate this paten,
destined for the administration of the Eucharist
of Jesus Christ, your Son,
who for our salvation
and that of all mankind chose to immolate Himself
on the gibbet of the cross to you,
God the Father, with whom He lives and reigns,
forever and ever.
All:
Amen.

Having put on the mitre, he dips the thumb of his right hand into the
holy chrism, anoints the paten from rim to rim in the form of a cross,
and then rubs the holy chrism all over the upper side of the paten,
while saying the following formula:

Lord God, may you deign to consecrate and to hallow

this paten by this anointing and our blessing,  in
Christ Jesus our Lord, who lives and reigns with you
forever and ever.
All:
Amen.
Then (still standing and wearing the mitre) he proceeds to the
blessing of the chalice, saying:

Let us pray, my dear brethren,

that our Lord and God,
by His heavenly grace and inspiration,
may hallow this chalice
about to be consecrated
for use in His ministry,
and that He may add the fulness
of His divine favor
to the consecration performed by us,
through Christ our Lord.

All:
Amen.

Then, removing the mitre, he says:

Presider:

The Lord be with you.

All:
And with your spirit.
Presider:
Let us pray.

O Lord our God,

be pleased to bless  this chalice,
made by your devout people for your holy service.
Bestow that same blessing which you bestowed
on the hallowed chalice
of your servant, Melchisedech.
And what we cannot make worthy of your altars
by our craft and metals,
do you nonetheless make worthy by your blessing;
through Christ our Lord.

All:
Amen.

Having put on the mitre, he dips the thumb of his right hand into the
holy chrism and anoints each chalice on the inside from rim to rim
In the form of a cross, while saying the following formula:

Lord God, may it please you to consecrate and to

hallow this chalice by this anointing and our blessing, 
in Christ Jesus our Lord, who lives and reigns with you
forever and ever.
All:
Amen.
Then, removing the mitre, he says the following over the chalice and
paten:

Presider:

The Lord be with you.

All:
And with your spirit.

Presider:
Let us pray.

Almighty everlasting God,

we beg you to impart to our hands
the virtue of your blessing,
so that by our blessing  this vessel and paten
may be hallowed and become,
by the grace of the Holy Spirit,
a new sepulchre for the body and blood
of our Lord Jesus Christ;
through Christ our Lord.

All:
Amen.

When the consecration is over a priest cleans the chalice and paten
with crumbs of bread and purifies them thoroughly. These cleansing
materials are put into the sacrarium.
Presider:
The Lord be with you.
All:
And with your spirit.
Presider:
May Almighty God bless you,
the Father , and the Son ,
and the Holy  Spirit.
All:
Amen.

Presider:
Go in peace.
All:
Thanks be to God.