"The more you honour Me, the more I will bless you:" Fourth meditation

We continue today with our preparation for the installation of the Holy Infant as Little Lord Jesus, Christ Our King, at Candlemas.

Here is the opening prayer, followed by the fourth of the twelve meditations:

V. Deus in adiutorium meum intende.

R. Domine, ad adiuvandum me festina.

V. O God, come unto my assistance!

R. O Lord, make haste to help me!

V. Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto,

R. Sicut erat in principio et nunc et semper, et in sæcula sæculorum. Amen.

V. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit;

R. As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Pater noster...

Our Father.....

IV

The Adoration of the Shepherds. J-J Tissot. Brooklyn Museum.

Iesu Infans dulcissime, in Bethlehem ex Virgine Maria natus, pannis involutus, in præsepio reclinatus, ab Angelis annuntiatus et pastoribus visitatus, miserere nostri.

Jesu, sweetest Child, born in Bethlehem of the Virgin Mary, wrapped in swaddling clothes and lain in a manger, announced by Angels and visited by shepherds, have mercy on us.

R. Miserere nostri, Iesu Infans, miserere nostri.

Ave Maria...

R. Have mercy on us, Child Jesus, have mercy on us.

Hail Mary...

Iesu, tibi sit gloria
Qui natus es de Virgine
Cum Patre et almo Spiritu,
In sempiterna sæcula. Amen.

All honour, laud, and glory be,
O Jesu, Virgin-born, to Thee;
All glory, as is ever meet,
To the Father and to Paraclete. Amen.

V. Christe prope est nobis

R. Venite, adoremus.

V. Christ is near to us.

R. Come let us adore Him.

Pater noster......

Our Father.....

Concluding prayer

V. Verbum caro factum est.

R. Et habitavit in nobis.

V. The Word was made flesh.

R.  And dwelt among us.

Oremus:

Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, Domine cæli et terræ, qui te revelas parvulis; concede, quæsumus, ut nos sacrosancta Filii tui Infantis Iesu mysteria digno honore recolentes, dignaque imitatione sectantes, ad regnum cælorum promissum parvulis pervenire valeamus. Per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.

Let us pray:

Almighty and everlasting God, Lord of heaven and earth, who dost reveal Thyself to little ones; grant we beseech Thee, that we, venerating with due honour the sacred mysteries of Thy Son, the Child Jesus, and copying them with due imitation, may be enabled to enter the kingdom of heaven which Thou hast promised to little children. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

 

Totus tuus ego sum

Et omnia mea tua sunt;

Tecum semper tutus sum:

Ad Jesum per Mariam.