Mary, a young teenager, was living in the village of Nazareth and engaged to be married to Joseph, a Jewish carpenter. One day God sent the angel Gabriel to visit Mary. The angel told Mary that she would conceive a son by the power of the Holy Spirit. She would give birth to this child and name him Jesus.
Christmas Novena
(December 16 - 24)16 December
O Shepherd that rulest Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep, come to guide and comfort us.
Say 1 Our Father...
Say 1 Hail Mary...
Say 1 Glory Be...
17 December
O Wisdom that comest out of the mouth of the Most High, that reachest from one end to another, and orderest all things mightily and sweetly, come to teach us the way of prudence!
Say 1 Our Father...
Say 1 Hail Mary...
Say 1 Glory Be...
18 December
O Adonai, and Ruler of the house of Israel, Who didst appear unto Moses in the burning bush, and gavest him the law in Sinai, come to redeem us with an outstretched arm!
Say 1 Our Father...
Say 1 Hail Mary...
Say 1 Glory Be...
O Shepherd that rulest Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep, come to guide and comfort us.
Say 1 Our Father...
Say 1 Hail Mary...
Say 1 Glory Be...
17 December
O Wisdom that comest out of the mouth of the Most High, that reachest from one end to another, and orderest all things mightily and sweetly, come to teach us the way of prudence!
Say 1 Our Father...
Say 1 Hail Mary...
Say 1 Glory Be...
18 December
O Adonai, and Ruler of the house of Israel, Who didst appear unto Moses in the burning bush, and gavest him the law in Sinai, come to redeem us with an outstretched arm!
Say 1 Our Father...
Say 1 Hail Mary...
Say 1 Glory Be...
19 December
O Root of Jesse, which standest for an ensign of the people, at Whom the kings shall shut their mouths, Whom the Gentiles shall seek, come to deliver us, do not tarry.
Say 1 Our Father...
Say 1 Hail Mary...
Say 1 Glory Be...
20 December
O Key of David, and Sceptre of the house of Israel, that openeth and no man shutteth, and shutteth and no man openeth, come to liberate the prisoner from the prison, and them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death.
Say 1 Our Father...
Say 1 Hail Mary...
Say 1 Glory Be...
21 December
O Dayspring, Brightness of the everlasting light, Son of justice, come to give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death!
Say 1 Our Father...
Say 1 Hail Mary...
Say 1 Glory Be...
22 December
O King of the Gentiles, yea, and desire thereof! O Corner stone, that makest of two one, come to save man, whom Thou hast made out of the dust of the earth!
Say 1 Our Father...
Say 1 Hail Mary...
Say 1 Glory Be...ko
23 December
O Emmanuel, our King and our Law giver, Longing of the Gentiles, yea, and salvation thereof, come to save us, O Lord our God!
Say 1 Our Father...
Say 1 Hail Mary...
Say 1 Glory Be...
24 December
O Thou that sittest upon the cherubim, God of hosts, come, show Thy face, and we shall be saved.
Say 1 Our Father...
Say 1 Hail Mary...
Say 1 Glory Be...
