Benedictus

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel:

for he hath visited and redeemed his people;

And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us:

in the house of his servant David;

As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets:

which have been since the world began;

That we should be saved from our enemies:

and from the hands of all that hate us;

To perform the mercy

promised to our forefathers:

and to remember his holy covenant;

To perform the oath which he sware

to our forefather Abraham: that he would give us;

That we being delivered out of the hands of our enemies:

might serve him without fear;

In holiness and righteousness before him:

all the days of our life.

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 unto his people:

for the remission of their sins;

Through the tender mercy of our God:

whereby the day-spring from on high hath visited us;

To give light to them that sit in darkness,

and in the shadow of death: and to guide our feet

into the way of peace.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost;

As it was in the beginning, and is now,

and ever shall be:

world without end. Amen.