Las Posadas Novena

Praised be Jesus Christ!

Join us in our Las Posadas Novena, a very special custom in our community where we journey with the peregrinos (pilgrims), Mary and Joseph. This novena from December 16 to December 24 is a beautiful and special way we as Carmelite Sisters prepare our hearts for December 25, the sacred day we celebrate the birth of the of the Savior of the world!

Come, Divine Child and dwell in me, for I desire to live only for Thee!

Daily Meditations

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Joseph leading a donkey with Mary sitting on it out of a city.
Day 1 Resources
Joseph and Mary standing by a donkey on a hillside, a city is seen in the distance.
Day 2 Resources
Joseph and Mary embracing while standing next to a donkey in the middle of the desert.
Day 3 Resources
Joseph leading Mary, who is seated on a donkey, down a trail. The sky above is a deep blue with the shining down.
Day 4 Resources
Sand dunes stretching off into the distance. Up close are foot tracks leading toward the viewer.
Day 5 Resources
Joseph leading Mary, seated on a donkey, down a trail. The sun shines brightly over the horizon behind them.
Day 6 Resources
Landscape scene of the dunes stretching off into the distance. The night sky above is filled with stars.
Day 7 Resources
Mary rides a donkey between bushes. A mountain and city are seen in the distance. The sun is rising over the mountains.
Day 8 Resources
Distant figures of Mary and Joseph ride on donkeys toward a farm house with a bright star above it.
Day 9 Resources
An empty stable with a star overhead painted in watercolor.

Oh, Come, Let us Adore Him!

In the quiet of that sacred night, as Mary and Joseph cradled Jesus for the first time, they adored God – body, blood, soul and divinity: all power and glory, hidden in the tiny, vulnerable baby entrusted to their care. The God of Glory, who revealed Himself on Sinai, now revealed Himself in obscurity, need and weakness. Filled with wonder, Mary pondered her unique vocation as the mother of her God, who made Himself entirely dependent upon her as her Son. Joseph, filled with awe, took in the scene before him, struck by the weight of his responsibility as protector of the Holy Family. In that moment, the first Christmas dawned upon the world, the union of the divine with the human, the sacred and the ordinary. The adoration of Jesus in the manger foreshadowed the adoration of Christ in the Eucharist, where we also gaze upon the mystery of God manifested in the flesh.

Let us pray for one another as we enter into the Christmas season, approaching the Christ Child with hearts aflame with love, allowing His presence to renew us as we encounter Him in the Eucharist.