ORDER 

for the Blessing of the Crib 
at CHRISTMAS.

V. Our help is in the Name of the Lord. 
R. Who bath made heaven and earth. 

V. The Lord be with you. 
R. And with thy spirit.

Let us pray.                              Collect.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who as on this night didst cause thine only-begotten Son to come down from heaven, and to be born of the blessed and glorious Ever-Virgin Mary for our salvation: vouchsafe, we beseech thee, so to bleiXiss and halliXiow this Crib, wherein are shewn forth the wonders of that sacred Birth; that all they, who beholding the same shall ponder and adore the mystery of his holy Incarnation, may be fulfilled with thy heavenly benediction unto life eternal. Through the same Christ our Lord. 
R. Amen.

Then shall it be sprinkled with holy water.