The Deacon and the Gospel

Vested as a deacon, the newly ordained goes to the bishop and kneels before him. The bishop places the Book of the Gospels in the hands of the newly ordained and says: 

Receive the Gospel of Christ, 

        whose herald you now are.
Believe what you read,
        teach what you believe,
                and practice what you teach.

From the Rite of Ordination of a Deacon