V. O actors, you who play the Highest Role

within that precious drama,

that glorious sacrament!

How great and beautiful your vested costume,

as steps forth such a man

to loose and bind in God

the slacker and sojourner,

R. to beautify

the shining and the squalid, and their heavy burdens

to remit.

V. For you both hold the office of the angels

and foreknow where’er the firm foundations

of the Church are to be laid—

this twofold duty marks your honor grand:

R. to beautify

the shining and the squalid, and their heavy burdens

to remit.