Did you know? During the Rite of Ordination, the gift the Holy Spirit is conferred on those to be ordained by the laying on of hands and the Prayer of Ordination. First the bishop lays his hands upon the head of the candidate and then all the other priests present do likewise. The priests do so as a sign of their unity in priestly work and because they now share "a common spirit and similar duty" with the candidate (Apostolic Tradition of St. Hippolytus). The bishop then prays the Prayer of Ordi