Chant solo

THE SECOND PART OF THE LITANY

27. After the Renewal of baptismal promises, if there are cantors or other clerics to sing the Litany, the celebrant and ministers [servers] make reverence to the altar and return to the sacristy.
If there are no cantors or clerics, the celebrant kneels on the lowest step of the altar, towards the Epistle side, and completes the' singing or recitation of the Litany from Propitius esto, the people answering. The invocations are not doubled. When the Litany is ended, the celebrant and ministers go to the sacristy.
28. The celebrant himself and the ministers go to the sacristy, and put on white vestments for the celebration of Mass.
29. Meanwhile, the paschal candle is put on its candlestick at the Gospel corner, and the altar is made ready for Mass, with lighted candles and flowers.

RENEWAL OF THE PROMISES OF BAPTISM

24. After the Blessing of the water for Baptism and its transfer to the font, or, in churches where this Blessing has not taken place, after the first part of the Litany, the Renewal of Baptismal promises takes place, during which all, except the celebrant and his ministers [servers], should stand, holding lighted candles in their hands.
25. The celebrant, at his seat, changes his purple vestments for a white stole and cope. Meanwhile the candles of the clergy and all present are lit from the paschal candle.
The celebrant puts incense in the thurible, and goes with the ministers [servers] to the foot of the altar. They make reverence; then he censes the paschal candle. Standing near it and turned towards the people [or else from the pulpit or ambo], he then begins as follows.
All stand holding their lighted candles.

Holy Mother Church, dearest brethren, recalling in this most holy night the death and burial of our Lord Jesus Christ, in order to return his love is keeping vigil, and, celebrating his glorious resurrection, rejoices with great joy.
Since, as the Apostle teaches, we have been buried with Christ through baptism into death, so, as Christ rose again from the dead, we should live and move in newness of life. We know that our human nature as it was has been crucified with Christ, that henceforward we may not serve sin. Let us then think of ourselves as dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
So then, dearest brethren, now our Lenten time of training is over, let us renew the promises of Holy Baptism, by which once we renounced Satan and his works and also that world which is God's enemy, and promised to God faithful service in the Holy Catholic Church.
I ask you therefore :
PRIEST :     Do you renouce Satan?
PEOPLE :     We do renounce him.
PRIEST :     And all his works?
PEOPLE :     We do renounce them.
PRIEST :     And all his pomps?
PEOPLE :     We do renounce them.
PRIEST :     Do you believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of  heaven and earth?
PEOPLE :     We do believe.
PRIEST :     Do you believe in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord,  who was born, and suffered?
PEOPLE :     We do believe.
PRIEST :         Do you also believe in the Holy Ghost, the Holy  Catholic Church, the communion of Saints, the  forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life  everlasting?
PEOPLE :     We do believe.
PRIEST :     And now let all of us together pray to God, in the prayer  our Lord Jesus Christ has taught us :
PEOPLE :     Our Father...
PRIEST :     And may God almighty, Father of our Lord Jesus     Christ, who has given us birth anew frcm water and the  Holy Ghost and forgiven us our sins, himself preserve  us by his grace in the same Christ Jesus our Lord unto  eternal life.
PEOPLE :     AMEN.

THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM

Baptism of infants

The celebrant asks by name each one who is to be baptized: (thegodfather answers) :

N. Credis in Deum Patrem omnipoténtem, Creatórem caeli ei terrae? R. Credo.
Credis in Jesum Christum, Fíilium ejus unicum, Dóminun nostrum, natum, et passum? R. Credo.
Credis et in Spíritum Sanctum, sanctam Ecclésiam cathó1icam, Sanctórum communiónem, remissiónem peccatórum, carnis resurrectiónem, et vitam aetérnam. R. Credo.

Immediately afterwards the celebrant asks by name each one who is to be baptized:
N. Vis baptizari?
The godfather answers: Volo.
Then the godfather or the godmother (or both) hold the child. The celebrant takes the baptismal water and pours it three times in the form of a cross on the child's head. At the same time he says distinctly and attentively the following words to each one:

N. EGO TE BAPTIZO IN NOMINE PA†TRIS, he pours a 1st time, ET FI†LII, he pours a 2nd time, ET SPIRITUS†SANCTI, he pours a 3rd time. The water which flows from the head of the baptized person must be received into a basin, which is afterwards emptied into the font.
Then the celebrant takes some holy Chrism with his thumb, and traces the sign of the cross on the top of the child's head, saying to each one :

Deus omnípotens, Pater Dómini nostri Jesu Christi, qui te regenerávit ex aqua et Spíritu Sancto, quique dedit tibi remissiónem ómnium peccatórum (he marks the sign of the cross), ipse te liniat † Chrísmate salútis in eódem Christo Jesu Dómino nostro in vitam aetérnam.
R. Amen.
V. Pax tibi.
R. Et cum spíritu túo.
The celebrant wipes his fingers with cotton-wool and also the head which he has just anointed. He then places on the child's head a white linen cloth to take the place of a white garment, saying to each one :

Accipe vestem cándidam, quam pérferas immaculátam ante tríbunal Dómini nostri Jesu Christi, ut hábeas vitam aetérnam. R. Amen.
He then gives to the child or the godfather a lighted candle, saying:

Accipe lámpadem ardéntem, et irreprehensíbilis custódi Baptísmum tuum : serva Dei mandáta, ut, cum Dóminus vénerit ad núptias, possis occúrrere ei una cum ómnibus sanctis in aula caelésti et vivas in saécula saeculórum. R. Amen.

