Prayer for Everyday:
O Most Gracious God of infinite love, You loved humankind so much, You gave
us in Your Son the best pledge of Your love, so that Jesus, made man in the
womb of a Virgin and born in a manger, would be our health and remedy. I, on
behalf of all humanity, give You infinite thanks for such a sovereign benefit.
In return for this great gift, I offer You the poverty, simplicity, humility and other
virtues of Your Incarnate Son. I implore You by His divine merits, the discomforts
He suffered when He was born, and sweet tears He shed in the manger, that
You prepare our hearts with profound humility, a burning love and with total
disdain of all that is material and earthly, so that the newborn Jesus will find in
our hearts His crib and abode forever.
–Amen.
(Glory Be… 3 Times)
Meditation
Thus began the Incarnate life of the Child Jesus. Let us consider the glorious soul and the Holy Body he had taken, adoring them profoundly.
Admiring in the first place the soul of the Divine Child, let us consider in it the plenitude of His Omniscience, by which from the first moment of His life He saw the Divine Essence more clearly than all of the angels and read the past and the future with all His mysteries and knowledge.
From the soul of the Child Jesus let us now turn to His body, which was a world of wonders, a masterpiece of God's hand. He desired that it be small and weak like that of all children, and subject to all the hardships of infancy to resemble us more and to partake in our humiliations.
The beauty of that body of the Divine Child was superior to anything imagined ever before, and the Divine Blood that began to flow through His veins from the moment of his Incarnation, is the same blood that washed away all stains of the guilty world.
Let us ask Him to wash our stains in the Sacrament of Penance, so that the joyous day of Christmas finds us purified, forgiven and prepared to receive Him with love and spiritual advancement.
Prayer to the Blessed Virgin
O Heavenly Queen, by your great virtues and especially for your humility, you
merited God’s favor to choose you for His mother. I beg you to prepare my soul
and the souls of all those who at this time are praying this Novena for the spiritual
birth of your beloved Son.
Oh, sweet Mother! Instill in me something of that profound contemplation and
great tenderness you felt while you awaited His coming, so that you make us less
unworthy to see Him, love Him, and adore Him for all eternity. - Amen.
(Hail Mary… 3 Times)
Prayer to St. Joseph
O great St. Joseph, husband of Mary and foster father of Jesus! I give infinite
thanks to God for having chosen you for such a great ministry and for having
bestowed upon you all the gifts proportionate to such greatness. I beseech you,
for the love you had for the Divine Child, that you embrace my earnest desires to
see Him and receive Him sacramentally, while we wait to see Him and enjoy Him
in His Divine Essence in heaven. - Amen.
(Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be...)
Poem to be said Every Day
L: My Sweet Jesus,
my adorable child!
R: Come to our souls!
(¡Ven a nuestras almas!)
Come, without delay!
(¡Ven no tardes tanto!)
Chorus: (Instruments are played)
¡Ven, ven, ven! ¡Ven a nuestras
almas, Jesus, ven, ven, ven, ven!
¡Ven a nuestras almas, Jesus,
ven, ven a nuestras almas!…¡No
tardes, tanto no tardes, tanto
Jesus ven, ven!
L: Oh Eternal Wisdom
of the Sovereign God
You have humbled Yourself to
the level of a Child!
Oh Divine Infant,
Come, to teach us
The prudence that makes us
truly wise!
R: Come to our souls!
Come, without delay! Etc…
L:Oh, Holy Root of Jesse!
From the highest heavens
You present to the world
Your fragrant flower
O Most Sweet Child!
Who has been called
Lily of the Valleys
Beautiful flower of the field!
R:Come to our souls!
Come, without delay! Etc…
L:Oh light of the East,
Sun of rays eternal
In darkness we see
the light of your splendor!
Child so precious,
Joy of Christians,
Show us the smile
of your sweet lips!
R: Come to our souls!
Come, without delay! Etc…
L:King of all nations,
Holy Emmanuel
Israel's longing,
shepherd of the flock!
Child who shepherds
with gentle whispers,
the unruly sheep
and the meek lamb!
R:Come to our souls!
Come, without delay! Etc…
L: Open the heavens
and rain from above
Heavenly dew,
holy mist!
Come, beautiful Child!
Come, God Incarnate!
Shine, beautiful star,
Blossom flower of the field!
R:Come to our souls!
Come, without delay! Etc…
L:Come! For Mary
prepares her arms
Where her Child will be seen
in a short while!
Come! For Joseph,
with sacred yearning
Prepares himself to be
a tabernacle of Your love!
R:Come to our souls!
Come, without delay! Etc…
L:Help of the weak,
Refuge of the suffering,
Comforter of the sad,
Light of the exiled!
Life of my life,
My beloved dream,
My constant friend,
My Divine brother!
R:Come to our souls!
Come, without delay! Etc…
L:Behold my eyes,
in love with You!
I kiss your feet;
I kiss your hands,
Prostrate on earth,
I extend my arms to You,
My weeping says even more
than my words!
R:Come to our souls!
Come, without delay! Etc…
L:Come, O Savior,
for whom we sigh!
R:Come to our souls,
Come, without delay!
The Memorare to the Child Jesus
Remember, O Sweet Holy Child Jesus, that You have said to Venerable Sister
Margaret of the Blessed Sacrament, and to all of your devotees, these words so
full of consolation for our poor, burdened and suffering humanity: “Draw from this
Divine Heart. Ask all that you desire through the merits of My Holy Childhood.
Nothing will be refused to you.”
(Here mention your request…)
Full of confidence in Thee, O Jesus, Who are Truth itself, we come to make
known all our misery to you. Help us to lead a Holy life in order to attain a
Blessed Eternity. Grant us through the infinite Merits of Your Incarnation and of
Your Childhood, the graces of which we are most in need.
No, we shall not be deceived in our hope. We abandon ourselves to Thee, O
Omnipotent Child, in virtue of Your Divine Promise, You will favorably receive
and deign to grant our prayer.
- Amen.
