Traditional Catholic Novena
Christmas Novena I (St. Andrew Novena)
Longing for the Nativity, a grace or petition, and loving adoration of Christ's birth in Bethlehem.
Infant Jesus is traditionally invoked as patron of preparation for Christmas, love of the Nativity, hope, longing for Christ.
Original statue of the Infant Jesus of Prague
Pray This Novena
Start with day 1
Begin the novena now, move one day at a time, and come back here whenever you are ready for the next day.
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Private intention
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Day 1: Hail the Hour
Today's Advent meditation
Begin by blessing the hour and moment of Christ's birth.
Prayer sequence
Pray this same prayer each day after the day's meditation.
St. Andrew Christmas prayer
Hail, and blessed be the hour and moment at which the Son of God was born of a most pure Virgin at a stable at midnight in Bethlehem in the piercing cold. At that hour vouchsafe, I beseech Thee, to hear my prayers and grant my desires.
Pause here for your intention.
Through Jesus Christ and His most Blessed Mother.
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