II. The Visitation.
O MOST sweet infant Jeans, who by means of thy Virgin Mother, didst visit St. Elizabeth, and filling thy forerunner, St. John Baptist, with the Holy Spirit, didst sanctify him from his mother's womb. Have mercy upon us.
V. Have mercy upon us, O Lord.
R. Have mercy upon us.
Hail Mary, etc.
III. 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 heart 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. Have mercy upon us, O Lord.
R. Have mercy upon us.
Hail Mary, etc.
IV. The Holy Nativity.
O MOST sweet infant Jesus, born of the Virgin Mary in Bethlehem, wrapped in poor swaddling clothes, laid in the manger, glorified by angels, and visited by shepherds. Have mercy upon us.
V. Have mercy upon us, O Lord.
R. Have mercy upon us.
Hail Mary, 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.
