8/6/2019 Novena to Divine Child Jesus http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/novena-to-divine-child-jesus 1/8 THE "PILGRIMS OF LOVE" CATHOLIC MISSION Jesus' Divine Childhood is at the center of the spirituality revealed to Pilgrims of Love in the person of Marino Restrepo during his mys experience after being kidnapped in Colombia. This event turned his around and transformed him into a missionary of the Catholic Church, lea behind all of his relations with the world and consecrating his life complete the Lord. The devotion to Jesus' Divine Childhood during Christmas is a tradition goes back many years in our Catholic Church. It begins on December 16 ends on December 24 at midnight with His birth during the Euch celebration of Christmas Eve. This tradition has been lost in many coun and for this reason "The Pilgrims of Love", through all the evangeliza missions that Marino Restrepo has carried out in more than 21 countries, promoting this tradition so that the Novena of Jesus' Divine Childh continues to be at the center of the activities at Christmas time in our Chu as a call for placing our hearts within the Sanctity of the Family from Nazar gathering all families around the stable, thus recovering all the graces and innocence that have been lost in us due to the materialistic world we liv indifferent to God. The Devotion of the Divine Childhood has been spread out by the Ch through different advocations, such as the Infant Jesus of Prague; the Div Child of Cebu; Philippines; the Divine Child of Atocha, in Spain and Mex the Divine Pilgrim Child of Valladolid, Spain; the Divine Child from Twentieth of July in Bogota, Colombia and others. All of these devotions joined together in the Christmas novena where the Nativity is celebrated. The Pilgrims of Love invites you to take part in this devotion and to interc for the right to life, and to pray for all aborted, abused, and starving child and those from rich families who are in danger of growing up in the dark because of their parents’ sin. ¡¡¡Blessed be the DIVINE CHILD JESUS!!! EVERY DAY PRAYER Most benign God of infinite mercy, who loved us so much that you gave u your Son the best garment of your Love, so that after became man, He wo be born in a stable for our health and remedy; we give you thanks for immense benefit. In return, we offer you Lord our sincere effort to make this your world ours, a more just one and faithful to the great commandment of loving e other as brothers and sisters. Grant us Lord your help so that we can attain it. We ask you that this Christmas, a feast of peace and happiness, be encoura to the whole Christian family, so that by living as brothers and sisters, search for paths of truth, justice, love and peace. Amen. REFLECTIONS FOR EVERY DAY (Please see the texts below) ¡¡¡Blessed be the DIVINE CHILD JESUS!!!
Jesus' Divine Childhood is at the center of the spirituality revealed toPilgrims of Love in the person of Marino Restrepo during his mysexperience after being kidnapped in Colombia. This event turned hisaround and transformed him into a missionary of the Catholic Church, leabehind all of his relations with the world and consecrating his life completethe Lord.
The devotion to Jesus' Divine Childhood during Christmas is a tradition goes back many years in our Catholic Church. It begins on December 16 ends on December 24 at midnight with His birth during the Euch
celebration of Christmas Eve. This tradition has been lost in many counand for this reason "The Pilgrims of Love", through all the evangelizamissions that Marino Restrepo has carried out in more than 21 countries,promoting this tradition so that the Novena of Jesus' Divine Childhcontinues to be at the center of the activities at Christmas time in our Chuas a call for placing our hearts within the Sanctity of the Family from Nazargathering all families around the stable, thus recovering all the graces andinnocence that have been lost in us due to the materialistic world we livindifferent to God.
The Devotion of the Divine Childhood has been spread out by the Chthrough different advocations, such as the Infant Jesus of Prague; the DivChild of Cebu; Philippines; the Divine Child of Atocha, in Spain and Mexthe Divine Pilgrim Child of Valladolid, Spain; the Divine Child from
Twentieth of July in Bogota, Colombia and others. All of these devotions
joined together in the Christmas novena where the Nativity is celebrated.
The Pilgrims of Love invites you to take part in this devotion and to intercfor the right to life, and to pray for all aborted, abused, and starving childand those from rich families who are in danger of growing up in the darkbecause of their parents’ sin.
¡¡¡Blessed be the DIVINE CHILD JESUS!!! EVERY DAY PRAYER
Most benign God of infinite mercy, who loved us so much that you gave uyour Son the best garment of your Love, so that after became man, He wobe born in a stable for our health and remedy; we give you thanks forimmense benefit.
In return, we offer you Lord our sincere effort to make this your world ours, a more just one and faithful to the great commandment of loving eother as brothers and sisters.Grant us Lord your help so that we can attain it.
