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*The Ordinand then signs the above Declaration in the sight of all 
present.*  

*All stand.  The Bishop says to the people*

Dear friends in Christ, you know the importance of this 
ministry, and the weight of your responsibility in presenting 
&N.&N. for ordination to the sacred priesthood.  Therefore if 
any of you know any impediment or crime because of which 
we should not proceed, come forward now, and make it known.


*If no objection is made, the Bishop continues*

Is it your will that &N. be ordained a priest?


*The People respond in these or other words*

It is.


*Bishop*

Will you uphold him in this ministry?


*The People respond in these or other words*

We will.


*The Bishop then calls the people to prayer with these or similar words*

In peace let us pray to the Lord.


*All kneel, and the Person appointed leads the Litany for Ordinations, 
or some other approved litany.  At the end of the litany, after the 
Kyries, the Bishop stands and reads the Collect for the Day, or the 
following Collect, or both, first saying*

The Lord be with you

*People*  And also with you.



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