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How to Pray the 300-year-old "Christmas novena"

Dec 16, 2023

The nine-day prayer begins on Dec. 16 and concludes on Christmas Eve.

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Pope Francis has called God’s mercy “an abyss beyond our comprehension.”

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An Italian priest named Father Charles Vachetta is credited with writing a novena in 1721 to inspire his parishioners during Advent. Today, that novena is known as the “Christmas Novena.”

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