We ask you that this Christmas, a feast of peace and happiness, be encourato the whole Christian family, so that by living as brothers and sisters,search for paths of truth, justice, love and peace. Amen.
Dear Child Jesus, Christmas is the presence of your love in our Chrisfamily. It is the memory of your birth among us. Christmas is the certaintythe God of heaven and earth is our Father, because You are our Brother. Tthis gathering next to your stable increases our faith in your kindness, makecommit ourselves to truly live as brothers and sisters and gives us couragovercome injustice, to destroy hatred and to sow peace.
Teach us to understand that where there is love and fraternity, You are thand Christmas is there.
Pray one Our Father.
PRAYER TO THE MOST HOLY VIRGIN MARY
Mary, Mother of God and our Mother, we ask you for all families of the womake each home a source of understanding, of kindness and of true family
That the Christmas season gathering us around the stable where your Son born, joins us in love, makes us forget the trespasses among us and gives us
simplicity to recognize the mistakes that we have made. Our Mother, intercfor us. Amen.
Most Holy Joseph, Mary’s husband and adoptive father of our Lord Jesus, were chosen to stand in the place of a father in the home of Nazareth. Hfamily parents, so that we are always at home the image of the Celestial Fafollowing in your example; that we faithfully meet the responsibility to eduand bring up our children, constantly giving them the best of ourselves. Ahelp our children understand and correspond to the effort that we makethem.
Saint Joseph, role model for husbands and parents, intercede for us.
Pray one Our Father, Holy Mary and Glory Be
PETITIONS
Made spontaneously by some of participating people.
JOYS
My sweet Jesus,my adored Child,Come to our souls,come, don't take so long.
Oh light of heavens
sun of eternal rayslet us see your splendorin the middle of the darkness.Oh Divine Child,come to teach usthe wisdom thatmakes true sages.
My sweet Jesus,my adored Child,Come to our souls,come, don't take so long.
Of weak help,of aching care,Light of the exiled.Make of our earththat suffers and yearns,a world that is fairof brothers and sisters.
My sweet Jesus,my adored Child,Come to our souls,come, don't take so long.
Child of the stable,our God and Brother,
You know and understandthe pain of us humans;let us always remember
when pain and anguish we suffer,that You have saved us.
My sweet Jesus,my adored Child,Come to our souls,come, don't take so long.
Come that Mary is already extending her arms,
where her Child may be seen
very soon indeed;Come that Joseph is already,preparing with yearning a tabernacle of your love.
My sweet Jesus,my adored Child,Come to our souls,come, don't take so long.
You became a childin a family full of kindnessand human warmth.Let the homeshere congregatedlive the great commitmentof Christian love.
My sweet Jesus,my adored Child,
Come to our souls,come, don't take so long.
You are our life,you are our north,and you are the way that leads us to God.By loving ourselves
we will have you present while waiting, Our Lord,for your return.
My sweet Jesus,my adored Child,Come to our souls,come, don't take so long.
2 Samuel 7:17 –29817Nathan related all these words and this whole revelation to David.
18King David then went in, sat down in Yahweh’s presence and said: ‘WhoI, Lord Yahweh, and what is my lineage, for you to have led me as fathis?19Yet, to you, Lord Yahweh, this seemed too little, and now you extyour promises for your servant’s family into the distant future. Such is humdestiny, Lord Yahweh.20What more can David say to you, since you, L
Yahweh, know all about your servant?21Because of your promise and syou were so inclined, you have had the generosity to reveal this to yservant.22That is why you are great, Lord Yahweh; there is no one like you
God but you alone, as everything that we have heard confirms.23Is tanother people on earth like your people, like Israel, whom a god proceederedeem, to make them his people and to make a name for himselfperforming great and terrible things on their behalf, by driving out nations their gods before his people?—24for you constituted your people Israel yown people for ever and you, Yahweh, became their God.25‘Now, YahGod, may the promise which you have made for your servant and forfamily stand firm forever as you have said,26so that your name will be exafor ever and people will say, “Israel’s God is Yahweh Sabaoth.” Your serDavid’s dynasty will be secure before you,27since you, Yahweh Sabaoth,God of Israel, have disclosed to your servant, “I am going to build yodynasty.” Hence, your servant has ventured to offer this prayer to you.28Lord Yahweh, you are God indeed, your words are true and you have mthis generous promise to your servant.29What is more, you have deignedbless your servant’s dynasty, so that it may remain for ever before you; for
Lord Yahweh, have spoken; and may your servant’s dynasty be blessed wyour blessing for ever.’
