Blessed be the hour in which our Lord Jesus Christ,

God and man, was born.

Blessed be the Holy Spirit by whom he was conceived.

Blessed be the glorious Virgin Mary

of whom the God-man was born.
May the Lord hear our prayers by the intercession

of the glorious Virgin Mary

and by the remembrance

of the most sacred hour

in which the God-man

was born,

that all our desires

may be accomplished for your glory

and our salvation.

O good Jesus!

O Jesus Redeemer,

do not abandon us

nor punish us as our sins deserve,

but hear our humble prayer

and grant what we ask,

by the intercession

of the Blessed Virgin Mary

and for the glory of your holy name. Amen.

~St. Colette~