Daily Prayers for Christmastide
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Christmastide -- also known as the 12 Days of Christmas, or Yuletide -- runs from Vespers on Christmas
Eve to the Epiphany of Our Lord. Each day is a great Feast Day, so here’s a collection of daily prayers to
help you celebrate and enjoy the Christmas Season.
[[@DayOfYear:December 25]]
The Nativity of the Lord (Dec 25):: Good Father, bless us, and our parents, our families, and our friends.
Open our hearts so that we might know how to receive Jesus with joy, doing always what He asks, and
seeing Him in all those who are in need of our love. We ask you in the name of Jesus, your beloved Son,
who came to bring peace to the world. He lives and reigns with you forever and ever. +Amen
[[@DayOfYear:December 26]]
Saint Stephen (Dec 26): Grant, Lord, we pray, that we may imitate what we worship, and so learn to
love our enemies, for we celebrate the heavenly birthday of a man, Stephen, who knew how to pray
even for his persecutors. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the
unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. +Amen.
[[@DayOfYear:December 27]]
Saint John (Dec 27): O God, who through the blessed Apostle John have unlocked for us the secrets of
your Word, grant, we pray, that we may grasp with proper understanding what he has so marvelously
brought to our ears. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity
of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. +Amen
[[@DayOfYear:December 28]]
The Holy Innocents (Dec 28) : O God, whom the Holy Innocents confessed and proclaimed on this
day,not by speaking but by dying, grant, we pray, that the faith in you which we confess with our
lips,may also speak through our manner of life. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and
reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. +Amen.
[[@DayOfYear:December 29]]
Saint Thomas Becket (Dec 29): O God, who gave the Martyr Saint Thomas Becket the courage to
give up his life for the sake of justice, grant, through his intercession, that, renouncing our life for the
sake of Christ in this world, we may find it in heaven.Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives
and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. +Amen.
[[@DayOfYear:December 30]]
The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph (Dec 30): “Venerunt pastores festinantes, et invenerunt
Mariam et Joseph et Infantem positum in praesepio (Luke 2:16); The shepherds hastened to Bethlehem,
where they found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger”.
O God, who were pleased to give us the shining example of the Holy Family, graciously grant that we
may imitate them in practicing the virtues of family life and in the bonds of charity, and so, in the joy of
your house, delight one day in eternal rewards. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and
reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. +Amen.
[[@DayOfYear:December 31]]
Saint Sylvester I (Dec 31): Come, O Lord, to the help of your people, sustained by the intercession of
Pope Saint Sylvester, so that, running the course of this present life under your guidance, we may
happily attain life without end. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in
the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. +Amen.
[[@DayOfYear:January 1]]
The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God (Jan 1, Holy Day of Obligation): O God, who through the
fruitful virginity of Blessed Mary bestowed on the human race the grace of eternal salvation, grant, we
pray, that we may experience the intercession of her, through whom we were found worthy to receive
the author of life, our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son.Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy
Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. +Amen.
[[@DayOfYear:January 2]]
Saint Basil the Great & Saint Gregory Nazianzen (Jan 2): O God, who were pleased to give light to your
Church by the example and teaching of the Bishops Saints Basil and Gregory, grant, we pray, that
in humility we may learn your truth and practice it faithfully in charity. Through our Lord Jesus Christ,
your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
+Amen.
[[@DayOfYear:January 3]]
The Most Holy Name of Jesus (Jan 3): O God, who founded the salvation of the human race on the
Incarnation of your Word, give your peoples the mercy they implore, so that all may know there is no
other name to be invoked but the Name of your Only Begotten Son. Who lives and reigns with you in
the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. +Amen.
[[@DayOfYear:January 4]]
St Elizabeth Ann Seton (Jan 4): O God, who crowned with the gifts of true faith Saint Elizabeth Ann
Seton's burning zeal to find you, grant by her intercession and example that we may always seek you
with diligent love and find you in daily service with sincere faith. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your
Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. +Amen
[[@DayOfYear:January 5]]
Saint John Neumann (Jan 5): O God, who called the Bishop Saint John Neumann, renowned for his
charity and pastoral service, to shepherd your people in America, grant by his intercession that, as we
foster the Christian education of youth and are strengthened by the witness of brotherly love, we may
constantly increase the family of your Church. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and
reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. +Amen.
[[@DayOfYear:January 6]]
The Epiphany of the Lord (Jan 6): O God, who on this day of Epiphany revealed your Only Begotten Son
to the nations by the guidance of a star, grant in your mercy that we, who know you already by faith,
may be brought to behold the beauty of your sublime glory. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. +Amen.