Second Day
Luke. 1:5-25
The birth of John the Baptist foretold
5In the days of King Herod of Judea there lived a priest called Zechariah belonged to the Abijah section of the priesthood, and he had a wife, Elizabby name, who was a descendant of Aaron.6Both were upright in the sigh
God and impeccably carried out all the commandments and observances ofLord.7But they were childless: Elizabeth was barren and they were badvanced in years.8Now it happened that it was the turn of his section to seand he was exercising his priestly office before God9when it fell to him byas the priestly custom was, to enter the Lord’s sanctuary and burn incthere.10And at the hour of incense all the people were outside, praying.11Tthere appeared to him the angel of the Lord, standing on the right of the of incense.12The sight disturbed Zechariah and he was overcome fear.13But the angel said to him, ‘Zechariah, do not be afraid, for your prhas been heard. Your wife Elizabeth is to bear you a son and you shall nhim John.14He will be your joy and delight and many will rejoice atbirth,15for he will be great in the sight of the Lord; he must drink no winestrong drink; even from his mother’s womb he will be filled with the HSpirit,16and he will bring back many of the Israelites to the Lord tGod.17With the spirit and power of Elijah, he will go before him to recon
fathers to their children and the disobedient to the good sense of the upripreparing for the Lord a people fit for him.’18Zechariah said to the an‘How can I know this? I am an old man and my wife is getting onyears.’19The angel replied, ‘I am Gabriel, who stand in God’s presence, ahave been sent to speak to you and bring you this good news.20Look! Syou did not believe my words, which will come true at their appointed tyou will be silenced and have no power of speech until this happened.’21Meanwhile the people were waiting for Zechariah and wsurprised that he stayed in the sanctuary so long.22When he came out he conot speak to them, and they realized that he had seen a vision in the sanctuBut he could only make signs to them and remained dumb.23When his timservice came to an end he returned home.24Some time later his wife Elizabconceived and for five months she kept to herself, saying,25‘The Lord done this for me, now that it has pleased him to take away the humiliatiosuffered in public.’
26In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Gacalled Nazareth,27to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the Hoof David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.28He went in and said to ‘Rejoice, you who enjoy God’s favour! The Lord is with you.’29She was dedisturbed by these words and asked herself what this greeting comean,30but the angel said to her, ‘Mary, do not be afraid; you have won Gfavour.31Look! You are to conceive in your womb and bear a son, and
must name him Jesus.32He will be great and will be called Son of the MHigh. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David;33he rule over the House of Jacob for ever and his reign will have no end.’ 34Msaid to the angel, ‘But how can this come about, since I have no knowledgman?’35The angel answered, ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you, andpower of the Most High will cover you with its shadow. And so the child be holy and will be called Son of God.
Day 4thLucas. 1, 39-56
The visitation
39Mary set out at that time and went as quickly as she could into thecountry to a town in Judah.40She went into Zechariah’s house and greeElizabeth.41Now it happened that as soon as Elizabeth heard Mary’s greethe child leapt in her womb and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.42gave a loud cry and said, ‘Of all women you are the most blessed, and blessthe fruit of your womb.43Why should I be honored with a visit frommother of my Lord?44Look, the moment your greeting reached my ears,child in my womb leapt for joy.45Yes, blessed is she who believed thatpromise made her by the Lord would be fulfilled.’
The Magnificat
46And Mary said: My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord47and my srejoices in God my Saviour;48because he has looked upon the humiliationhis servant. Yes, from now onwards all generations will call me blessed,4the Almighty has done great things for me. Holy is his name,50and his faitlove extends age after age to those who fear him.51He has used the powe
his arm, he has routed the arrogant of heart.52He has pulled down prinfrom their thrones and raised high the lowly.53He has filled the starving wgood things, sent the rich away empty.54He has come to the help of Israelservant, mindful of his faithful love55—according to the promise he madour ancestors—of his mercy to Abraham and to his descendants ever.56Mary stayed with her some three months and then went home.
Fifth DayLuke 1:57-80The birth of John the Baptist and visit of the neighbours
57The time came for Elizabeth to have her child, and she gave birth to ason;58and when her neighbours and relations heard that the Lord had lavishedon her his faithful love, they shared her joy.
The circumcision of John the Baptist
59Now it happened that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the chthey were going to call him Zechariah after his father,60but his mother spup. ‘No,’ she said, ‘he is to be called John.’61They said to her, ‘But no onyour family has that name,’62and made signs to his father to find out wha
wanted him called.63The father asked for a writing–tablet and wrote, name is John.’ And they were all astonished.64At that instant his powespeech returned and he spoke and praised God.65All their neighbours wfilled with awe and the whole affair was talked about throughout the country of Judaea.66All those who heard of it treasured it in their hearts. ‘W
will this child turn out to be?’ they wondered. And indeed the hand of the L
was with him.
