Be gracious, O Lord God, to our prayers
and bless this vehicle with Thy right hand.
Send Thy holy angels to accompany it
that they may keep from all evils those who ride in it;
and as once Thou didst grant faith and grace
through Thy deacon Philip
to the Ethiopian riding in his chariot
and reading the word of God,
so now show the way of salvation to Thy servants that,
always given to good works,
they attain to everlasting joys after the vicissitudes of the journey
and of this life.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Translated by Most Reverend J. H. Schlarman Bishop of Peoria