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Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel!
He
has visited His people and redeemed them.
He has raised up for us a mighty Saviour
in the
house of David his servant,
as he promised by the lips of holy men,
those
who were His prophets from of old.
A Saviour who would free us from our foes,
from
the hands of all who hate us.
So His love for our fathers is fulfilled
and
His holy covenant remembered.
He swore to Abraham our father to grant us,
that
free from fear, and saved from the hands of our foes,
we might serve Him in holiness and justice
all
the days of our life in His presence.
As for you, little child,
you shall be called
a prophet of God, the Most High.
You shall go ahead of the Lord
to
prepare His ways before Him.
To make known to His people their salvation
through
forgiveness of all their sins,
the loving-kindness of the heart of our God
who
visits us like the dawn from on high.
He will give light to those in darkness,
those
who dwell in the shadow of death,
and
guide us into the way of peace.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the
Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
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