) The servers pray for the priest: " May Almighty God have mercy on you, forgive you your sins, and bring you to life everlasting.

Joachim Neander ( Neumann ) ( 165031 May 1680 ) was a German Reformed ( Calvinist ) Church teacher, theologian and hymn writer whose most famous hymn, Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of Creation () is generally regarded as one of the greatest hymns of praise of the Christian church and, since being translated into English by Catherine Winkworth in the 19th century, it has appeared in most major hymnals.

In several instances it is connected with fruitfulness: " May God Almighty Shaddai bless you and make you fruitful and increase your numbers …" ( Gen. 28: 3 ).

Thus, when the priest has ended his recitation of the Confiteor at the beginning of Mass, the server ( s ) prays: " Misereátur tui omnípotens Deus, et dimíssis peccátis tuis, perdúcat te ad vitam ætérnam " ( May Almighty God have mercy upon you, and your sins having been forgiven, may He bring you to eternal life ). And the priest responds: " Amen.

The later editions of the Roman Missal have omitted the additional prayer of absolution that was said by the priest alone: " Indulgéntiam, absolutiónem, et remissiónem peccatórum nostrórum tríbuat nobis omnípotens et miséricors Dóminus " ( May the Almighty and merciful God grant us pardon, absolution, and remission of our sins ).

It is as follows: " May the merciful Lord have pity on thee and forgive thee thy faults ; in virtue of my priestly power, by the authority and command of God expressed in these words, ' whatsoever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven ', I absolve thee from thy sins, I absolve thee from thy thoughts, from thy words, from thy deeds, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, and I restore thee to the Sacrament of the Holy Church.

8 ) some insertions which were made in the first and second benedictions and in the last two, and which are now found in all prayer-books ; in the first ( after " for the sake of His Name in love "): " Remember us for life, King who delights in life ; and inscribe us in the book of life, for Your sake, living God "; in the second ( after " make salvation to grow "): " Who is like You, merciful Father, remembering His creatures in mercy for life "; in the last but one, near the end: " And inscribe for life all the sons of Your covenant "; in the last benediction immediately before the close: " May we be remembered and inscribed before You in the book of life, of blessing, of peace, and of good sustenance.

Upon hearing the news, he said " May God be merciful to my father.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the State to be affixed this 17th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and sixty-one, and of Independence, the one hundred and eighty-sixth.

The actual anointing of the sick person is done on the forehead, with the prayer " Through this holy anointing may the Lord in his love and mercy help you with the grace of the Holy Spirit ", and on the hands, with the prayer " May the Lord who frees you from sin save you and raise you up ".

Some Wiccans celebrate " High Beltaine " by enacting a ritual union of the May Lord and May Lady.

She says, " May the Lord deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me.

While his parents and older siblings left for England in April and May that year, Charles remained in Scotland, with his father's friend and the Lord President of the Court of Session, Alexander Seton, Lord Fyvie, appointed as his guardian.

In 2001 Enya recorded " May It Be ", which was featured in the first installment of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Fellowship of the Ring, and was her second consecutive single to enter the German charts at number one.

Enya has performed several songs relating to J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, including 1991's " Lothlórien " ( instrumental ), and 2001's " May It Be " ( sung in English and Quenya ), and " Aníron " ( in Sindarin )— the latter two, which she composed, appearing in Peter Jackson's movie The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and its soundtrack album.

It began hearings on 18 May under the chairmanship of Lord Hardinge of Penshurst.

In May 2010, Lineker resigned from his role as columnist for The Mail on Sunday in protest over the sting operation against Lord Triesman that jeopardised England ’ s bid to host the 2018 World Cup.

In May 1573, in a letter to Lord Burghley, two of Oxford's former employees accused three of Oxford's friends of attacking them on " the highway from Gravesend to Rochester.

On 18 May 1471, Richard was named Great Chamberlain and Lord High Admiral of England.

His father's first cousin, Sir Richard Pepys, was elected MP for Sudbury in 1640, and appointed Baron of the Exchequer on 30 May 1654, and Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, on 25 September 1655.

He was an important councillor to Henry VIII of England and was Lord Chancellor from October 1529 to 16 May 1532.

The revolt was easily put down by forces loyal to the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell, and for his part in the rebellion Penruddock was beheaded in May 1655.

In May 1989 Chapman made an extended appearance on the Channel 4 discussion programme After Dark, alongside Tony Benn, Lord Dacre, James Rusbridger, Miles Copeland and others.

* May 28 – William Joyce (" Lord Haw-Haw ") is captured.

* May 29 – Lord Rosebery opens London School of Economics.

* May 6 – The " Invincibles " ( militant Irish republicans ) kill Lord Frederick Cavendish, chief secretary for Ireland and permanent undersecretary T. H.

