“Hearken we beseech Thee, O Lord, to our prayers,
and deign to bless with the right hand of Thy Majesty
this sword with which Thy servant desires to be girded,
that it may be a defense of churches, widows, orphans
and all Thy servants against the scourge of pagans,that it may be the terror and dread of all evil-doers,
and that it may be just in both attack and defense.”
and deign to bless with the right hand of Thy Majesty
this sword with which Thy servant desires to be girded,
that it may be a defense of churches, widows, orphans
and all Thy servants against the scourge of pagans,that it may be the terror and dread of all evil-doers,
and that it may be just in both attack and defense.”