Feast of St. Andrew
Today is the day to begin the Christmas Novena from now until Christmas. Here is the 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. (Mention your intentions here) Through Jesus Christ and His most Blessed Mother.
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In keeping with our desire to put preparation for Our dear Lord's birth at the front of our minds this Advent season, the faithful are encouraged to repeat this short, but beautiful, prayer 15 times a day.
And here is an idea. I think I will put the prayer in my sidebar as an ongoing reminder. If at least fourteen others were to do this, we could remember to say the prayer when visiting each other's blogs. : ) : ) : )
I love that idea. Then my family could join in as well. I'll copy/paste right now.
Posted by: Jennifer | November 30, 2006 at 11:11 AM
I also cut/pasted your description into my sidebar. I hope that's OK.
Posted by: Jennifer | November 30, 2006 at 11:19 AM
Alice, this is a great idea! I added the novena to my sidebar.
Posted by: Christine | November 30, 2006 at 12:30 PM
Alice, Lovely idea. I just put the Novena prayer up at Soul of the Home.
Posted by: jennifer in austin | November 30, 2006 at 12:46 PM
I'm on board!
Posted by: Suzanne Temple | November 30, 2006 at 02:48 PM
'Tis done! Great idea!
Posted by: elizabeth | November 30, 2006 at 03:51 PM
It's up on my sidebar, dear Alice!
Posted by: Mary G | November 30, 2006 at 06:11 PM
Beautiful, Alice! I just added the Novena to my blog as well. :)
Posted by: Dawn | November 30, 2006 at 06:24 PM
I did it too, though my wording is slightly different. Great idea!
Posted by: Love2learn Mom | November 30, 2006 at 06:35 PM
What a great idea!!! I've added it to my blog as well.
Thanks for all your inspiration.
Posted by: Heather - New York | November 30, 2006 at 06:43 PM
Wonderful Alice!
I have the prayer in my sidebar as well.
I was able to add a hyperlink to bring the reader here.
Posted by: Helen (Mary Vitamin) | November 30, 2006 at 07:31 PM
I added it to my sidebar too, Alice. Great idea!
Posted by: Katherine in TX | November 30, 2006 at 08:15 PM
I did it too Alice! It is so hard for me to keep novenas...but! I am determined! I copied it into a Word document and made several copies and put it up in strategic places around the house...Now, I ask you... how could I forget?! :o)
Posted by: Donna Marie | November 30, 2006 at 10:32 PM
Thank you for posting this Alice, I forgot all about this novena. It's up on my blog.
Posted by: Lisbet | December 01, 2006 at 08:17 AM