Collect of Vigil of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist
The text of the Collect
Grant, we beseech Thee, O almighty God, that Thy household may walk in the way of salvation and, by following the exhortations of blessed John the Precursor, may safely come unto Him Whom he foretold, even Our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who with Thee liveth and reigneth