Prayer at the
Foundation of a House
Let us pray to
the Lord. Lord have mercy.
Priest
O God Almighty,
Who made the Heavens with wisdom and has established the earth upon its sure
foundations, the Creator and Author of all men, look upon these Your servants (Names),
to whom it has seemed good to set up a house for their dwelling in the
dominion of Your Power, and to rear it by building; establish it upon a stable
rock, and found it according to Your divine word in the Gospel, so that neither
wind, nor flood, nor any other thing shall be able to harm it; graciously grant
that they may bring it to completion, and deliver all them who shall wish to
dwell therein from every attack of the enemy; for Yours is the dominion, and
Yours is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory, of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.
For the
Blessing of Any Object
Let us pray to
the Lord. Lord have mercy.
O Creator and Author of the human race;
Giver of all spiritual Graces, Bestower of eternal Salvation: do You, the same
Lord, send down Your Holy Spirit with a blessing from on high upon this (name
of object being blessed), that, fortified by the might of Your heavenly
protection, it may be potent unto bodily salvation and help and aid unto all
who shall make use of it; through Jesus Christ our Lord, Who together with You,
the Eternal Father, and Your All Holy, Good and Life‑creating Spirit, we
send up glory, both now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.
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