* May 7 – Henry Peter Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain ( b. 1778 )

* June 21 – The Isle of Man is brought under British control, the Isle of Man Purchase Act ( coming into force 10 May ) confirming HM Treasury's purchase of the feudal rights of the Dukes of Atholl as Lord of Mann over the island and revesting them into the British Crown.

* May 3 – Lord Byron swims across the Hellespont in Turkey.

The grant, which stretched southward to Lake Traverse -- the headwaters of the Red -- was made in May, 1811, and by October of that year a small group of Scots was settling for the winter at York Factory on Hudson Bay.

As of May 2012 a private member's bill was before the House of Lords which would grant Turing a statutory pardon if enacted.

However, a superior court always has the discretion to grant the writ even in the face of an alternative remedy ( see May v. Ferndale Institution ).

In May 2009, organisers of the Edinburgh International Film Festival returned a £ 300 grant from the Israeli Embassy after speaking with Ken Loach.

* Purdue University opens its doors on May 6, 1869 for the first time under a land grant from the Morrill Act

* May 2 – The United Methodist Church in America decides at its General Conference to grant women full ordained clergy status.

In December 1969, with a grant from the NIMH Center for Studies of Crime and Delinquency, cytogeneticist Digamber Borgaonkar at Johns Hopkins Hospital began a chromosome survey of ( predominantly African-American ) boys ages 8 to 18 in all Maryland institutions for delinquent, neglected, or mentally ill juveniles, which was suspended from February – May 1970 due to an American Civil Liberties Union ( ACLU ) lawsuit about the lack of informed consent.

The king could grant the atelíē (), a privilege of tax exemption, as Alexander did with those Macedonian families which had losses in the battle of the Granicus in May 334: they were exempted from paying tribute for leasing royal grounds and commercial taxes.

In May 1960, the British Government stated that it would be prepared to grant independence to the then protectorate of British Somaliland, with the intention that the territory would unite with the Italian-administered Trust Territory of Somalia ( the former Italian Somaliland ).

May the Lord be gracious unto you and grant you peace.

On May 1, 1871, the Government of Canada established the Meteorological Service of Canada by providing a $ 5000 grant to Professor G. T. Kingston of the University of Toronto to establish a network of weather observations.

On 17 May 1948, on the third day of Israel's independence, the Soviet Union granted de jure recognition to the State of Israel, becoming only the second country to recognise Israel ( preceded only by the United States ' de facto recognition ) and the first country to grant Israel de jure recognition.

Among the first settlers was Juan José Ynojosa de Ballí, who was issued the Llano Grande grant on May 29, 1790.

In a policy speech on May 15, 2008, which outlined a number of ideas, McCain said, " I will ask Congress to grant me the privilege of coming before both houses to take questions, and address criticism, much the same as the Prime Minister of Great Britain appears regularly before the House of Commons.

In May 2010, the Gadsden Police Department acquired two Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ( UAV's ) under the auspices of a $ 150, 000 federal grant.

On May 26, 1976 a grant application for $ 1, 358, 250 was sent to the IEPA and approval was received on June 25.

But, in May 2009 Paintsville received a grant to redevelop Main Street in hopes of making it one of the city's popular shopping districts again.

Both men apparently settled on lands that had been given to Declouet by a Spanish land grant dated May 16, 1772, that included some of land.

It is in territory that was granted to Lino Cabazos as part of the La Blanca land grant on May 19, 1834, by the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.

Pursuant to the Culpeper land grant, the original 1669 surveyor was charged with estimating an area of 5, 000 acres ( 20 km² ) and then blazing a straight-line " back " boundary along a tree line between the winding courses of Dogue Run and Little Hunting Creek. Map of the estate, drawn by Washington More importantly, this surviving May 1741 property survey by Brooke reveals that the location of the present-day mansion house was then vacant, with the Washingtons depicted as having their Quarter alongside Little Hunting Creek ( as was shown on a similar, larger-scale Potomac River survey of 1738 ).

May you grant him eternity as King, and victory over those rebellious ( against ) His Majesty, L. P. H.

During the May, 1869 AERA conference, a division arose between the great majority of participants such as Stone who wanted to voice support for the proposed fifteenth amendment which would grant suffrage to African-American men, and a vocal minority who opposed any amendment to voting rights which would not provide universal suffrage.

May the gods grant it, and may Teššup, my lord, and Aman make flourish for evermore, just as it is now, this mutual love of ours.

He guided the House in the debate on 4 May in its opposition to the grant of twelve subsidies in return for the surrender of ship money.

On May 31, 2011, the Supreme Court of the United States refused to grant Black leave to appeal his two remaining convictions without any comment.