Admission to the Liberal Catholic Church

To be used when Baptism, absolute or conditional, is not administered.

The Priest stands at the entrance to the sanctuary, the candidate standing before him.

In the Name of the Father and of the SOn and of the Holy Ghost.

Amen.

Reverend Father, I desire to be admitted into the fellowship of the Liberal Catholic Church.

Wilt thou starive to live in the spirit of love with all mankind, and manfully to fight against sin and selfishness?

I Will.

Wilt thou stribe to show forth in thy thoughts, thy words and thy works, the power of God which is in thee?

I will.

The Lord keep thee in all these things and strengthen thee in all goodness

Let us pray

The candidate kneels. The Priest says the prayer following, with hands extended towards the candidate:

O Lord Christ, who art ever ready to receive and to strengthen the earnest aspirations of Thy children, look down, we pray Thee, upon this Thy servant whom we now admit to our fellowship. Sanctify him(/her), O Lord, with Thy heavenly grace, that, growing continually in virture, he (she) may serve before Thee in holiness and righteousness all the days of his (her) life and thus may be found worth to obtain the riches and the never-fading glory of Thy kingdom, O Thou great Master of the hearts of men, to whom be praise and adoration for evermore.

Amen.

The Priest lays his hand upon the head of the new member, raising it only to make the sign of the cross, and says:

The blesssing of God Almighty, the Father, + the Son, and the Holy Ghost rest upon thee, that thou mayest faithfully serve before Him all the days of your life

Amen.