Blessing of Water for the Sick in Honor of St. Vincent Ferrer

“St. Vincent Ferrer Water”

V: Our help is in the name of the Lord.

R: Who made heaven and earth.

V: Blessed be the name of the Lord.

R: Both now and forevermore.

V: Lord, heed my prayer.

R: And let my cry be heard by you.

V: The Lord be with you.

R: And with your spirit.

Let us pray: We humbly appeal to your majesty, O Lord, asking that as you once blessed the rock in the desert, letting a copious flow of water come forth when Moses struck it twice with his rod, thus typifying by this double stroke the mystery of your passion and the two wooden beams of the cross; so now you may again hallow with your bounteous blessing this water by the mystery of the same holy cross. And let every sick person who drinks of it or is sprinkled with it forthwith experience the healing effect of your blessing; through Christ our Lord. R: Amen. I bless this water in the name of God + the Father almighty, who created this pleasing element for man’s use ennobling it by His wondrous power to wash away the stains of both body and soul; to be drink for the thirsty; cool refreshment for those suffering from the heat; a means of travel for seafarers; and who in water and by the water in the universal deluge–when the cataracts of heaven poured down rain for forty days and forty nights, yet sparing the lives of the eight people in the Ark–prefigured the sacrament of the New Covenant. May He now bless + and hallow + this water, so that by the invocation of His holy name and that of St. Vincent, it may heal the sick, strengthen the infirm, cheer the downcast, purify the unclean, and give full well-being to those who seek it; in the name of the Fa+ther, and of the +Son, and of the Holy + Spirit. All: Amen. The priest, touching the vessel of water with a relic or image of St. Vincent, says: Let us pray. Lord, hear our entreaties, and by the merits of St. Vincent, whose relic (or image) we apply to it, pour out your constant bless+ing on this element, water, and let it be a health-giving drink to those who use it. R: Amen.

In the name of the Fa+ther, and of the +Son, and of the Holy + Spirit.

R: Amen. This sign of the cross should be traced with the relic or image. Then the priest says;

Antiphon: May St. Vincent be with us in the twilight of life to lead us on the sure path to Christ.

V: Pray for us, St. Vincent.

R: That we may be worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray: God, who has granted that a multitude of people acknowledge your name through the preaching of your confessor, Vincent; we beg you that it be our lot to have Him as our reward in heaven whom he announced on earth as the Judge who is to come; through Christ our Lord. R: Amen