Today, that novena is known as the “Christmas novena.” The nine-day prayer begins on Dec. 16 and concludes on Christmas Eve. Drawing from the Psalms and Old Testament prophecies foretelling ...

Some Christmas traditions are pretty ... There's three parts to the Novena de Aguinaldos: the first is the reading. We pass around a prayer book and each kid takes a turn. There are standard ...

Today, that novena is known as the “Christmas Novena.” The nine-day prayer begins on Dec. 16 and concludes on Christmas Eve. Drawing from the Psalms and Old Testament prophecies foretelling ...

Though, the real celebrations begin on the eve of December 24, the church is witnessing thousands of worshippers who gather for a traditional nine-day novena prayer ... run-up to Christmas Eve.