When I came home I looked it up and discovered it is associated with St Andrew. The Saint Andrew prayer starts on his feast day, November 30th and is recited 15 times a day until Christmas.
What a beautiful and perfect way for our family to enter in to the season of Advent!
A few years ago I was inspired to celebrate Advent and withhold Christmas celebrations for closer to the liturgical season. It is so tough! Especially now as Rosie asks me daily to get our tree, hang up a wreath, hang lights, etc. My husband is surrounded by Christmas music at work and has to "turn that off" when he comes home. I found this cute picture on Facebook:
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(JBTC, I just read your blog with info on the devotion!)
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Sorry. I was blanking for a second on the actual prayer devotion. I did do this 2 years ago for my prayer buddy JBTC http://andrewandjuliesadoptionstory.blogspot.com/2010/12/you-shall-have-son-and-name-him-andrew.html
and she got her Christmas miracle!!
I hope to do it this year as a family. A great way to celebrate Advent (in honor of Daddy's patron saint).
We are holding off celebrating Christmas early too...with the exception of music...mainly because I want to expose Bella to Christmas music...and I enjoy it too!
It's a fabulous old ancient prayer, isn't it? Words are so poetic. My dad would ead us in this novena at night prayer each evening...I can still hear his voice reciting the words. It's a very meaningful and powerful novena in our home and one that our kids picked up really quickly.
Thanks for sharing the Christmas Novena! I love doing novenas. This year we will have an Advent wreath and a Jesse tree to get in the spirit and focus on the true meaning of Christmas:)
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