St. Walburga's Blog: St. Nicholas Day

Friday, December 5, 2008

St. Nicholas Day

The Feast of St. Nicholas is December 6th. It is a fun day to celebrate with the family or within your homeschool setting.

We celebrate by putting the kids shoes on the porch. St. Nicholas deposits chocolate coins and a small gift upon each shoe. The kids have a fun time discovering their prizes. We also do some of the activities such as turning chocolate santa into St. Nick. This is one of our favorite days of the Advent season.

Go to the Saint Nicholas Center for all the information and activities you can think of on St. Nicholas. http://www.stnicholascenter.org/Brix?pageID=23

Enjoy! Happy St. Nicholas Day!

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Divine Mercy Chaplet

This meditative prayer may be prayed using an ordinary rosary. It is normally said at 3pm daily, the traditional time of death of Jesus on the cross, but can be prayed anytime.

Begin with:

Sign of the Cross, Our Father, Hail Mary, and the Apostles Creed.

Next, on the 'Our Father' beads, say:

"Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world."

On the 10 'Hail Mary' beads, say:

"For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world."

Repeat the previous 2 steps until you've completed all five 'decades.'

Then say this prayer 3 times:

"Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world."

End with:

"In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen."