CHRISTMAS (NATIVITY OF OUR LORD) NOVENA: DAY 7 (DECEMBER 22) – For peace in the world, in areas of violence, turbulence, and war; and also for all those in need of inner peace and tranquillity.

INTRODUCTION

The Nativity through St. Joseph's eyes

On this seventh day of the Christmas novena, the liturgy presents us with the singing of the Magnificat, to help us prepare for the birth of our Lord Jesus. Mary’s attitude towards this song is a program of life, an acknowledgment of God’s presence and action in our lives.

OPENING PRAYER

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen!

Fr. Chinaka: Our help is in the name of the Lord
Participants: who made heaven and earth

Fr. Chinaka: Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
Participants: As it was, in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be world without end. Amen.

God of infinite goodness, who loved us so much and who gave us in your Son the best offer of your love, so that, incarnated and made our brother in the womb of the Blessed Virgin, we would be adopted as sons and daughters of God. We give you thanks for such an immense benefit, and we offer you back, Lord, the sincere effort to make this your world and ours, a fairer world, more faithful to the great commandment to love one another as brothers and sisters. Grant us, Lord, your help to be able to accomplish it. We ask that this Christmas, a feast of peace and joy, be a stimulus for our community so that, living as brothers and sisters, we seek more and more the paths of truth, justice, love, and peace. (You may add your private petitions here) Amen.

SCRIPTURAL READING/MEDITATION: Luke 1: 46-56

Mary said:
‘My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord
and my spirit exults in God my saviour;
because he has looked upon his lowly handmaid.
Yes, from this day forward all generations will call me blessed,
for the Almighty has done great things for me.
Holy is his name,
and his mercy reaches from age to age for those who fear him.
He has shown the power of his arm,
he has routed the proud of heart.
He has pulled down princes from their thrones and exalted the lowly.
The hungry he has filled with good things, the rich sent empty away.
He has come to the help of Israel his servant, mindful of his mercy
– according to the promise he made to our ancestors –
of his mercy to Abraham and to his descendants for ever.’
Mary stayed with Elizabeth about three months and then went back home.

The Gospel of the Lord

POINTS FOR MEDITATION

Go deeper into today’s gospel text, note all of Mary’s words in her song of praise. Reflect on what she said and bring it to our reality today.

PRAYER TO THE PREGNANT VIRGIN & SAINT JOSEPH

An Expectant Mary – TheologyisaverbOh Virgin Mother, we are beginning to prepare for your Son’s Nativity. We want to be with you to accompany you in these last days of your pregnancy. To share with you the joy that you feel in these moments, and thus learn from you how to correspond to the Lord, how to act according to his will, so that we may find joy, peace, and fulfillment in your Son, of the life that only He can give us. O Blessed Virgin and Mother, intercede for each one of us, ask your Son to help us live these days with the joy that you had in those moments of your Son’s birth. Amen. Important Lessons for Christmas from “The Sleeping Saint Joseph” – The Best Catholic

Blessed Saint Joseph, husband of Mary and father of the Baby Jesus, you were chosen by the Almighty Father to be the Father and Guardian of His choicest Treasure, Christ our Redeemer, in the home of Nazareth. Help the fathers of families; may they always be in the home the image of the heavenly father, following your examples; may they fulfill the great responsibility of educating and forming their children, giving them, with a continuous effort, the best of themselves. Help children to understand and appreciate the unselfish efforts of their parents. Saint Joseph, husband, and father, intercede for us. Amen.

Pray 1 Our Father, 10 Hail Marys, and 1 Glory be, seeking the intercessions of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Joseph, while at the same time, contemplating on their “YES” in the mystery of Salvation (cf. Luke 1:26-38 and Matthew 1:19-24)

LITANY OF THE INFANT JESUS

(Short invocations)

Divine Baby Jesus, Bless us
Our Judge, forgive us
Well of Kindness, Feed Our Faith
Our hope, Sustain us
Our Protector, Defend us
Source of Our life, Refresh us
Alpha and Omega, stay with us
Divine Baby Jesus, in you we trust

LET US PRAY:

Lord Jesus Christ, Your mother knew how to recognize and manifest Your presence in her and in history, and for having had the sensitivity to make known Your ways, who You favour, who Your privileged ones are. Lord, make us learn from her to recognize Your presence in our daily lives, that we may discover You in every event, and knowing Your ways, we do what pleases You. Let us know how to trust and hope in You, Lord, just as Your mother, who recognized everything the Father did in her, and that in the same way we can act and know that without You we are nothing and that You are the one who does everything in us. Amen.

