3. Eternal Father, I offer to Thy honor and glory, and for my eternal salvation, the stable where Jesus was born, the hard straw which served Him for a bed, the cold He suffered, the swaddling‐clothes which bound Him, the tears He shed, and His tender infant cries. Glory be to the Father, etc. 4. Eternal Father, I offer to Thy honor and glory, and for my eternal salvation, the pain which the holy Child Jesus felt in His tender infant body when He submitted it to the keen knife of circumcision; I offer Thee that precious blood which then first He shed for the salvation of the whole race of man. Glory be to the Father, etc. 5. Eternal Father, I offer to Thy honor and glory, and for my eternal salvation, the humility, mortification, patience, charity, all the virtues of the Child Jesus; and I thank Thee, and I love Thee, and I bless Thee without end, for this ineffable mystery of the incarnation of the divine Word. Glory be to the Father, etc. _V._ The Word was made flesh. _R._ And dwelt among us. _Let Us Pray._ O God, Whose only‐begotten Son was made manifest to us in the substance of our flesh; grant, we beseech Thee, that through Him our souls may be inwardly renewed, Whom our eyes have seen externally like unto ourselves; Who livest and reignest with Thee forever and ever. Amen. An indulgence of one year, to be gained each day of this novena, which may be made either in public or private, nine days previous to the twenty‐fifth day of any month; provided that the faithful assist at it with a contrite heart (Pius IX.). THE ORDINARY OF THE MASS. [Transcriber’s Note: This section was printed in two columns, with Latin on the left and English on the right. In this e‐book, the Latin and English are rendered in successive paragraphs.] The Asperges. While the priest sprinkles holy water, the following Anthems are sung: Ant. Asperges me, Domine, hyssopo, et mundabor: lavabis me, et super nivem dealbabor. Ant. Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, O Lord, and I shall be cleansed: Thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow. _Ps._ Miserere mei, Deus, secundum magnam misericordiam tuam. (_Ps._ Have mercy on me, O God, according to Thy great mercy.) _V._ Gloria Patri, etc. (_V._ Glory be to the Father, etc.) _Ant._ Asperges me, etc. (_Ant._ Thou shalt sprinkle, etc.) The priest, returning to the foot of the altar, says: _V._ Ostende nobis, Domine, misericordiam tuam. (_V._ Show us, O Lord, Thy mercy.) _R._ Et salutare tuum da nobis. (_R._ And grant us Thy salvation.) _V._ Domine, exaudi orationem meam. (_V._ O Lord, hear my prayer.) _R._ Et clamor meus ad te veniat. (_R._ And let my cry come unto Thee.) _V._ Dominus vobiscum. (_V._ The Lord be with you.) _R._ Et cum spiritu tuo. (_R._ And with thy spirit.) _Oremus._ (_Let Us Pray._)