St. Andrew Christmas Novena
St. Andrew Christmas Novena
(November 30 to December 24)
Follow along with novena prayers starting on the Feast of St. Andrew (November 30) and leading up to Christmas Eve. It is a way to prepare our hearts during Advent to celebrate Jesus’ Birth.
St. Andrew Christmas Novena
Prayer
Hail and blessed be the hour and moment
in which the Son of God was born
of the most pure Blessed Virgin Mary,
at midnight, in Bethlehem, in the piercing cold.
In that hour vouchsafe, I beseech Thee, O my God,
to hear my prayer and grant my desires
through the merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ,
and His Blessed Mother.
Amen
How to Pray It
We say the prayer 15 times.
The Timeline
The prayers begin on the feast day of St. Andrew (November 30th). They continue for 25 days during all of Advent until Christmas Eve.
The Beads
You can use the first 5 beads of the rosary plus the first decade to count the prayers or use a chaplet.
We make 3 St. Andrew Christmas Chaplets (linked below) with the option of a St. Andrew medal or a Holy Family medal. A prayer card is included with your purchase.
St. Andrew Christmas Chaplets for Sale
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CREDITS
The LOGO image of Our Lady of Grace is original artwork by Martin Lariviere in 2009. We have the artist’s permission (my son). It is our exclusive trademark logo image.
A beautifully photographed sky by Donald Tong inspired the website’s colour scheme. Cropped portions of it are the background for the footer Bible verse. He shared it as a free download on pexels.com.
Raphael painted The Sistine Madonna circa (1513-1514). We made circular cut-outs from the original image.
Carlo Esteban Murillo painted the dark nativity scene with oil on obsidian circa 1665-1670.
In 1640, Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato painted the Blessed Mother with the Infant Jesus.
Philippe de Champaigne painted the nativity scene in 1645.
Noel Nicholas Coypel painted a nativity scene circa the 17th Century.
Our information is from general knowledge, experience, and shared internet sources. We’d like you to use it as a starting point for your research to verify facts and build a reference list.
IN REVIEW
Although most novenas are 9-day devotions, the St. Andrew Christmas Novena is an exception. It starts on his feast day (November 30) for 25 days until Christmas Eve. It is a way to prepare our hearts during Advent to celebrate Jesus’ Birth.
Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was born of the most pure Blessed Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in the piercing cold. In that hour vouchsafe, I beseech Thee, O my God, to hear my prayer and grant my desires through the merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ, and His Blessed Mother.
Amen
You can use the first 5 beads of a rosary plus the first decade to count the prayers. St. Andrew Christmas Chaplets have 15 beads with either a St. Andrew or a Holy Family medal.
We sell St. Andrew Christmas Chaplets with Czech glass, glass pearls, and Paracord with Euro Wood.