Infant, dreaded by tyrants,
Infant, desired by the Magi,
Infant, exiled from thy people,
Infant, King in exile,
Infant, Destroyer of idols,
Infant, Vindicator of the
glory of God,
Infant, strong in weakness,
Infant, powerful in abase-
ment,

Infant, Treasure of grace,
Infant, Fountain of love,
Infant, Author of the bless-
ings of heaven,

Infant, Repairer of the evils
of earth,

Infant, Head of the Angels, Infant, Stem of the Patriarchs,

Infant, Word of the Prophets,

Infant, Expectation of nations,

Infant, Joy of the shepherds,
Infant, Light of the Magi,
Infant, Salvation of chil-
dren,

Infant, Hope of the just,
Infant, Teacher of Doctors,
Infant, First-fruits of the
Saints,
Be merciful.

Spare us, O Infant Jesus.

Be merciful.

Have mercy on us.

Lord have mercy.

Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Christ hear us.

Christ graciously hear us.
God the Father of heaven,
God the Son, Redeemer of
the world,
God the Holy Ghost,
Holy Trinity, one God,
Jesus, sent into the world
by the Father,
Jesus, conceived by the Holy
Ghost,

Jesus, who didst put on the
form of a servant,
Jesus, born of the Virgin
Mary,

Jesus, adored by thy Mother,

Jesus, wrapped in swaddling clothes,

Jesus, cradled in a manger, Jesus, nourished at a virgin's breast,

Jesus, manifesting thyself to shepherds,

Jesus, submitting to the law
of circumcision,
Jesus, adored by the Magi,
Jesus, presented in the
Temple,

Jesus, received into the arms of the just Simeon, Jesus, exiled into Egypt, Jesus, persecuted by Herod, Jesus, brought up at Nazareth,

Jesus, found in the Temple

in the midst of the Doctors,

Jesus, subject to thy Parents,

Jesus, baptised by John, Jesus, tempted in the desert,

Jesus, choosing for thy disciples the poor and ignorant,

Jesus, assisting the afflicted, Jesus, transfigured on the mountain,

Jesus, weeping over Jerusalem,

Jesus, entering Jerusalem as King of peace, Jesus, driving the buyers and sellers from the Temple,

Jesus, washing thy disciples' feet,

Jesus, eating the Pasch with thy disciples,

Jesus, giving thy Body for food, and thy Blood for drink,

Jesus, praying in the Garden of Olives,*

Jesus betrayed by Judas, Jesus, hated and despitefully treated,

Jesus, scourged and crowned with thorns, Jesus, going up to Calvary, Jesus, crucified between

two thieves, Jesus, made the scorn of men,

Jesus, dying upon the cross, Jesus, after thy death, going down into hell,

Have mercy on us.

Have mercy on us.

Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Christ hear us.

Christ graciously hear us.
God the Father of heaven,
God the Son, Redeemer of
the world,
God the Holy Ghost,
Holy Trinity, one God,
Jesus, the Eternal Wisdom,
Jesus, conversing with men,
Jesus, hated by the world,
Jesus, sold for thirty pieces
of silver,

*Jesus, prostrate on the ground in prayer,

Jesus, strengthened by an angel,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, in thine agony, bathed in a bloody sweat, Jesus, betrayed by Judas with a kiss,

Jesus, bound by the soldiers, Jesus, forsaken by thy disciples,

Jesus,brought before Annas and Caiaphas,

Jesus, struck by a servant on the face,

Jesus, accused by false wit

nesses,

Jesus, declared worthy of death,

Jesus, spit upon in the face, Jesus, blindfolded,

Jesus, smitten on the cheek, Jesus, thrice denied by Peter, Jesus, delivered up to Pilate,

Jesus, despised and mocked

by Herod,

Jesus, clothed in a white

garment,

Jesus, rejected for Barabbas,

Jesus, torn with scourges, Jesus, bruised for our sins, Jesus, esteemed as a leper, Jesus, covered with a purple robe,

Jesus, crowned with thorns, Jesus, struck with a reed upon the head, Jesus, demanded for crucifixion by the Jews, Jesus, condemned to an ignominious death, Jesus, given up to the will of thine enemies, Jesus, loaded with the heavy weight of the

Jesus, commending thy spirit into the hands of thy Father,

Jesus, obedient even to the death of the cross, Jesus, pierced with a lance, Jesus, made a propitiation for us,

Jesus, taken down from the cross,

Jesus, laid in the sepulchre, Jesus, rising gloriously from the dead,

Jesus, ascending into hea

ven,

Jesus, our Advocate with the Father,

Jesus, sending down on thy disciples the Holy Ghost the Paraclete,

Jesus, exalting thy Mother above the choirs of Angels,

Jesus, who shalt come to

judge the living and the dead,

Be merciful.

Spare us, O Lord.

Be merciful.

ther for thy murderers,

Jesus, reputed with the wicked,

Jesus, blasphemed

and

scoffed at on the cross, Jesus, reviled by the malefactor, Jesus, promising Paradise to the penitent thief, Jesus, commending St. John

to thy Mother as her son, Jesus, declaring thyself forsaken by thy Father, Jesus, in thy thirst given gall and vinegar to drink, Jesus, testifying that all things written concerning thee were accomplished,

From all evil,

From all sin,

From anger, hatred, and every evil will,

From war, famine, and pestilence,

From all dangers of mind and body,

From everlasting death, Through thy most pure Conception,

Through thy miraculous Nativity,

Through thy humble Circumcision,

Through thy Baptism and
holy Fasting,
Through thy Labours and
Watchings,

us,

That thou wouldst vouchsafe to bring us to true penance,

That thou wouldst vouchsafe mercifully to pour into our hearts the grace

of the Holy Spirit, That thou wouldst vouchsafe to defend and propagate thy holy Church, That thou wouldst vouchsafe to preserve and increase all societies assembled in thy holy Name, That thou wouldst vouchsafe to bestow upon us true peace, humility, and charity,

That thou wouldst vouchsafe to give us perseverance in grace and in thy holy service,

That thou wouldst vouch

safe to deliver us from unclean thoughts, the temptations of the devil, and everlasting damnation, That thou wouldst vouchsafe to unite us to the company of thy Saints,

That thou wouldst vouchsafe graciously to hear us, Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Lord.

Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, Graciously hear us, O Lord. Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,

Have mercy on us.
Christ hear us.

Christ graciously hear us.
Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy.

V. We adore thee, O Christ, and we bless thee.

R. Because through thy holy Cross thou hast redeemed the world.

Let us pray.

O God, who for the redemption of the world wast pleased to be born, to be circumcised, to be rejected by the Jews, to be betrayed by the traitor Judas with a kiss, to be bound with thongs, to be led as an innocent lamb to the slaughter, and to be shamefully presented to the gaze of Annas, Caiaphas, Pilate, and Herod; to be accused by false witnesses, to be insulted with scourgings and revilings, to be spit upon and crowned with thorns, to be buffeted upon the face and struck with a reed, to be blindfolded, to be stripped of thy clothes, to be fastened with nails to the cross, to be hoisted up thereon, to be reckoned among thieves, to have gall and vinegar given thee to drink, and to be pierced with a lance; through these thy most holy Sufferings, which we, thy unworthy servants, devoutly call to mind, and by thy