St. Nicholas Day Prayers
Prayers for St. Nicholas Day celebrating the life of Saint Nicholas of Myra, a fourth-century Christian bishop considered the real-life model for Santa Claus.
The Example of St. Nicholas
Loving God,
we thank you for the example of St. Nicholas,
who fed the hungry, brought hope to the imprisoned,
gave comfort to the lost, and taught the truth to all.
May we strive to imitate him by putting you first in all we do.
Give us the courage, love and strength of St. Nicholas, so that,
like him, we may serve you through loving
our brothers and sisters.
Amen.
- Amy Welborn, author of St. Nicholas of Myra: A Saint for Advent and Christmas
The Spirit of Childhood
St. Nicholas,
O good holy Nicholas,
you who brought joy to children,
put in my heart the spirit of childhood
about which the Gospel speaks.
Teach me how to sow
happiness around me.
Amen.
- Catholic Greetings
Holy Father Nicholas, The Wonderworker - Tone 4
"In truth you were revealed to your flock as a rule of faith,
an image of humility and a teacher of abstinence;
your humility exalted you; your poverty enriched you.
Hierarch Father Nicholas,
entreat Christ our God
that our soul may be saved."
Prayer to St. Nicholas
"Hierarch and Father, O most holy Nicholas, thou extraordinary Saint of the Lord, our loving defender and ready helper in sorrows everywhere: help us sinners and hapless ones in the present life: entreat the Lord God to grant us remission of all of our sins, that we have committed from our youth and all our life, by deed word, though and all our senses; and in the passing of our souls, help us wretched ones ; entreat the Lord God and Maker of all creation, to deliver us from trials in the air and eternal torment: that we may always glorify the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and thy merciful intercession, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen"
- Fr. John Shaw
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