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Christmas
Novena II
Say this Novena beginning on 16 December and ending
on 24 December. This Novena, though it starts one day earlier than
the O Antiphons,
correlates with the O Antiphons in the titles
used to address Jesus between 17 and 24 December. It would,
therefore, make a good Novena to
pray when your family prays the
O Antiphons.
16 December:
O Shepherd that rulest Israel,
Thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep,
come to guide and comfort
us.
Recite one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory
be.
17 December:
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!
Recite one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one
Glory be.
18 December:
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!
Recite one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and
one Glory be.
19 December:
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.
Recite one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory
be.
20 December:
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.
Recite
one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory be.
21
December:
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!
Recite one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and
one Glory be.
22 December:
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!
Recite one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory
be.
23 December:
O Emmanuel, our King and our Law-giver,
Longing of the Gentiles, yea,
and salvation thereof, come to save
us, O Lord our God!
Recite one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and
one Glory be.
24 December:
O Thou that sittest upon the
cherubim, God of hosts, come, show Thy
face, and we shall be
saved.
Recite one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory
be.