CONCRETE ATTITUDE (Christmas Challenge)

– Make some gesture or attitude of gratitude and appreciation at work and/or to those living around you. Be able to say to those around you: ”thank you for […based on your experiences with them this year…]”. Do the same in your family. Express gratitude with a gesture, a call; be able to say “thank you”.

CONCLUDING PRAYER/BLESSING

A Prayer to Jesus in the MangerDear Baby Jesus, Our Lord and Saviour, You are descended from David, from Abraham; You have assumed our history, forming part of it. In the fullness of time, You wanted to be born of a woman and be one of us, to show us the great and beautiful value of having a Mother, a family, people of the same bloodline, with whom to share life, being loved and supported. Dear Baby Jesus, you who had a family, we beseech you to bless ours and grant that parents have feelings of self-giving, of love and affection, of interest and sensitivity, that they love each other and live for each other, and may this love be showered on the children at all times. Baby Jesus, bless every family and fill them with love and tenderness, as you had from your Blessed Mother and St. Joseph. Amen.

Fr. Chinaka: The Lord be with you
Participants: And with your Spirit

Through the intercessions of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph, may the Baby Jesus (Christ Our Lord) born in a stable at Bethlehem, bless us, protect us from all evil and bring us to everlasting life. Amen.

Fr. Chinaka: Peace be with you
Participants: And with your Spirit

Shalom!
©Fr. Chinaka Justin Mbaeri, OSJ
Paroquia Nossa Senhora de Loreto, Vila Medeiros, São Paulo, Brazil
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PS: Have you prayed your Rosary today? 

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Regina Ikpeni
Regina Ikpeni
1 year ago

May the Lord bless and enrch us spiritually and financially during this season and always . Amen

Uchenna Aham-Anyanwu
Uchenna Aham-Anyanwu
1 year ago
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Amen

Thelma
Thelma
1 year ago
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AMEN

Perpetua Ngosoo Chia
Perpetua Ngosoo Chia
1 year ago

Amen

Mary Akoje
Mary Akoje
1 year ago

Thank you fr. Chinaka for taking out your time to put up these spirit filled prayer. Following these prayers is helping me a lot in building my time with God and my spirituality.

Okwuchukwu
Okwuchukwu
1 year ago

Amen, Dear Baby Jesus please help me to be humble like Your blessed Mother even if it’s 1% of Her humility and also grant my heart desires. Amen. Thanks Padre

Uchenna Aham-Anyanwu
Uchenna Aham-Anyanwu
1 year ago
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Amen

Miriam Akaakase
Miriam Akaakase
1 year ago

Amen

Ndu-kanebi, Lauretta Chukwumalobim
Ndu-kanebi, Lauretta Chukwumalobim
1 year ago

As we approach the Christmas celebration, I pray the God will increase us with charitable spirit to reach out to family and friends, neighbours, colleagues and share the joy and peace of the season with them, through Christ our Lord. Amen

Uchenna Aham-Anyanwu
Uchenna Aham-Anyanwu
1 year ago

Amen

Augustina Ayo-Ogbor
Augustina Ayo-Ogbor
1 year ago

Amen

Uchenna Aham-Anyanwu
Uchenna Aham-Anyanwu
1 year ago

May God bless every family with love, peace and every good thing the nativity of our Lord brings..Amen

Vivian Oyih
Vivian Oyih
1 year ago

Amen

Jennifer
Jennifer
1 year ago

Amen… Through the grace of this novena may I experience a divine peace of Mind AMEN

Chibbs
Chibbs
1 year ago

May God grant the intentions of this novena. Amen

Clementina
Clementina
1 year ago

Amen and Amen

Linda John Ojeyokan
Linda John Ojeyokan
1 year ago

Amen and Amen!!!!!

