Day 23 of 25
Day 23 — December 22 — Saint Andrew Christmas Novena, Day 23
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Geertgen tot Sint Jans, The Nativity at Night (c.1490), National Gallery, London, Wikimedia Commons, public-domain painting: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Geertgen_tot_Sint_Jans,_The_Nativity_at_Night,_c_1490.jpg
Sign of the Cross
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Opening prayer
Make the Sign of the Cross. Pray the traditional Christmas anticipation prayer fifteen times today, bringing your particular intention before God. The prayer is the same throughout the 25-day devotion.
Prayer for day 23
Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was born of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in piercing cold. In that hour, vouchsafe, O my God, to hear my prayer and grant my desires, through the merits of Our Savior Jesus Christ, and of His Blessed Mother. Amen.
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.
Sign of the Cross
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Source · Traditional St Andrew Christmas prayer attested by Archdiocese of Brisbane (2025): https://brisbanecatholic.org.au/gods-people/saint-andrew-christmas-novena/ ; Holy Family Catholic Church: https://www.hforange.org/news/st-andrew-novena ; image Wikimedia Commons, public domain.