Order for making brothers

(a rough and fairly literal translation from the Latin Ordo ad Fratres Faciendum. A more elegant translation, alongside the original Latin is provided by Alan Bray in 'The Friend'.)

Introit:

We have received, God, thy mercy in the midst of thy temple. According to thy name, God, so also is thy praise to the ends of the earth. Thy right hand is full of righteousness.

Psalm:

Great is the Lord and exceedingly worthy to be praised in the city of our God in his holy mountain.

Glory be to the Father and [to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.]
As it was [in the beginning and now and always and in ages of ages. Amen]

Lord have mercy, Christ mercy, Lord have mercy.

Our father … and do not lead us into temptation.
Response: But deliver us from evil.

Make thy servants safe, my God, those who hope in thee. Send them aid, Lord, from the holy one. And from Zion watch over them, watch over them.

Lord, hear my prayer. And let my cry come unto thee.

The Lord be with you. And with thy spirit.

Prayer:

Through the intercession for us and for you of the blessed and glorious Mary, mother of the eternally only-begotten of God, and of blessed Peter the prince of the apostles, to whom the Lord gave power in heaven and earth to bind and to loose and to dismiss the sins of the people, may He absolve you of all your sins past present and future and deliver you from all evil. Through [Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.]

Prayer:

God, who gave thine apostles the command that through holy divinity they should call one another brothers, and who established Peter and Paul, and James and John, as brothers, ble†ss these thy servants N and N, who establish each other as brothers in thy name, so that through thee they may in turn from now on and in the future be worthy to be crowned. Through [Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.]

Prayer:

Our almighty God, who art before the ages and wilt remain for ages of ages, who deigned to visit the human race through the womb of the Mother of God and virgin Mary, send thy holy angel upon these thy servants N and N that they may love one another, just as thy holy apostles Peter and Paul loved one another, and Andrew and James, John and Thomas, James, Philip, Matthew, Simon, Thaddeus and Matthias, and the holy martyrs Sergius and Bacchus, and Cosmas and Damian, not by carnal love, but by faith and the love of the Holy Spirit, that they may remain in that love all the days of their life. Through [Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.]

Epistle:

Farewell, be perfect … (See the service for the blessing of a new ship.)

Tract:

Behold how good and how pleasant it is to dwell as brothers in one. Just like the ointment on his head which descended to his beard, the beard of Aaron.

Gospel:

The Lord Jesus walking beside the Sea of Galilee … (See the service for the feast of Saint Andrew the apostle).

Communion chant:

Behold how good and how pleasant it is to dwell as brothers in one.

Prayer:

Lord God, our ruler, who madest man in thine image and likeness, who ordered thy holy apostles Philip and Bartholomew to become brothers, not joined by worldly custom, but by faith and the Holy Spirit, and in the same way deigned to call the holy martyrs Sergius and Bacchus brothers, ble†ss these thy servants N and N, not joined by worldly custom, but by faith and the Holy Spirit, grant that there may be love without hatred and without scandal between them all the days of their life, through the intercession of the holy Mother of God and Virgin Mary and of blessed N and of all the saints, because it behoves us to give thee all honour and glory, and to worship the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit now and always and through infinite ages of ages. Amen.