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''Io Saturnalia!''
We wish all Nova Roman..."

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<p style="font-size:300%">''Io Saturnalia!''</p>

We wish all Nova Romans a very happy and propitious [[Saturnalia]], the Roman year of '''{{ {{CURRENTYEAR}} }}'''!

You can perform your Saturnalia ritual to Father [[Saturnus]], and to other gods you want to invoke, following the guidelines here. It is written for every Nova Roman citizen: you can use this prayer at your [[lararium]] starting from the 17 of December and during the days of Saturnalia until the the Dies Natalis Solis Invicti (the Nativity of Sol Invictus or Christmas), to pray for abundance and happiness for you, your family and [[Nova Roma]].

This prayer here is a short and simple one, for ordinary citizens of Nova Roma. We wish as many of you as possible use this in your prayer during these days, on the first days of January.

Roman prayers were generally rhythmical, composed as verse of the rhythm of thoughts, repetitions, alliterations, the number of words and accents.

If you are new to Roman rituals, please read our article about '''[[simple rituals for starters]]''', before you proceed.

==Preparations to the Saturnalia ritual==

Clean your body (you can use the [[prayer for ablution]]) and approach the altar ''[[ritus Graecus|Graeco ritu]]'', with your head uncovered with toga, or possibly covered with a ''[[pileus]]'' or a wreath.

== Praefatio ==

This is the "preface" prayer before the main prayer. The section of praefatio may be left out of the ritual if you want to perform a shorter, less formal ceremony. But it is always pious and propitious to use the longer version.

=== Invocation of Saturnus===

After these words, burn incense.

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:Saturne, pater sanctissime,
:te hoc ture commovendo
:bonas preces precor,
:uti sis volens propitius
:Novis Romanis, amicis meis,
:mihi, domo, familiae!"
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:Saturn, our most sacred father,
:by offering you this incense
:I pray good prayers so
:that you be benevolent and propitious
:to the Nova Romans, to my friends,
:to me, to my household and to my family.
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=== Closing of the praefatio for Saturnus===

In this section, if you are male, use the variant "''precatus''" (I, the man, have prayed), if you are female, say "''precata''" (I, the woman, have prayed). Offer wine after these words:

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:Saturne, pater sanctissime,
:uti te ture commovendo
:bonas preces precatus sum,
:eiusdem rei ergo
:macte vino inferio esto!
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:Saturn, our most sacred father,
:as by offering incense
:I have prayed good prayers,
:for the very same reason
:be thou blessed by this wine.
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== Sacrificium to Saturnus with the main prayer ==

You could have skipped the previous parts, but this is obligatory. After chanting these words, offer wine and incense:

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:Saturne, pater sanctissime et amatissime,
:his Saturnalibus festivissimis
:te precor, quaesoque:
:uti pacem concordiamque
:abundantiam omnium
:rerum bonarum, optimarum
:societati Novae Romae
:familiaeque meae tribuas;
:utique sis volens propitius
:Novis Romanis, amicis meis,
:mihi, domo, familiae!
:Cuius rei ergo macte
:hoc vino libando,
:hoc ture ommovendo
:esto fito volens propitius
:Novis Romanis, amicis meis,
:mihi, domo, familiae!
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:Saturn, our most sacred and beloved father,
:on this most festive festival of Saturnalia,
:I pray and ask you so
:that you give peace and concord,
:abundance of the good things,
:of all the best things possible
:to the society of Nova Roma
:and to my own family;
:and that you be benevolent and propitious
:to the Nova Romans, to my friends,
:to me, to my household and to my family.
:For this reason, thou blessed
:by offering this wine,
:by offering this incense
:be benevolent and propitious
:to the Nova Romans, to my friends,
:to me, to my household and to my family.
|}
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== Piaculum ==

In this part, you expiate your accidental mistakes, even those, too, which you did not know of. Sacrifice wine:

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:Iane,
:Saturne, pater sanctissime,
:Concordia,
:Lares, Manes, Penates,
:Iuppiter, Iuno, Minerva,
:Omnes Di Immortales quocumque nomine:
:si quidquam vobis in hac caerimonia displiceat,
:hoc vino inferio
:veniam peto
:et vitium meum expio.
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:Ianus,
:Saturnus, our most sacred father,
:Concordia,
:Lares, Manes, Penates,
:Iuppiter, Iuno, Minerva,
:All Gods Immortal, by whichever name:
:if something in this cermony was unpleasant to you,
:by this wine
:I do apoligize
:and expiate my mistake.
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''Io Saturnalia!''
We wish all Nova Roman..."