Post by RN69 on Nov 30, 2023 7:42:01 GMT
November 30th is the feast day of St. Andrew. For me this is the start of the Christmas season and time to begin praying the Christmas Novena. It is an old Catholic tradition to pray for special intentions. Below is the prayer written out as it is presented on prayer cards. I will also include a YouTube video for those who prefer to pray along to an audio version. It is a beautiful way to contemplate on the Nativity: Mary, Joseph and the the birth of Our Lord. Advent is the time to prepare for His coming into our hearts. This simple prayer but powerful Novena can accomplish that.
Say 15 times a day from St. Andrew's Day (30 November) until Christmas
Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was born of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in piercing cold. In that hour vouchsafe, O my God, to hear my prayer and grant my desires, through the merits of Our Savior Jesus Christ and of His Blessed Mother. Amen
(It is piously believed that whoever recites the above prayer fifteen times a day from the feast of St. Andrew until Christmas will obtain what is asked.)
Imprimatur - Michael Augustine Corrigan - Archbishop of New York, N.Y. - February 6, 1897
m.youtube.com/watch?v=-cvJhhtpYfg
Say 15 times a day from St. Andrew's Day (30 November) until Christmas
Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was born of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in piercing cold. In that hour vouchsafe, O my God, to hear my prayer and grant my desires, through the merits of Our Savior Jesus Christ and of His Blessed Mother. Amen
(It is piously believed that whoever recites the above prayer fifteen times a day from the feast of St. Andrew until Christmas will obtain what is asked.)
Imprimatur - Michael Augustine Corrigan - Archbishop of New York, N.Y. - February 6, 1897
m.youtube.com/watch?v=-cvJhhtpYfg
