Catholic Christmas Prayers

Christmas day is one of the biggest festivals celebrated by the people all over the world. The entire season is loaded with lights, anticipation, candles, gifts and singing. The day is celebrated to commemorate the birth of Jesus. The best way to acquaint with the Lord is through prayers. Communication is the base of all relationship. When we engage in daily conversation, it certainly helps in thickening our relationship with that individual. In other words to lead a satisfying relationship, every living being has to communicate. Prayer is the means of communicating with the ‘creator'. It is often said that through prayers one can reach God and feel Him. Whether it's a prayer requesting God for favor or thanking or praising Him for showering His blessings on us, praying helps us to be a better human being sans ego. Here are few prayers to provide comfort and peace for the occasion.

Catholic Prayers For Christmas
Christmas Prayer
Dear Infant Jesus
In a short time
You will come
To visit us
And your holy, divine coming
Is full of peace, joy and love
Our hearts are full of your love
In our daily life.
Dear Jesus please help
All your devotees
Around the world.
Thanks my dear Lord.

Christmas Anticipation Prayer
Hail and blessed be the hour and moment
In which the son of god was born
Of the most pure virgin mary,
At midnight,
In Bethlehem,
In the piercing cold.
In that hour vouchsafe, I beseech thee, o my god,
To hear my prayer and grant my desires,
Through the merits of our savior Jesus Christ,
And of his blessed mother.

Christmas Vigil Prayer
God of endless ages, Father of all goodness, we keep vigil for the dawn of salvation and the birth of your Son. With gratitude we recall his humanity, the life he shared with the sons of men. May the power of his divinity help us answer his call to forgiveness and life? We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Prayer After Breakfast During Christmas
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men of will, alleluia! The Lord has reigned, and He is clothed with beauty. Almighty God, the Savior of the world, who hast nourished us with heavenly food, we give Thee thanks for the gift of this bodily refreshment which we have received from Thy bountiful mercy. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Prayer For Christmas Dawn
Almighty God and Father of light, a child is born for us and a son is given to us. Your eternal Word leaped down from heaven in the silent watches of the night, and now your Church is filled with wonder at the nearness of her God. Open our hearts to receive his life and increase our vision with the rising of dawn, that our lives may be filled with his glory and his peace, who lives and reigns forever and ever. Amen

Prayer For Midnight Mass
Father, you make this holy night radiant with the splendor of Jesus Christ our light. We welcome him as Lord, the true light of the world. Bring us to eternal joy in the kingdom of heaven, where he lives and reigns wiht you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.