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 made like  unto  Him,  Who  has  united  our  nature  to  Thine own.

RANT, we  beseech  Thee,  O  Lord  our  God,  that  we who,  in  joy  of  heart,  keep  with  threefold  celebration of the  holy  mysteries  the  feast  of  the  nativity  of  Our Lord Jesus  Christ,  may,  by  worthiness  of  life,  deserve  to rejoice  with  Him  for  evermore.

ATHED in  the  new  light  brought  upon  earth  by Thine  incarnate  Word,  we  beseech  Thee,  O  Almighty God, to  vouchsafe  that  the  holy  faith  which  ever  illumines our minds  may  in  all  our  actions  shine  forth  to  Thy  glory before the  world.

N virtue  of  the  birth  upon  earth  of  Thine  only-begotten Son, vouchsafe,  O  Lord,  to  hallow  our  offerings,  and to cleanse  us  from  all  stain  of  sin.

RANT, we  beseech  Thee,  Almighty  God,  that  even  as the  Saviour  of  the  world,  born  to  us  this  day,  bestowed upon us  by  adoption  the  sonship  of  God;  so  to  Him  we may  look  for  the  grace  of  a  happy  eternity.

Three hundred  days,  each  day. Plenary, on  Christmas Day, or  during  the  novena  or  octave,  on  the  usual conditions: confession,  communion,  and  prayer,  according to the  intentions  of  the  Pope.

N.B. —  Many  Prayers,  Chaplets,  and  Devotions  contained in  this  hook  in  honor  of  Our  Divine  Lord,  the  Blessed  Sacrament, the  Holy  Name,  and  the  Sacred  Heart  are  quite  suitable for  a  Christmas  novena.

OST dear  Lord  Jesus  Christ  Who,  being  made  an infant  for  us,  wast  willing  to  be  born  in  a  cave,  to free  us  from  the  darkness  of  sin,  to  draw  us  to  Thyself,