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THE OPENING OF THE DOOR
(The people having assembled in the Church shall stand facing the door.
The Senior Warden shall close the door, and the Bishop standing with the Clergy outside shall knock three times, saying:)
OPEN me the gates of righteousness, that I may go into them, and give thanks unto the Lord.
The Warden shall open the door and say,
THIS is the gate of the Lord, the righteous shall enter into it.
Then the Bishop, with the foot of the Processional Cross will mark the threshold with the sign of the cross and say,
PEACE be to this House, and to all who enter here; In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Then the Procession shall enter the Church, stopping inside the Door.
The Rector shall say with the people this antiphon:
This is none other than the house of God,
#	and this is the gate of heaven.
The people kneeling, the Bishop and other Clergy shall proceed up the center aisle to the Chancel Gate saying the Litany for the Church.
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LITANY
O GOD the Father, Creator of heaven and earth:
#	Have mercy upon us.
O God the Son, Redeemer of the world;
#	Have mercy upon us.
O God the Holy Ghost, Sanctifier of the faithful;
#	Have mercy upon us.
O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, One God;
#	Have mercy upon us.
O CHRIST, the Rock upon which thy Church is built, whereon thy People, as living stones fitly framed together, grow into a spiritual house;
#	Defend thy Church, O Lord.
O Christ, the Vine of which thy People are the branches, that they may bring forth fruit an hundred-fold;
#	Defend thy Church, O Lord.
O Christ, the Head of thy Body, the Church, whereof all thy People are the members;
#	Defend thy Church, O Lord.
O Christ, our Prophet, who teachest the way of God in truth;
#	Defend thy Church, O Lord.
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