Traditional blessing of the statue of baby Jesus

The traditional blessing of the statue of baby Jesus

that will be placed in the manger. 

I invite you to attentively follow this prayer:

God, our Father,

you so loved men

to send us your only Son, Jesus,

born of the Virgin Mary,

to save us and to bring us back to you.

We pray to you, that with your blessing

these images of Jesus, who is about to come among us,

be, in our houses,

a sign of your presence and your love.

Good Father,

grant us also, our parents, our families and our friends,

your blessing.

Open our heart,

so that we know how to receive Jesus with joy,

do always what he asks

and see him in all those

who need our love.

We ask this in the name of Jesus,

your beloved Son, who came to bring peace to the world.

He who lives and reigns forever and ever.

Amen.