Bethlehem
Church of the Nativity
The Church of the Nativity keeps a humble entrance and a deep quiet over the grotto. Pilgrims bend to go in. Beneath the basilica a silver star marks the place the world has pointed to for centuries as the birth of Christ. Lamps hang low; stone holds the cool of the earth.
A pilgrim of Palomeya goes down those steps with your names. The rite is offered in the church that holds the grotto — a personal journey, not a parish act. Palomeya does not speak for the shrine. It only sends a person who will stand there, remain for the prayer, and come up again into the light of Manger Square.
Holy Mass / Divine Liturgy
Candle and short petition
A votive candle and a written name left at the shrine.
$49
ContinueIntention for the living
A named prayer for health, family, work, or thanksgiving.
$74
ContinueIntention for the departed
A named remembrance offered at the shrine.
$74
ContinueThe rite of this shrine
The Mass, Divine Liturgy, or moleben named on the shrine page.
$111
ContinueA cycle of days
Forty days, or a nine-day novena — as this shrine keeps the custom.
$211
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