Rituale Romanum prayer for e-book library

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Deinde benedicit instrumenta et machinas, dicens:   Oremus. Oratio Domine Deus, unice fons scientiarum, qui hominum in­genium ita illuminare dignatus es, ut nova artificiosa in­strumenta invenerit [...]; bene ✠ dic, quæsemus, has machinas (hanc machinam), ut per libros ad utilitatem nostram prodeuntes nihil aliud te opitulante discamus, præter scientiam tuam, quae vere ducit ad vitam. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. ℟. Amen.

Then he blesses the machines and instruments, saying:    Let us pray. Prayer    O Lord God, thou sole Source of learning, who has condescended so to enlighten men's resourcefulness that they have invented new have invented new and artistic [instruments of disseminating knowledge, such as the St. Isidore e-book library here], bless, ✠ we beseech thee, these machines (this machine). And from the books which issue forth for our enlightenment, may we learn, by thy gracious help, nothing but that knowledge which, coming from thee, leadeth truly unto life. Through Christ our Lord. ℟. Amen.

PDF pp. 1513-4 of Philip T. Weller, Roman Ritual (1950)

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BENEDICTIO LIBRORUM     Adjutorium nostrum, et cetera.     Oremus. Oratio.     Descendat, Domine, virtus Spiritus Sancti super hunc librum [(hos libros)], qui eum [(eos)] mundando purificet et benedicat atque sanctificet, et omnium in eo [(eis)] legentium clementer corda illuminet, et verum intellectum tribuat, sed et intelligendo tua præcepta conservare et implere secundum voluntatem tuam bonis operibus concedat. Per Dominum.     Et aspergantur [sic] aqua benedicta. .

Let us pray. O God, Who art the Lord of all leaning, pour forth thy bless�ing ✠ upon this library. Let it safely withstand fire and every peril, and permit it to increase its volumes from day to day. May all who come here as officials or students make progress in knowledge of things human and divine, and increase likewise their love for thee. Through Christ our Lord. ℟. Amen.

PDF pp. 1475-6 of Philip T. Weller, Roman Ritual (1950)

[Geremia]

BENEDICTIO LIBRORUM Adjutorium nostrum, et cetera. Oremus. Oratio. Descendat, Domine, virtus Spiritus Sancti super hunc librum [(hos libros)], qui eum [(eos)] mundando purificet et bene ✠ dicat atque sanctificet, et omnium in eo [(eis)] legentium clementer corda illuminet, et verum intellectum tribuat, sed et intelligendo tua præcepta conservare et implere secundum voluntatem tuam bonis operibus concedat. Per Dominum. Et aspergantur aqua benedicta.

BLESSING OF BOOKS Our help, etc. Let us pray. Prayer. May the power of the Holy Ghost, O Lord, descend upon this book [(these books)], cleanse, purify, bless ✠, and sanctify it [(them)], and may He mercifully enlighten the hearts of all who read it [(them)], and grant true understanding, and also, through understanding, to keep and fulfill your precepts according to your will by good works. Through the Lord. And [(it is)] they are sprinkled with holy water.

—Manuale ad usum Sarum (Sarum Use Manual) in the Publications of the Surtees Society, vol. 63 (1875) p. 101*, quoted in "Is there a blessing for books?"