Grant to your dear children, who are by any means depressed because they feel the serpent at their heel, that they may bless the dear name of him whose heel was bruised before, but who in the very bruising broke the serpent’s head.
Our souls with songs of inward joy extol the mighty Conqueror. All honor and glory be unto him who stood foot to foot with the Arch-Enemy, but who was never wounded by him: the prince of this world came, but there was nothing in you, O Jesus, no tendency to sin, no turning aside; but you did win from the first, even to the last, a glorious victory over this dread adversary of mankind.
Amen.