NOVENAS

Traditional Christmas Novena — December 16–24
Gerard van Honthorst, Adoration of the Shepherds (1622), Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne. Wikimedia Commons; public domain: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adoration_of_the_shepherds,_by_Gerard_van_Honthorst.jpg

Traditional Christmas Novena — December 16–24

A nine-day Catholic Christmas devotion published in Blessed Be God (1925) by Rev. Charles J. Callan. Pray one traditional invocation each day from December 16 through Christmas Eve, followed by an Our Father, a Hail Mary and a Glory Be. These nine short invocations evoke the biblical titles of the coming Messiah. Historical original text, not an AI-created prayer.

Patron of / intentions · Christmas preparation; the Incarnation and Nativity of Our Lord.

Novena begins
December 16, 2026
Scheduled feast day
December 25, 2026
Prayer duration
9 days
Final prayer day
Dec 24
Pray Day 1 — free

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SOURCES

  • Rev. Charles J. Callan, Blessed Be God (1925), “Novena for Christmas” (December 16–24). Public-domain transcription: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Blessed_be_God_(Callan)/Novena_For_Christmas ; original historical wording preserved (the Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be rubric moved to the closing-prayer field). Cover art: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.