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O Christ our God, may we rejoice with Mary your Mother and Joseph your chosen one, and thank, glorify, adore and exalt you on the memorial of your birth. Maronite Liturgy
And Joseph too went up from Galilee from the town of Nazareth to Judea, to the city of David that is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. While they were there, the time came for her to have her child, and she gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. Luke 2:4-7
And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we saw his glory, the glory as of the Father’s only Son, full of grace and truth. John 1:14
Though you were the descendent of kings and the heir of David the venerable, you were satisfied with a grotto and a humble manger.
From the prayer of the ninth day of the Maronite Christmas Novena. “She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” Matthew 1:21
You have united the magnificence of your resplendent power with the prudence of human judgment when you took flight to Egypt to escape Herod.
From the prayer of the eighth day of the Maronite Christmas Novena. For a child is born to us, a son is given to us; upon his shoulder dominion rests. They name him Wonder-Counselor, God-Hero, Father-Forever, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:5
O Lord, you are one person who has two natures, and have taught us what you have heard from the Father. We implore you, to grant us a living faith and good works in accordance with that faith.
From the prayer of the seventh day of the Maronite Christmas Novena. But a shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse, and from his roots a bud shall blossom. Isaiah 11:1
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