Blessing of the Soil and Seeds

P. And other seeds fell upon good ground, and yielded fruit,some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, and some thirtyfold.
PSALM 64: 10-14All: You have visited the land and watered it; greatly have you enriched it. God's watercourses are filled;you have prepared the grain.
Thus have you prepared the land,drenching its furrows,breaking up its clods.
Softening it with showers,blessing its yield.
You have crowned the year with your bounty,and your paths overflow with a rich harvest;
The untilled meadows overflow with it,and rejoicing clothes the hills.
The fields are garmented with flocks,and the valleys blanketed with grain.
They shout and sing with joy.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be /world without end. Amen.
V. And other seeds fell upon good ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, and some thirtyfold.
HYMN TO THE HOLY SPIRIT
Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest
And in our hearts take up Thy rest.
Come with Thy grace and heavenly aid
To fill the hearts which Thou hast made,
To fill the hearts which Thou hast made.
PRAYERS FOR BLESSING OF SEEDS
V. Our help is in the name of the Lord.
R. Who made heaven and earth.
V. The Lord be with you
R. And with your spirit.
V. Let us pray.
All: To you, O Lord, we cry and pray; bless this sprouting seed, strengthen it in the gentle movement of soft winds, refresh it with the dew of heaven, and let it grow to full maturity for the good of body and soul (They are sprinkled with holy water.)
BLESSING OF SOIL
V. Our help is in the name of the Lord.
R. Who made heaven and earth.
V. The Lord be with you.
R. And with your spirit.
V. Send forth Your spirit and they shall be created.
R. And You shall renew the face of the earth.
V. For the Lord will give goodness;
R. And our earth shall yield her fruit.
Let us pray.
All: We humbly beg Your clemency, O Lord, that You would render this soil fertile with rains in due season, that You would fill it with Your blessing, and so grant that Your people may be ever thankful for Your gifts. Take infertility from the earth, and fill the hungry with Your gifts, which the fruitful earth will yield in fullness, that the poor and needy may praise the name of Your glory for ever and ever. Amen.(They are sprinkled with holy water.)