{"id":477,"date":"2008-11-30T20:06:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-30T20:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.buildingcathedrals.com\/2008\/11\/30\/st-andrew-christmas-novena-prayer\/"},"modified":"2008-11-30T20:06:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-30T20:06:00","slug":"st-andrew-christmas-novena-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/buildingcathedrals\/2008\/11\/st-andrew-christmas-novena-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Andrew Christmas Novena Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p> <\/p>\n<div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"font-size:130%\">Happy First Sunday of Advent!<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>Thanks, Kat, for introducing me to this very powerful prayer two years ago today. The special miracle for which we all prayed, and which seemed impossible, was granted. This novena has become dear to my heart. A blessed Advent to you all!!<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><strong>The St. Andrew Christmas Novena Prayer to Obtain Favors<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><em><span style=\"font-family:georgia\">HAIL and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was born of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in piercing cold. In that hour, vouchsafe, O my God! to hear my prayer and grant my desires, through the merits of Our Saviour Jesus Christ, and of His Blessed Mother. Amen.<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family:georgia\">* It is piously believed that whoever recites the above prayer fifteen times a day from the feast of St. Andrew (30th November) until Christmas will obtain what is asked.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family:georgia\">Imprimatur<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family:georgia\">+MICHAEL AUGUSTINE, Archbishop of New York<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family:georgia\">New York, February 6, 1897<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy First Sunday of Advent! Thanks, Kat, for introducing me to this very powerful prayer two years ago today. The special miracle for which we all prayed, and which seemed impossible, was granted. This novena has become dear to my heart. A blessed Advent to you all!! 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