The celebrant then says (in the plural if they are more than one) :
N. Vade (Ite) in pace, et Dóminus sit tecum (vobíscum). R. Amen.
If a bishop is present who can lawfully confer the sacrament of Confirmation, the neophytes receive it from him.
The neophytes devoutly receive Holy Communion at the Mass which follows.

22. When the Blessing (and Baptism) is finished, the baptismal water is carried to the font, in procession. The celebrant puts incense in the thurible and blesses it. The procession takes place as follows :
a) the thurifer goes first,
b) then the subdeacon or cleric with the cross,
c) the clergy,
d) then the deacon with the vessel of water — unless an acolyte carries it,
e) finally the celebrant with head covered.

Baptism of adults

The celebrant asks each candidate separately:
Quis vocáris?
He answers: N.
He asks each separately:

N. Credis in Deum Patrem omnipoténtem, Creatórem caeli ei terrae? R. Credo.
Credis in Jesum Christum, Fíilium ejus unicum, Dóminun nostrum, natum, et passum? R. Credo.
Credis et in Spíritum Sanctum, sanctam Ecclésiam cathó1icam, Sanctórum communiónem, remissiónem peccatórum, carnis resurrectiónem, et vitam aetérnam. R. Credo.
N. Quid petis?
He answers: Baptísmum.
Vis baptizári?
He answers: Volo.
The candidate, with his head and neck bare, leans over the basin. At the same time the godfather or godmother (or both) place a hand on his shoulder. The celebrant takes some baptismal water, pours it three times in the form of a cross on the head of the candidate, and at the same time says distinctly and attentively the following words to each one :

N. EGO TE BAPTIZO IN NOMINE PA†TRIS, he pours a 1st time, ET FI†LII, he pours a 2nd time, ET SPIRITUS†SANCTI, he pours a 3rd time. The water which flows from the head of the baptized person must be received into a basin, which is afterwards emptied into the font.

Then the celebrant takes some holy Chrism with his thumb, and traces the sign of the cross on the top of the head of the person baptized, saying to each one:

Deus omnípotens, Pater Dómini nostri Jesu Christi, qui te regenerávit ex aqua et Spíritu Sancto, quique dedit tibi remissiónem ómnium peccatórum (he marks the sign of the cross), ipse te liniat + Chrísmate salútis in eódem Christo Jesu Dómino nostro in vitam aetérnam.

R. Amen.
V. Pax tecum.
R. Et cum spíritu túo.
The celebrant wipes his fingers with cotton-wool and also the head which he has just anointed. He then places on the head of the newly-baptized person a white linen cloth and gives him a white garment. He says to each one:

Accipe vestem cándidam, quam pérferas immaculátam ante tríbunal Dómini nostri Jesu Christi, ut hábeas vitam aetérnam. R. Amen.
And the newly baptized person takes off his clothes to put on the new white garment, which the celebrant has just given him, or at least puts it on over his ordinary clothes. He then gives to the child or the godfather a lighted candle, saving: Then the celebrant places a lighted candle in his right hand, saying:

Accipe lámpadem ardéntem, et irreprehensíbilis custódi Baptísmum tuum : serva Dei mandáta, ut, cum Dóminus vénerit ad núptias, possis occúrrere ei una cum ómnibus sanctis in aula caelésti et vivas in saécula saeculórum. R. Amen.

The neophyte keeps this lighted candle in his hand for the rest of the ceremony except when he receives Confirmation.

The celebrant then says (in the plural if they are more than one) :
N. Vade (Ite) in pace, et Dóminus sit tecum (vobíscum).
R. Amen.
If a bishop is present who can lawfully confer the sacrament of Confirmation, the neophytes receive it from him.
The neophytes devoutly receive Holy Communion at the Mass which follows.

22. When the Blessing (and Baptism) is finished, the baptismal water is carried to the font, in procession. The celebrant puts incense in the thurible and blesses it. The procession takes place as follows :

Baptism of Infants:

a) the thurifer goes first,
b) then the subdeacon or cleric with the cross,
c) the clergy,
d) then the deacon with the vessel of water — unless an acolyte carries it,
e) finally the celebrant with head covered.

Baptism of Adults:

[a) the thurifer goes first,
b) then the cross-bearer,
c) then the servers,
d) then one or more servers carrying the baptismal water,
e) finally the celebrant, with head covered].

The paschal candle remains in its place : meanwhile the following is sung :

THE FIRST PART OF THE LITANY

18. When the Collect after the fourth Lesson is finished, all kneel. The Litany of the Saints is sung without doubling the invocations, until Propftius esto exclusive.
The Litany is sung by two cantors kneeling in the middle of the sanctuary ; the celebrant kneeling in his place. If there are no cantors, it is sung or said by the celebrant himself, kneeling with the servers on the lowest step of the altar towards the Epistle side.
Meanwhile a vessel of baptismal water to be blessed, with everything else needed for the blessing, is prepared in the sanctuary, on the Epistle side, where the people can see it.