2. The Visitation.
O most sweet Infant Jesus! Who by means of Thy Virgin Mother didst visit
St. Elizabeth, and filling Thy forerunner, St. John the Baptist, with the
Holy Spirit, didst sanctify him from his mother’s womb, have mercy upon
us.
_V._ and _R._ Have mercy, etc.
3. The Expectation of the Birth.
O most sweet Infant Jesus! Who for nine months enclosed in the womb, didst
wait for the time of Thy birth, and didst meantime inflame the hearts of
the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph with most ardent longings, and didst offer
Thyself to God the Father for the salvation of the world, have mercy upon
us.
_V._ and _R._ Have mercy, etc.
4. The Holy Nativity.
O most sweet Infant Jesus! born of the Virgin Mary in Bethlehem, wrapped
in poor swaddling‐*clothes, and laid in the manger, glorified by angels,
and visited by shepherds, have mercy upon us.
_V._ and _R._ Have mercy, etc.
O Jesu! born of Virgin bright,
Immortal glory be to Thee;
Praise to the Father infinite,
And Holy Ghost, eternally.
_V._ Christ is at hand.
_R._ O come, let us worship Him. Our Father, etc.
5. The Circumcision.
O most sweet Infant Jesus! circumcised when eight days old, called by the
glorious name of Jesus, and proclaimed both by Thy name and by Thy blood
to be the Saviour of the world, have mercy upon us.
_V._ and _R._ Have mercy, etc.
6. The Adoration of the Kings.
O most sweet Infant Jesus! Who wast manifest to the three kings, who
worshipped Thee as Thou didst lie on Mary’s breast, and offered to Thee
the mysterious presents of gold, frankincense, and myrrh, have mercy upon
us.
_V._ and _R._ Have mercy, etc.
7. The Presentation.
O most sweet Infant Jesus! presented in the Temple by the Virgin Mary,
embraced by the holy old man Simeon, and revealed to the Jews by Anna the
prophetess, have mercy upon us.
_V._ and _R._ Have mercy, etc.
8. The Flight Into Egypt.
O most sweet Infant Jesus! Whom Herod sought to slay, carried by St.
Joseph with Thy Mother into Egypt, saved from death by flight, and
glorified by the blood of the holy innocents, have mercy upon us.
_V._ and _R._ Have mercy, etc.
O Jesu! born of Virgin bright, etc.
_V._ Christ is at hand.
_R._ O come, let us worship Him. Our Father, etc.
9. The Sojourn In Egypt.
O most sweet Infant Jesus! Who didst dwell as an exile in Egypt for seven
years, where Thou didst utter Thy first words, and, loosed from Thy
swathing‐bands, didst first begin to walk upon this earth, and, in the
destruction of the idols, didst work, in a hidden manner, Thy first
miracles, have mercy upon us.
_V._ and _R._ Have mercy, etc.
10. The Return From Egypt.
O most sweet Infant Jesus! Who when Herod was dead, wast recalled out of
Egypt into the land of Israel, and didst in the journey suffer many
fatigues and hardships, and wast carried back by Mary and Joseph to the
city of Nazareth, have mercy upon us.
_V._ and _R._ Have mercy, etc.
11. The Life in the Holy House.
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