How many blessings, O Little Child has Your almighty right hand

 poured out on those who honor You and call upon You. 

Bless me also, O Child Jesus, my soul, my body and my interests. 

Bless and help me in my necessities, and grant me what I now desire. 

Listen with compassion to my prayers and 

I will bless Your Holy Name everyday.

Amen

Advent

"Advent is concerned with that very connection between memory and hope which is so necessary to man. Advent’s intention is to awaken the most profound and basic emotional memory within us, namely, the memory of the God who became a child. This is a healing memory; it brings hope. The purpose of the Church’s year is continually to rehearse her great history of memories, to awaken the heart’s memory so that it can discern the star of hope.
It is the beautiful task of Advent to awaken in all of us memories of goodness and thus to open doors of hope."

Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
Seek That Which Is Above,1986

Jesus and the Angels

How many blessings,

O Little Child has Your almighty right hand

poured out on those who honour You and call upon You.

Bless me also, O Child Jesus,

my soul, my body and my interests.

Bless and help me in my necessities,

and grant me what I now desire.

Listen with compassion to my prayers

and I will bless Your Holy Name everyday.

Amen

The Infant Jesus

O Jesus, born of Virgin Bright,

Immortal glory be to Thee,

Praise to the Father, infinite,

And Holy Ghost eternally.

PRAYER FOR THE UNBORN Heavenly Father, You created us in Your own image, and You desire that not even the least among us should perish. In Your love for us, You entrusted Your only Son to the Holy Virgin Mary. Now, in Your love, protect against the wickedness of the devil, those little ones to whom You have given the gift of life. Amen

In Bethlehem

Advent Prayer

Come, long-expected Jesus. Excite in me a wonder at the wisdom and power of Your Father and ours. Receive my prayer as part of my service of the Lord who enlists me in God's own work for justice.

Come, long-expected Jesus. Excite in me a hunger for peace: peace in the world, peace in my home, peace in myself.

Come, long-expected Jesus. Excite in me a joy responsive to the Father's joy. I seek His will so I can serve with gladness, singing and love.

Come, long-expected Jesus. Excite in me the joy and love and peace it is right to bring to the manger of my Lord. Raise in me, too, sober reverence for the God who acted there, hearty gratitude for the life begun there, and spirited resolution to serve the Father and Son.

I pray in the name of Jesus Christ, whose advent I hail. Amen.

Baby Jesus

Christ was born in the first century,

yet he belongs to all centuries.

He was born a Jew,

yet He belongs to all races.

He was born in Bethlehem,

yet He belongs to all countries.

George W. Truett

The Holy Infant Jesus

O Holy Infant Jesus, Bless and Protect us.