Christmas Countdown Novena: A Camino & Invitation to Prepare the Way for the Lord
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A CONSECRATION JOURNEY TO THE HEART OF THE BABY JESUS
"Every time you receive the Eucharist it is like Christmas because you are receiving a miracle." ~ Fr. Chris Alar, The National Shrine of the Divine Mercy, Stockbridge, MA (MIC)
“The more we are proud that the Bethlehem story is plain enough to be understood by the shepherds, and almost by the sheep, the more do we let ourselves go, in dark and gorgeous imaginative frescoes or pageants about the mystery and majesty of the Three Magian Kings.” G.K. Chesterton (Christendom in Dublin, Chapter 3)
THE FACTS OF CHRISTMAS: HOW TRADITIONS CAME TO BE
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In the days leading up to and around the Christmas Countdown Novena and Consecration to the Sacred Heart of the Baby Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, we also invite you to listen to a “Facts of Christmas” lecture by the narrator of the Rosary Hour Podcast, Fr. Chris Alar, MIC.
INTRODUCTION TO THIS CHRISTMAS CONSECRATION JOURNEY
This unique 42-day Advent Novena for Jubilee 2025 is being crafted spontaneously by the Rosary Hour Podcast with the knowledge we have gained since Fr. Anthony Gramlich, MIC, who first guided our team to rediscover “the Why” behind the prayers of the Rosary from his desk at the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, MA.
Fr. Anthony’s invitation culminated in the miraculous appearance of 20+ guests who visited with this humble prayer group, which we call a podcast, to learn about the Rosary and deepen our understanding of Our Lady’s psalter so we can pray as Our Lady wishes: with the heart.
At the heart of Christmas is the Sacred Heart of the Baby Jesus. We will begin this journey two days prior with an optional investigation of “Praise” and “Psalm 146” which we’ll revise as there is time for our collaborative revision process to unfold.
Our team invites you and your loved ones to bookmark this site, easy to recall, in your browser and to check each night the posts daily — all of which will be posted this year in time for souls in the land of the rising sun following us from Asia / Australia. We invite all around the world to unite in prayer with us through November “the De Profundis” with a nightly Rosary in the format prayed in the Liturgical Rosaries in Portugal as based on the Terço prayed at the Chapel of the Apparitions in Fátima, and the Rosary culture that formed Beata Alexandrina, the only Saint to promote an apparition and who lived on the Holy Eucharist for 12+ years.
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