The Benedictus
67His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke prophecy:68Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visitedpeople, he has set them free,69and he has established for us a saving powethe House of his servant David,70just as he proclaimed, by the mouth oholy prophets from ancient times,71that he would save us from our enemand from the hands of all those who hate us,72and show faithful love to ancestors, and so keep in mind his holy covenant.73This was the oath he swto our father Abraham,74that he would grant us, free from fear, to be delivfrom the hands of our enemies,75to serve him in holiness and uprightneshis presence, all our days.76And you, little child, you shall be called Prophethe Most High, for you will go before the Lord to prepare a way for him,7
give his people knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of tsins,78because of the faithful love of our God in which the rising Sun come from on high to visit us,79to give light to those who live in darkness the shadow dark as death, and to guide our feet into the way of peace.
The hidden life of John the Baptist
80Meanwhile the child grew up and his spirit grew strong. And he lived indesert until the day he appeared openly to Israel.
Day 6thMatthew 1:18-25
Joseph adopts Jesus as his son
18This is how Jesus Christ came to be born. His mother Mary was betrothe Joseph; but before they came to live together she was found to be with cthrough the Holy Spirit.19Her husband Joseph, being an upright man
wanting to spare her disgrace, decided to divorce her informally.20Hemade up his mind to do this when suddenly the angel of the Lord appearehim in a dream and said, ‘Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mhome as your wife, because she has conceived what is in her by the HSpirit.21She will give birth to a son and you must name him Jesus, becausis the one who is to save his people from their sins.’22Now all this took pto fulfill what the Lord had spoken through the prophet:23Look! the virg
with child and will give birth to a son whom they will call Immanuel, a n which means ‘God–is–with–us’.24When Joseph woke up he did what the aof the Lord had told him to do: he took his wife to his home;25he had notintercourse with her when she gave birth to a son; and he named him Jesus.
1But you (Bethlehem) Ephrathah, the least of the clans of Judah, from youcome for me a future ruler of Israel whose origins go back to the distant pto the days of old.2Hence Yahweh will abandon them only until she who labour gives birth, and then those who survive of his race will be reunitethe Israelites.3He will take his stand and he will shepherd them with the poof Yahweh, with the majesty of the name of his God, and they will be secfor his greatness will extend henceforth to the most distant parts of
country.
Eighth DayMatthew 2:1-12
The visit of the Magi
1After Jesus had been born at Bethlehem in Judea during the reign of KHerod, suddenly some wise men came to Jerusalem from the east2ask‘Where is the infant king of the Jews? We saw his star as it rose and have coto do him homage.’3When King Herod heard this he was perturbed, and
was the whole of Jerusalem.4He called together all the chief priests andscribes of the people, and enquired of them where the Christ was toborn.5They told him, ‘At Bethlehem in Judea, for this is what the prop
wrote:6And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, you are by no meansleast among the leaders of Judah, for from you will come a leader who shepherd my people Israel.’ 7Then Herod summoned the wise men to see privately. He asked them the exact date on which the star had appeared8sent them on to Bethlehem with the words, ‘Go and find out all aboutchild, and when you have found him, let me know, so that I too may go andhim homage.’9Having listened to what the king had to say, they set out. Asuddenly the star they had seen rising went forward and halted over the p
where the child was.10The sight of the star filled them with delight,1going into the house they saw the child with his mother Mary, and fallintheir knees they did him homage. Then, opening their treasures, they offhim gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh.12But they were given a warnin a dream not to go back to Herod, and returned to their own country different way.
6While they were there, the time came for her to have her child, 8and she gbirth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid hin a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
The angels and shepherds
8Now there were shepherds in that region living in the fields and keepingnight watch over their flock. 8Now there were shepherds in that region liv
in the fields and keeping the night watch over their flock. 9The angel ofLord appeared to them and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and
were struck with great fear.10The angel said to them, "Do not be afraid; for behold, I proclaim to
good news of great joy that will be for all the people 11For today in the citDavid a savior has been born for you who is Messiah and Lord. 12And thisbe a sign for you: you will find an infant wrapped in swaddling clothes lying in a manger." 13 And suddenly there was a multitude of the heavenly
with the angel, praising God and saying:14 "Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to those on whomfavor rests."15 When the angels went away from them to heaven, the shepherds said toanother, "Let us go, then, to Bethlehem to see this thing that has taken p
which the Lord has made known to us."16 So they went in haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lyin
the manger. 17 When they saw this, they made known the message that been told them about this child. 18 All who heard it were amazed by whatbeen told them by the shepherds.19 And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart.20Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they heard and seen, just as it had been told to them.
