The original statue of the Infant Jesus of Prague was created as a royal wedding gift from a Spanish Princess to her Austrian royal cousin. The statue of the Infant is a slender and beautifully-modeled figure and is carved of wood thinly coated with wax, standing nineteen inches tall, with the left foot barely visable under a long white tunic. The left hand encircles a miniature globe, surmounted by a cross, signifying the world-wide kingship of the Christ Child. The right hand is extended in blessing with the first two fingers being upraised to symbolize the two natures of Christ, while the folded thumb and last two fingers touch each other representing the unity of the Father, The Son, and the Holy Spirit in the mystery of the Blessed Trinity.

O dear sweet Infant Jesus, I offer you my will, that you may strengthen it, my mind that you inspire it; my memory that you fill it; my wishes and desires, that you cleanse them; my intentions that you guide them, all my inner and outer activities, that you make them sacred. All I am and all I have is yours. Your love for me is my hope and trust. Hear me and grant that I may never leave you. Amen.