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 hand of our enemies, we may serve Him without fear,

In holiness and justice before Him all our days.

And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest; for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways:

To give knowledge of salvation to His people, unto the remission of their sins;

Through the bowels of the mercy of our God, in which the Orient from on high hath visited us.

To enlighten them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death; to direct our feet into the way of peace.

Glory be, etc.

Mary, blessed Mother of God, ever a virgin, the Lord's own temple, shrine of the Holy Ghost, thou alone as none other didst please Our Lord Jesus Christ; pray for the people; intercede for the clergy; plead for religious women.