Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe

November 25, 2018

After the communion of the faithful, the celebrant places the monstrance on the altar, then
reverently places the consecrated host in it. The celebrant genuflects and returns to the
chair where he says the Prayer after Communion. The Concluding Rites are omitted.

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

Let us pray.

Having received the food of immortality,

we ask, O Lord,
that, glorying in obedience
to the commands of Christ, the King of the universe,
we may live with him eternally in his heavenly Kingdom.
Who lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen.

EXPOSITION & INCENSATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

Then incense is placed in the thurible and blessed. The celebrant, kneeling before the altar,
incenses the Blessed Sacrament while the following is sung:

O SALUTARIS Hostia
Quae caeli pandis ostium.
Bella premunt hostilia;
Da robur, fer auxilium.

Uni trinoque Domino

Sit sempiterna gloria:
Qui vitam sine termino,
Nobis donet in patria. Amen.

He leads the people in the Act of Dedication of the Human Race to Jesus Christ King.

ACT OF DEDICATION OF THE HUMAN RACE TO JESUS CHRIST KING

Most sweet Jesus, Redeemer of the human race, look down upon us humbly
prostrate before you. We are yours, and yours we wish to be; but to be more
surely united with you, behold each one of us freely consecrates himself today
to your Most Sacred Heart. Many indeed have never known you; many, too,
despising your precepts, have rejected you. Have mercy on them all, most
merciful Jesus, and draw them to your Sacred Heart. Be King, O Lord, not only
of the faithful who have never forsaken you, but also of the prodigal children
who have abandoned you; grant that they may quickly return to their Father's
house, lest they die of wretchedness and hunger. Be King of those who are
deceived by erroneous opinions, or whom discord keeps aloof, and call them
back to the harbor of truth and the unity of faith, so that soon there may be but
one flock and one Shepherd. Grant, O Lord, to your Church assurance of
freedom and immunity from harm; give tranquility of order to all nations; make
the earth resound from pole to pole with one cry: Praise to the divine Heart that
wrought our salvation; to it be glory and honor for ever. Amen.

He then, wearing the humeral veil, goes up to the altar, genuflects and takes the
monstrance and holds it with hands covered by the two ends of the veil and the procession
begins.

THE PROCESSION

The procession should include songs and prayers which express the faith of participants and
keep their attention centered on the Lord alone.

BENEDICTION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

The clergy and ministers go directly to their places. The celebrant goes to the altar and
places the monstrance on the altar. The celebrant genuflects and then, laying aside the
humeral veil, kneels before the altar.

A hymn or other Eucharistic song is sung and the Blessed Sacrament is incensed.

Tantum ergo Sacramentum

Veneremur cernui:
Et antiquum documentum
Novo cedat ritui:
Praestet fides supplementum
Sensuum defectui.

Genitori, Genitoque
Laus et iubilatio,
Salus, honor, virtus quoque
Sit et benedictio:
Procedenti ab utroque
Compar sit laudatio.
Amen. Amen.
V. Panem de caelo praestitisti eis.
R. Omne delectamentum in se habentem.

Oremus:

Then, standing, he says the prayer:

Deus, qui nobis sub sacramento mirabili, passionis tuae memoriam reliquisti:
tribue, quaesumus, ita nos corporis et sanguinis tui sacra mysteria venerari, ut
redemptionis tuae fructum in nobis iugiter sentiamus. Qui vivis et regnas in
saecula saeculorum. Amen.

The celebrant puts on the humeral veil and takes the monstrance and gives the blessing in
silence.

Afterwards, he places the monstrance on the altar and kneels in front of the altar.

Blessed be God.
Blessed be His Holy Name.
Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true Man.
Blessed be the Name of Jesus.
Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart.
Blessed be His Most Precious Blood.
Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.
Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete.
Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most Holy.
Blessed be her Holy and Immaculate Conception.
Blessed be her Glorious Assumption.
Blessed be the Name of Mary, Virgin and Mother.
Blessed be St. Joseph, her most chaste spouse.
Blessed be God in His Angels and in His Saints.

REPOSITION

The celebrant stands and genuflects and then reverently takes the Blessed Sacrament to the
tabernacle. An acclamation may be sung.

O Sacrament most holy! O Sacrament divine!

All praise and all thanksgiving, be every moment Thine!