THE BLESSING OF INCENSE

Maddux, Earle H. A Manual for Priests of the American Church: Complimentary to the Occasional Offices of the Book of Common Prayer. Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2004.

V. Our help is in the Name of the Lord.

R. Who hath made heaven and earth.

V. The Lord be with you.

R. And with thy spirit.

Let us pray.

O LORD God Almighty, in whose presence the heavenly host, whose ministrations are of spirit and fire, stand trembling: vouchsafe to behold, bless+, and sanctify+ this creature of incense, that all weakness, and all the wiles of the enemy may as its perfume ascends be put to flight, and be driven far from us, the work of thy hand, whom thou hast redeemed with the precious blood of thy Son. Hear us O Lord, for the sake of the same thy Son, Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.