NOVENA FOR CHRISTMAS
December 16
O Shepherd that rulest Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep, come
to guide and comfort us. (Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be)
December 17
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! (Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be)
December 18
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! (Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be)
December 19
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. (Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be)
December 20
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.
(Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be)
December 21
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! (Our
Father, Hail Mary, Glory be)
December 22
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! (Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be)
December 23
O Emmanuel, our King and our Law-giver, Longing of the Gentiles, yea, and
salvation thereof, come to save us, O Lord our God! (Our Father, Hail Mary,
Glory be)
December 24
O Thou that sittest upon the cherubim, God of hosts, come, show Thy face,
and we shall be saved. (Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be)
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