Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was
born of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in piercing cold. In that
hour, vouchsafe, O my God! to hear my prayer and grant my desires, through the merits
of Our Saviour Jesus Christ, and of His Blessed Mother. Amen.
(It is piously believed that whoever recites the above prayer fifteen
times a day from the feast of St. Andrew (30th November) until Christmas will obtain what
is asked.)
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+MICHAEL AUGUSTINE, Archbishop of New York
New York, February 6, 1897
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