Dearest Jesus, who in your boyhood
at Nazareth gave all young people the
most perfect example of reverence for                                                                                                                                                  parents, respect for superiors and obedi
ence to lawful authority, grant, I beg you,
that while I keep you ever before me as
my model, I may imitate you in all virtues,
so that as I grow in age, I may also
grow in grace and favour before you.