“We implore you, through your pure nativity and through the intercession of your Mother and Saint Joseph, your chosen one, to teach us perfect obedience to your holy commandments...” From the prayer of the third day of the Maronite Christmas Novena.
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Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign; the young woman, pregnant and about to bear a son, shall name him Emmanuel. Isaiah 7:14
"O Hope of the Fathers and Expectation of the People, through your birth you have given us hope."
From the prayer of the second day of the Maronite Christmas Novena. Image: Fr Lawrence Lew, O.P. on Flickr But you, Bethlehem-Ephrathah, least among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel; whose origin is from of old, from ancient times. Micha 5:1
The Maronite Christmas Novena, begins on December 15 and is nine consecutive days of prayer.
“O most beautiful of all children, out of your great love for us, you wished to become man to show us the hidden beauty of your divinity in the splendor of your visible body." From the prayer of the first day of the Maronite Christmas Novena. We shall praise you on this day when you calmed the troubled soul of Joseph. May we go forth with him to you in all confidence. Maronite Liturgy - Revelation to Joseph Week
The angel found Joseph and dispelled the trouble in his heart. "Do not be afraid, for that which is begotten in her is the holy One and will be called the Son of the Most High." Maronite Liturgy - Revelation to Joseph Week
Image: Fr Lawrence Lew, O.P. on Flickr "Let love reign over your hearts and humility guide your minds".
From the Second Experience of Raymond Nader with Saint Sharbel. Read more from the Second Experience. Read the story of Raymond Nader’s Experience with Saint Sharbel. "And you, child, will be called prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways." Luke 1:76
Image: Fr Lawrence Lew, O.P. on Flickr "He is the way to God’s world."
From the first Experience of Raymond Nader with Saint Sharbel. Read more from the First Experience. Read the story of Raymond Nader’s Experience with Saint Sharbel. |
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