Apostolic Blessing - English
The pastor or other priest who assists the sick person should vest in surplice and violet stole. Upon entering the room of the sick person, he says:
V. Peace to this house.
R. And to all who dwell therein.
If the sick person wishes to confess his sins, the priest hears his confession and absolves him. If not, the priest urges him to make an act of contrition and, if time permits, instructs him briefly concerning the efficacy and power of this blessing. Then he explains and urges that he should call upon the holy name of Jesus, at least in his heart, and willingly bear the discomforts and pains of sickness in expiation for his past life. The sick person should offer himself to God as prepared to accept whatever is pleasing to God to undergo death itself with resignation as satisfaction for the punishments which his sins deserve.
Then the priest offers words of spiritual consolation to the sick person and stirs up in him the hope that he will receive forgiveness of his sins and attain everlasting lifethrough the goodness of almighty God.
Then the priest says:
V. Our help is in the name of the Lord
R. Who made heaven and earth
Antiphon: O Lord do not remember the sins of your servant: do not exact punishment for his (her) sins.
Lord have mercy.
R. Christ have mercy. Lord have mercy.
Our Father (silently as far as)
V. And lead us not into temptation
R. But deliver us from evil.
V. Save your servant.
R. Who trusts in you, my God.
V. O Lord, hear my prayer.
R. And let my cry come to you.
V. The Lord be with you.
R. And with your spirit.
Let us pray:
Most loving God, Father of mercy and God of all consolation, you will that no one who believes and hopes in you should be lost. Look with favor in your great mercy upon this your servant N., whom true faith and Christian hope commend to you. Come to him (her) with saving power, and through the passion and death of your only-begotten Son, grant him (her) in your mercy remission and pardon for all his (her) sins. At the hour of death may his (her) soul find you a forgiving judge and, washed of every stain in the blood of your Son, deserve to pass to life eternal. Through the same Christ our Lord.
R. Amen.
Then after the Confiteor has been said by a cleric, the priest says: Misereatur and Indulgentiam. Next he says:
May our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God, who gave the power of binding and loosing to blessed Peter his apostle, accept your confession in his most loving mercy and restore to you the white garment which you received at Baptism. And I, through the faculty given to me by the Apostolic See, grant to you a plenary indulgence and remission of all sins. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, + and of the Holy Ghost.
R. Amen.
Through the sacred mysteries of mankind’s redemption may almighty God forgive you all the punishments of this life and the life to come, open the gates of heaven and lead you to everlasting joys.
R. Amen.
May almighty God bless you, Father, Son + and Holy Spirit.
R. Amen.
But if the sick person is so close to death that there is no time for the recitation of the Confiteor or the other prayers above, the priest imparts the apostolic blessing immediately, saying:
Through the faculty given to me by the Apostolic See, I grant you a plenary indulgence and remission of all sins. In the name of the Father, and of the Son + and of the Holy Spirit.
R. Amen.
In case of true necessity, it is enough to say:
Through the faculty given to me by the Apostolic See, I grant you a plenary indulgence and remission of all sins. In the name of the Father, and of the Son + and of the Holy Spirit.
R. Amen.
(Parish Ritual, 168-170).