Traditional Christmas Novena — December 16–24
Day 7 of 9
December 22 — O King of the Gentiles — Traditional Christmas Novena — December 16–24, Day 7
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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
Sign of the Cross
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Opening prayer
Prepare in faith for the Nativity of Our Lord. Pray today’s traditional Christmas invocation.
Prayer for day 7
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!
Come, Lord Jesus.
Traditional prayers
Our Father
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Hail Mary
Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Glory Be
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning is now, and ever shall be world without end. Amen.
Closing prayer
After the daily invocation, pray the Our Father, the Hail Mary, and the Glory Be, as instructed in the historical source.
Sign of the Cross
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Source · 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.