The novena overlaps with the “O Antiphons” of Advent, prayers that are recited or chanted in an ancient tradition leading up to Christmas. The novena below has been edited for brevity. The ...

The Christmas Novena starts on Dec. 16 and ends on Christmas Eve. It includes a daily Scripture reading, a meditation, an antiphon, the Magnificat , intercessions and a closing prayer.

The Archdiocese of Przemyśl has published a novena — nine consecutive days of prayer — beginning Sept. 1 and concluding on the vigil of the beatification Sept. 10. Hannah Brockhaus/CNA World ...

The Christmas novena starts on Dec. 16 and ends on Christmas Eve. It includes a daily Scripture reading, a meditation, an antiphon, the Magnificat, intercessions, and a closing prayer.

A friar wrote the novena verses in the 1700s, and as versions were printed and circulated, it became a popular Christmas tradition in the majority Catholic country. It's also celebrated in parts ...

— St. Andrew’s Novena (Christmas Anticipation Prayer) “The feast day of your birth resembles You, Lord, because it brings joy to all humanity. Old people and infants alike enjoy your day.

Nine-day novena prayers ring in Christmas festivities. Message of peace and giving as thousands gather for traditional period of piety. Last updated: October 10, 2018 | 21:40.

Apart from the Christmas extravaganza, the Catholic Church prays the Christmas Novena (the Latin word ‘novem’ means ‘nine’) and most of the parishes pray this devotion early in the morning.