R. Have mercy on us, Infant Jesus.
II. O dearest Infant Jesus, with Thy Virgin Mother visiting Elizabeth, filling John the Baptist, Thy forerunner, with the Holy Ghost, and sanctifying him while yet in his mother's womb; have mercy on us.
R. Have mercy on us, Infant Jesus.
III. O dearest Infant Jesus, nine months imprisoned in the womb, anxiously expected by the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph, and by God the Father offered for the world's salvation; have mercy on us.
R. Have mercy on us, Infant Jesus.
IV. O dearest Infant Jesus, born in Bethlehem of the Virgin Mary, wrapped in swaddling-clothes, and laid in the manger, heralded by angels, and visited by shepherds; have mercy on us.
R. Have mercy on us, Infant Jesus.
V. O dearest Infant Jesus, after eight days wounded in Thy circumcision, called by the glorious name of Jesus, and thus foreshadowing both by name and blood a Saviour's office; have mercy on us.
R. Have mercy on us, Infant Jesus.
VI. O dearest Infant Jesus, revealed to the three wise men by a star, adored by them on Thy Mother's bosom, and presented with mystical gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh; have mercy on us.
R. Have mercy on us, Infant Jesus.
VII. O dearest Infant Jesus, presented in the temple by the Virgin Mother, caressed in the arms of Simeon, and by Anna the prophetess made known to Israel; have mercy on us.
