The Christmas novena begins on December 16 and ends on December 24, a few hours after the birth of the Savior.
Starting on December 16 each year, Catholics pray the traditional Christmas gift novena, a custom that commemorates the months prior to the birth of Jesus and ends with his arrival in the Bethlehem manger. In addition to the religious meaning, the novena is a social space where family members, workers and communities in general gather to share a time of harmony and peace.
1. It starts with a Christmas carol
2. Prayer for every day
Love of my loves, tender and innocent,
Infant Jesus, charm of shepherds and kings.
Delight of the Heart of Mary,
lullaby of Joseph’s dream,
savior of me and of the world,
born in a manger and wrapped in swaddling clothes:
We want in this novena,
that prepares us to celebrate your birth,
walk the path of love that is your life
following in the footsteps of your eternal Father’s love
and the love of wonderful husbands,
that begot you in faith
who lived in his home in Nazareth
every day.
We ask that as you contemplate these love stories,
let us fall deeply in love with You, Incarnate Word.
Amen.
3. Bible Reading: Genesis 3, 1-6
4. Reflection of the day
The fourth day is dedicated to sincerity, a quality without which love cannot survive, since there is no love where there is a lie. To love is walk in the truth, without masks, without the weight of hypocrisy and with the force of integrity.
With sincerity we earn trust and with trust we reach understanding and unity.
Love teaches us not to act like the selfish and arrogant who believe that their truth is the Truth.
If Christmas brings us closer to the truth, it is a good Christmas: it is a feast in which we welcome Jesus as the true light that comes into this world.
5. Christmas Carol
6. Attendees’ requests
7. Final prayer for every day
Lord, Christmas is the memory of your birth among us, it is the presence of your love in our family and in our society. Christmas is the certainty that the God of heaven and earth is our Father, that you, Divine Child, are our Brother.
May this meeting with your manger increase our faith in your goodness, commit us to truly living as brothers, give us courage to kill hatred and sow justice and peace. Oh Divine Child, teach us to understand that where there is love and justice, there you are and there it is also Christmas. Amen. (I)
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