“We implore you, through your pure nativity and through the intercession of your Mother and Saint Joseph, your chosen one, to teach us perfect obedience to your holy commandments...” From the prayer of the third day of the Maronite Christmas Novena.
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"O Hope of the Fathers and Expectation of the People, through your birth you have given us hope."
From the prayer of the second day of the Maronite Christmas Novena. Image: Fr Lawrence Lew, O.P. on Flickr The Maronite Christmas Novena, begins on December 15 and is nine consecutive days of prayer.
“O most beautiful of all children, out of your great love for us, you wished to become man to show us the hidden beauty of your divinity in the splendor of your visible body." From the prayer of the first day of the Maronite Christmas Novena. We shall praise you on this day when you calmed the troubled soul of Joseph. May we go forth with him to you in all confidence. Maronite Liturgy - Revelation to Joseph Week
The angel found Joseph and dispelled the trouble in his heart. "Do not be afraid, for that which is begotten in her is the holy One and will be called the Son of the Most High." Maronite Liturgy - Revelation to Joseph Week
Image: Fr Lawrence Lew, O.P. on Flickr Lord, you gave joy to the mountains of Judea with this marvelous newborn child. Give joy to us also in memory of his birth that we may hear your voice, announce your appearance among us, and fulfill your will. Maronite Liturgy
May you who have made us from nothing bless us, so that our hearts may praise you and sing your hymns. Maronite Liturgy
Lord, grant us a rising for the accomplishment of your will, a morning that is a messenger of joy, and a day that find us zealous in good works. Maronite Liturgy
O Word of God, through your incarnation in the Virgin you have shown us a marvel: while still in the Virgin’s womb, you visited your Forerunner and filled him with your glory. Maronite Liturgy
Image by Fr Lawrence Lew, O.P. on Flickr Grant us to celebrate with joyful spirits and exalted hearts the announcement of your conception, the dawn of our salvation. Maronite Liturgy
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