“Saint John the Baptist, a voice that cries out in the desert: 'Make straight the ways of the Lord ... do penance, because among you is whom you do not know and of whom I am not worthy to untie the strings of sandals', help me to to do penance for my faults so that I may be worthy of the forgiveness of him that you announced with these words: “Behold the Lamb of God, behold he who takes away the sin of the world. Saint John, preacher of penance, pray for us. Saint John, forerunner of the Messiah, pray for us. Saint John, joy of the people, pray for us. Amen."