  (For Private Devotion Only.) Lord, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us. God, the Father of heaven, Have mercy on us. God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, Have mercy on us. God, the Holy Ghost, Have mercy on us. Holy Trinity, one God, Have mercy on us. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, Have mercy on us. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, worthy subjects of our reverence and love, We all have recourse to you. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, by the voice of the ages called the Holy Family, We all have recourse to you. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, names forever blessed, of the father, the Mother, and the Child, who compose the Holy Family, We all have recourse to you. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, pure husband, pure spouse, and divine Child, restorers of the family, degraded before Christianity, We all have recourse to you. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, image of the august Trinity on earth, We all have recourse to you. [pg 095]Holy Family, whose chaste union was prepared for by an innocent and virtuous youth, We all have recourse to you. Holy Family, tried by great contradictions, We all have recourse to you. Holy Family, afflicted in the journey to Bethlehem, We all have recourse to you. Holy Family, repulsed by all, and forced to take refuge in a stable, We all have recourse to you. Holy Family, greeted by the concert of angels, We all have recourse to you. Holy Family, visited by the poor shepherds, We all have recourse to you. Holy Family, extolled by holy Simeon, We all have recourse to you. Holy Family, persecuted and exiled to a strange land, We all have recourse to you. Holy Family, hidden and unknown at Nazareth, We all have recourse to you. Holy Family, faithful to the law of God, We all have recourse to you. Holy Family, model of the Christian family, We all have recourse to you. Holy Family, in which reign peace and concord, We all have recourse to you. Holy Family, whose head is a model of paternal vigilance, We all have recourse to you. Holy Family, whose spouse is a model of maternal solicitude, We all have recourse to you. Holy Family, whose Child is a model of obedience and filial piety, We all have recourse to you. Holy Family, who led a poor, laborious, and penitent life, We all have recourse to you. Holy Family, who earned your bread by the sweat of your brow, We all have recourse to you. Holy Family, poor in goods of the earth, but rich in goods of heaven, We all have recourse to you. Holy Family, despised by men, but great in God's eyes, We all have recourse to you. Holy Family, our support during life and our hope at the hour of our death, We all have recourse to you. Holy Family, patron and protector of our associates, Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, We all have recourse to you. Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Lord! Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Graciously hear us, O Lord! Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us, O Lord! Jesus, hear us. Jesus, graciously hear us. Let Us Pray. O God of goodness and mercy, Who hast vouchsafed to call us to this pious association of the Holy Family, grant us the grace always to honor and imitate Jesus, Mary, and Joseph; [pg 096] |
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