Adeyanju Adenike Regina
Adeyanju Adenike Regina
1 year ago

Amen

Bibiana
Bibiana
1 year ago

May the good Lord grant me all my good heart desires through the nativity of our Lord. Amen

Ebubechukwu
Ebubechukwu
1 year ago

Amen

Kate
Kate
1 year ago

Ammmmmmmmeeennn

Ogochukwu
Ogochukwu
1 year ago

Amen

Chinwe Ibe
Chinwe Ibe
1 year ago

Through the intercession of our Blessed and Holy Family, may the Lord grant all our desires through Jesus Christ our Lord, amen.

christiana
christiana
1 year ago

May the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ bring everlasting peace in our lives, homes and the world, in Jesus name Amen

Ifeyinwa
Ifeyinwa
1 year ago

I say thank you to Fr. Chinaka, his team, members of OCCF for keeping the forum alive and enlightening. You enlivened 2022 for me, and i am still growing.
Thanks be to God

Obasi ikechukwu Emmanuel
Obasi ikechukwu Emmanuel
1 year ago

Amen

Regina Ikpeni
Regina Ikpeni
1 year ago

Father in heaven and our Lord Jesus Christ help us to genuinely extend your message of love and blessings to others through Christ our Lord. Amen

Angela Usoh
Angela Usoh
1 year ago

Amen
Thank you Father for this uplifting and Spirit filled novena
May Almighty God bless you abundantly and grant you success in your ministry

Gerald Egbezomokhare Macaulay
Gerald Egbezomokhare Macaulay
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Ify
Ify
1 year ago

Father Lord, may the grace of greatness you deposited in my life manifest speedy and may you give me the wisdom to use this better the lives of humans.
Amen

Dee
Dee
1 year ago

Amen

Nkechi
Nkechi
1 year ago

May God give us the grace to love as He loves us. Amen

Perpetua Ngosoo Chia
Perpetua Ngosoo Chia
1 year ago

Thank you Heavenly father for this day and today’s novena intentions and prayers. Through the intercession of our Blessed Mother Mary and St Joseph guardian of the holy family, grant our intentions in Jesus Precious name amen

Osei Kwame Jnr
Osei Kwame Jnr
1 year ago

Amen

Emmanuella Francis
Emmanuella Francis
1 year ago

May the Almighty God hear and answer our request, Amen

Emmanuella Francis
Emmanuella Francis
1 year ago

Thank you Jesus

Emmanuella Francis
Emmanuella Francis
1 year ago

Lord Jesus we ask for your peace in our country and families

Francis Dominic Enimil Ashun
Francis Dominic Enimil Ashun
1 year ago

We pray for peace in the world, in areas of violence, turbulence, and war; and also for all those in need of inner peace and tranquillity. Amen!

Rumeh
Rumeh
1 year ago

May the Good Lord grant us peace in Jesus Christ name amen ️

Chinwe Ann
Chinwe Ann
1 year ago

Divine baby Jesus, in you I trust

Ogechi
Ogechi
1 year ago

I pray to God for financial breakthrough throughout this season in Jesus name amen

Chukwudi Raphael
Chukwudi Raphael
1 year ago

Oh Lord, bring Peace and Love in places with deaths toll on the rise, in the whole of Nigeria

Felicity
Felicity
1 year ago

Amen.

Bridget Ighodalo
Bridget Ighodalo
1 year ago

May God hear our prayers

Vivian
Vivian
1 year ago

Lord show us your mercy and fill us with your grace. IJN Amen.

Dinma Anekwe
Dinma Anekwe
1 year ago

Amen Merry Christmas

chi
chi
1 year ago

Amen

Eghe
Eghe
1 year ago

Amazing, the gracious words from the mouth of our mother Mary!

Emmanuel Ukah
Emmanuel Ukah
1 year ago

We pray for peace in world especially in Nigeria and Ukraine. May Jesus King if peace, restore peace to these countries and places. Amen.

Nneka
Nneka
1 year ago

Amen

Veronica Jackson
Veronica Jackson
1 year ago

Amen

Mkpuma Tochukwu
Mkpuma Tochukwu
1 year ago

May the good Lord grant us financial favour and prosper the works of our hands. Amen

Nwaogu Nkechi
Nwaogu Nkechi
1 year ago

Amen

Emilia
Emilia
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Amen.

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