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Excerpt: THE MYSTERIES, OR STEPS OF THE SACRED INFANCY To be used on the 25th Day of every Month, and during the Novena and Octave of Christmas, and at any other time during the Year. INDULGENCES Pius VII., by a Decree from the Sacred Congregation of Indulgences, November 23, 1819, granted a Plenary Indulgence on the 25th day of every month to those who being truly contrite and having confessed and communicated should recite in any Church or public Oratory, where the Exercise in honour of the Infant Jesus is practised, the following Prayers, venerating at the same time the twelve Mysteries of the Sacred Infancy, and praying for the intention of his Holiness. And 300 days, once a day, for reciting the same in private. Both applicable to the Souls in Purgatory. (Raccolta delle Indulgenze, p. 51.) V. Incline unto my aid, O God. R. O Lord, make haste to help me. Glory be to the Father, etc. Our Father, etc. I. THE INCARNATION. O most sweet Infant Jesus, who for our salvation didst descend from the bosom of the Eternal Father into the womb of the Virgin Mary, where, conceived by the Holy Ghost, Thou didst take upon Thee, O Incarnate Word, the form of a servant. Have mercy upon us. V. Have mercy upon us, O Lord, Have mercy upon us. Hail Mary, etc. II. THE VISITATION. O most sweet Infant Jesus, 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. Have mercy upon us, O Lord, 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. Have mercy upon us, O Lord, 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. Have mercy upon us, O Lord, Have mercy upon us. Hail Mary, etc. O Jesus! 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. V. THE CIRCUMCISION. O most sweet Infant Jesus, circumcised when eight days old, and 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. Have mercy upon us, O Lord, Have mercy upon us. Hail Mary, etc. VI-THE ADORATION OF THE KINGS. O most sweet Infant Jesus, who wert manifested 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. Have mercy upon us, O Lord, Have mercy upon us. Hail Mary, etc.
