A PRAYER FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE LORD'S NATIVITY

✝️PRAYER FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE LORD'S NATIVITY 🙏

Heavenly Father,

As we prepare our hearts for the coming of Your Son, Jesus Christ,

Fill us with joy and expectation for the celebration of His Nativity.

Help us to quiet the noise of the world and focus on the gift of salvation He brings.

Grant us hearts of humility, repentance, and gratitude,

That we may welcome Him not only in the manger of Bethlehem

But in the manger of our souls.

May we follow the example of Mary, who trusted in Your will,

And Joseph, who obeyed in faith,

As we prepare to receive Your love made flesh.

Teach us to share the peace and light of Christ with those around us,

So that through our words and actions,

Others may come to know the joy of His birth.

Come, Lord Jesus, and be born anew in us this Christmas.

We await You with hope, faith, and love.

Amen.

PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE

Here is a prayer to Our Lady of Guadalupe:

PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE 

*Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mystical Rose,

make intercession for the Holy Church,

protect the Sovereign Pontiff,

help all those who invoke you in their necessities,

and since you are the ever-Virgin Mary

and Mother of the true God,

obtain for us from your most holy Son

the grace of keeping our faith,

sweet hope in the midst of the bitterness of life,

burning charity, and the precious gift of final perseverance.

Amen.

You can also add your personal intentions to this prayer, as Our Lady of Guadalupe is a powerful intercessor, especially for families, the sick, and those in need.

FAMILY CONSECRATION PRAYER TO THE HOLY FAMILY

A CONSECRATION PRAYER TO THE HOLY FAMILY 

O Holy Family, Jesus, Mary, and Joseph,

we humbly consecrate ourselves and our family to your loving care.

We entrust ourselves to your guidance and protection.

May we imitate your virtues of faith, hope, and love.

May our home be a place of peace, joy, and holiness.

Help us to grow in unity, forgiveness, and service to others.

We ask you to bless our family with your grace and blessings.

May we always remain united in love, both on earth and in heaven.

Amen.

CONSECRATION PRAYER OF FAMILY TO JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH

🎗️This act of consecration to the Holy Family will unite the members of your family more closely to God and to one another.

✝️Prayer:

O Jesus, our most loving Redeemer, Who having come to enlighten the world, with Your teaching and example, willed to pass the greater part of Your life in humility and subjection to Mary and Joseph in the poor home of Nazareth, thus sanctifying the Family that was to be an example for all Christian families, graciously receive our family as it dedicates and consecrates itself to You this day. Defend us, guard us and establish among us Your holy fear, true peace and concord in Christian love: in order that by conforming ourselves to the divine pattern of Your Family we may be able, all of us without exception, to attain to eternal happiness.

Mary, dear Mother of Jesus and Mother of us, by your kind intercession make this our humble offering acceptable in the sight of Jesus, and obtain for us His graces and blessings.

Saint Joseph, most holy Guardian of Jesus and Mary, assist us by your prayers in all our spiritual and temporal necessities; that we may be able to praise our divine Savior Jesus, together with Mary and you, for all eternity.

Our Father, Hail Mary and Gloria three times.

Prayer Source: Catholic Family Handbook, by Rev. George A. Kelly, Random House, Inc., New York, 1959