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.