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16th December 2003, 01:27 AM
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In a continued effort to share the wealth of Catholic Devotions with the Christian Forums Community I introduce the OBOB Novena Prayer Group. What is a Novena? Sort: A nine day prayer Long: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11141b.htm Who is invited to be part of this group? Any one and everyone, catholic or none, that seeks to grow closer to God through Prayer. How this group will work. First we will post the novena that the group will pray for the next nine days. The initial post should provide a link to a online copy of the novena and describe the different parts. Then each part of the Novena will be prayed and posted through out the day by different people as is currently done in the Holy Rosary thread. No assigned parts first come first serve  Once the different parts such as opening prayers and readings for the day have been posted every one is invited to pray and post the main Novena prayer. The more people that pray and post the prayer the better. Please also include personal intentions. The next day the process repeats until the nine days are up then some one will choose the next Novena to pray. Who picks the Novenas. Any one. To get things started I will start the first. To keep this thread easier for people to read and enjoy please post questions of discussion to http://www.christianforums.com/t76190
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16th December 2003, 01:29 AM
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Reps: 58,900,169,916 (power: 58,900,202) | | *****************************Current Novena ********************* http://www.christianforums.com/showthread.php?p=9497737&postcount=226 ********************************************************* Our First Novena: The Christmas Novena (Dec 16th to Dec 24th) The Full text can be found at http://www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/novena/christmas.htm It has Three parts per day: A Daily Thought A Daily Prayer
and The following Novena prayer:Hail, and blessed be the hour and moment
At which the Son of God was bornOf a most pure Virgin
At a stable at midnight in Bethlehem
In the piercing cold
At that hour vouchsafe, I beseech Thee,
To hear my prayers and grant my desires
(mention request here).
Through Jesus Christ and His most Blessed Mother.
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16th December 2003, 01:33 AM
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God's Love Revealed In His Becoming Man.
Thought:
Because our first parent Adam had rebelled against God, he was driven out of paradise and brought on himself and all his descendants the punishment of eternal death. But the son of God, seeing man thus lost and wishing to save him from death, offered to take upon Himself our human nature and to suffer death Himself, condemned as a criminal on a cross. "But, My Son," we may imagine the eternal Father saying to Him, "think of what a life of humiliations and sufferings Thou wilt have to lead on earth. Thou wilt have to be born in a cold stable and laid in a manger, the feeding trough of beasts.
While still an infant, Thou wilt have to flee into Egypt, to escape the hands of Herod. After Thy return from Egypt, Thou wilt have to live and work in a shop as a lowly servant, poor and despised. And finally, worn out with sufferings, Thou wilt have to give up Thy life on a cross, put to shame and abandoned by everyone." "Father," replies the Son, "all this matters not. I will gladly bear it all, if only I can save man."
What should we say if a prince, out of compassion for a dead worm, were to choose to become a worm himself and give his own life blood in order to restore the worm to life? But the eternal Word has done infinitely more than this for us. Though He is the sovereign Lord of the world, He chose to become like us, who are immeasurably more beneath Him than a worm is beneath a prince, and He was willing to die for us, in order to win back for us the life of divine grace that we had lost by sin.
When He saw that all the other gifts which He had bestowed on us were not sufficient to induce us to pray His love with love, He became man Himself and gave Himself all to us. "The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us;" "He loved us anddelivered Himself up for us."
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16th December 2003, 03:49 AM
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O Great Son of God, Thou hast become man in order to make Thyself loved by men. But where is the love that men give Thee in return?
Thou hast given Thy life blood to save our souls. Why then are we so unappreciative that, instead of repaying Thee with love, we spurn Thee with ingratitude? And I, Lord, I myself more than others have thus ill treated Thee.
But Thy Passion is my hope. For the sake of that love which led Thee to take upon Thyself human nature and to die for me on the cross, forgive me all the offenses I have committed against Thee.
I love Thee, O Word Incarnate; I love Thee, O infinite goodness. Out of love for Thee, that I could die of grief for these offenses. Give me, O Jesus, Thy love. Let me no longer live in ungrateful forgetfulness of the love Thou bearest me. I
wish to love Thee always. Grant that I may always preserve in this holy desire.
O Mary, Mother of God and my Mother, pray for me that thy Son may give me the grace to love Him always, unto death.
Amen.
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At which the Son of God was born Of a most pure Virgin
At a stable at midnight in Bethlehem
In the piercing cold
At that hour vouchsafe, I beseech Thee,
To hear my prayers and grant my desires
for my children to grow up loving and serving you
Through Jesus Christ and His most Blessed Mother.
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16th December 2003, 09:48 AM
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At which the Son of God was born Of a most pure Virgin
At a stable at midnight in Bethlehem
In the piercing cold
At that hour vouchsafe, I beseech Thee,
To hear my prayers and grant my desires
that as this special time of the year nears that we all hear the call of our Lord
Through Jesus Christ and His most Blessed Mother.
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16th December 2003, 10:11 AM
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At which the Son of God was born Of a most pure Virgin
At a stable at midnight in Bethlehem
In the piercing cold
At that hour vouchsafe, I beseech Thee,
To hear my prayers and grant my desires
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16th December 2003, 11:16 AM
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At which the Son of God was born Of a most pure Virgin
At a stable at midnight in Bethlehem
In the piercing cold
At that hour vouchsafe, I beseech Thee,
To hear my prayers and grant my desires
that all will prepare their hearts to receive Jesus during this time of Advent
Through Jesus Christ and His most Blessed Mother.
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16th December 2003, 03:59 PM
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At which the Son of God was born Of a most pure Virgin
At a stable at midnight in Bethlehem
In the piercing cold
At that hour vouchsafe, I beseech Thee,
To hear my prayers and grant my desires
That there might be an increase of faith, hope, and love on this earth, especially for muslims that they may be converted to Christ,
Through Jesus Christ and His most Blessed Mother.
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O Mary, Full of Grace;
The Lord is with thee.
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For thou hast borne the Savior of our souls.
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16th December 2003, 11:40 PM
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At which the Son of God was born Of a most pure Virgin
At a stable at midnight in Bethlehem
In the piercing cold
At that hour vouchsafe, I beseech Thee,
To hear my prayers and grant my desires
for Photini may the lord heal her and lead her through hard times
Through Jesus Christ and His most Blessed Mother.
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