Official Christmas bonus for the year 2021
The Christmas novena or Christmas novena, is a very popular celebration in Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela. The novena of Christmas bonuses takes place for nine days beginning on December 16 and ends on December 24, the day of the birth of the child Jesus.
Content of the novena of Christmas bonuses 2021
1. Prayer for every day
2. Considerations of the day
3. Prayer to the Blessed Virgin
4. Prayer to Saint Joseph
5. Joys or Aspirations for the coming of the Child Jesus
6. Prayer to the Child Jesus
How to pray the Christmas novena
Read the following instructions carefully so that you can perform the Christmas novena in the proper order.
Before beginning with the reading, the assistants must cross themselves making the sign of the cross (in the name of the father, the son and the holy spirit, Amen)
We proceed to carry out the reading of the prayer for every day.
The novena continues with daily reflection or also called considerations, each day of the novena has a text with a quote from the Gospel and a message to reflect on.
After reflection you can sing a Christmas carol, the lyrics of traditional Christmas carols can be found in the Christmas carols section of this page.
It continues with the reading of the prayer to the Blessed Virgin, usually it is customary to read by a woman.
The prayer to Saint Joseph is commonly read by a man in his symbolic representation.
The next section is the Christmas joys, these are verses which are answered in chorus with a fragment of Christmas carol.
The last section of the novena is the Prayer to the Child Jesus, this reading is usually left in the hands of a child.
At the end of the ninth, Christmas carols are sung, juices or dynamics can also be performed. The organizers or hosts can deliver a small plate of food, snacks, candy or any other food as a token of affection to the attendees.