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Monthly Novena for the 25th Day
A Simple Family Devotion Honoring the Birth of
Jesus
From the Raccolta
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What Is This Novena?
This is a short, meaningful prayer devotion
that helps us remember the birth of Jesus—not just at Christmas, but every
month on the 25th. It’s perfect for families, including those with small
children, and can be prayed at home in just a few minutes each day.
It’s a way to keep the light of Christ alive in
our homes all year long.
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When to Pray
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Start on the 16th of each month
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Pray daily through the 24th
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Celebrate Jesus on the 25th with joy and
thanksgiving
You can pray together at the dinner table,
before bedtime, or during a quiet moment in the day.
🙏 Why
It Matters
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Keeps Jesus at the center of family life
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Teaches children the story of Christ’s birth in
gentle, daily steps
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Builds a rhythm of prayer, gratitude, and hope
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Helps us prepare spiritually for Christmas
every month
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Daily Novena Structure (16th–24th)
Each day, pray the five
offerings below. After each offering, say the Gloria Patri:
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to
the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
✨ The Five Offerings
1.
The Birth of Jesus
ETERNAL FATHER, I offer to Thy honour and glory, and for my own salvation,
and for the salvation of all the world, the mystery of the Birth of our Divine
SAVIOUR.
Gloria Patri
2.
Mary and Joseph’s Journey to Bethlehem
ETERNAL FATHER, I offer to Thy honour and glory, and for my eternal
salvation, the sufferings of the most holy Virgin and of St Joseph in that long
and weary journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem…
Gloria Patri
3.
The Stable and the Infant Jesus
ETERNAL FATHER, I offer to Thy honour and glory, and for my eternal
salvation, the stable where JESUS was born, the hard straw which served Him for
a bed…
Gloria Patri
4.
The Circumcision and First Shedding of Blood
ETERNAL FATHER, I offer to Thy honour and glory, and for my eternal
salvation, the pain which the divine Child JESUS felt…
Gloria Patri
5.
The Virtues of the Child Jesus
ETERNAL FATHER, I offer to Thy honour and glory, and for my eternal
salvation, the humility, mortification, patience, charity, and all the virtues
of the Child JESUS…
Gloria Patri
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Versicle & Response
V/. The Word was made flesh.
R/. And dwelt among us.
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Closing Prayer
O GOD, whose only-begotten SON was made
manifest to us in the substance of our flesh; grant, we beseech Thee, that our
souls may be inwardly renewed through Him, whom our eyes have seen externally
like unto ourselves. Who liveth and reigneth with Thee for ever and ever. Amen.
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