Solemn Novena for Christmas [Video]

We invite you to join us praying this Solemn Novena for Christmas, a special heritage of Dominican nuns in our country. As Advent draws ever closer to our celebration of Christ’s Birth, the longing of our hearts increases for the coming of our great King. This novena, with its nine-fold repetition of invocations to Our Lord, Our Lady, and St. Joseph, expresses and increases our desire for Jesus to come again into our hearts.

Detail from Isenheim altarpiece by Grunewald: Jesus Crucified with horrible sores

Christ and Coronavirus

Today Our Lord suffers with us as well: with those who may actually be sick with the coronavirus, but also with the many more who are suffering simply from fear of sickness, from lack of access to Mass or the sacraments, from the disruption of daily life.