NOVENA PRAYERS
1⃣ NOVENA TO ST. ALOYSIUS GONZAGA
2⃣ NOVENA TO ST. THOMAS MORE
3⃣ NOVENA TO ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST
4⃣ NOVENA TO ST. JOSEMARIA ESCRIVA
5⃣ NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL SUCCOUR
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1⃣ NOVENA TO ST. ALOYSIUS GONZAGA
DAY 8 - JUNE 19
Lord, we thank You for giving us St. Aloysius Gonzaga as an example of holiness. Help us to imitate the love of You he showed in enduring many sufferings with patience and joy. St. Aloysius Gonzaga, you suffered a lot from poor health throughout your life. You endured a disease of the kidneys early in your life, and this ailment continued to trouble you for years. Despite a skin disease, chronic headaches, and insomnia, you continued to joyfully serve God. Please continue to bring my petitions before God Whom you served!
(State your intentions here…)
You courageously chose to expose yourself to more illness, in choosing to care for those suffering from an epidemic. Pray for me, that I may always choose the path of love of God, no matter how I might suffer. Pray that I might endure all sufferings patiently, for the love of God. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
St. Aloysius Gonzaga: Pray for us!
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2⃣ NOVENA TO ST. THOMAS MORE
DAY 7 - JUNE 19
REFLECTION: CHRISTIAN FORTITUDE, PATIENCE AND JOY
Lord God, we honor the memory of our Saint, Saint Thomas More.
In his earthly life, he was a model of Christian fortitude.
He suffered bereavement, disgrace, poverty, imprisonment and a violent death; yet he bore it all with strength and good cheer.
We ask that you grant to us, through his prayers and intercession, the grace to bear all our crosses with Christian fortitude, patience and joy.
We also ask that, through his powerful intercession, we may obtain the favors we seek in this novena:
(State your intentions here…)
But if what we ask is not for the glory of God and the good of our souls, grant us, we pray, what is more conducive to both. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
St. Thomas More: Pray for us!
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3⃣ NOVENA TO ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST
DAY 5 - JUNE 19
O Most Zealous Apostle, who, without working any miracle on others, but solely by the example of thy life of penance and the power of thy word, didst draw after thee the multitudes, in order to dispose them to receive the Messiah worthily and to listen to His heavenly doctrine; grant that it may be given unto us, by means of the example of a holy life and the exercise of every good work, to bring many souls to God, but above all those souls that are enveloped in the darkness of error and ignorance and are led astray by vice. Amen.
O glorious St. John the Baptist, through the love thou does bear to Jesus Christ, and for the glory of His Name,
Hear our prayers and obtain our petitions...
(State your intentions here…)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be...
St. John the Baptist, voice crying in the wilderness: Pray for us!
St. John the Baptist, miracle of mortification and penance: Pray for us!
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4⃣ NOVENA TO ST. JOSEMARIA ESCRIVA
DAY 3 - JUNE 19
Heavenly Father, you have given us the shining example of St. Josemaría Escrivá. You granted him the grace and ability to minister to many when he founded Opus Dei. He shared Your word and taught people how to make their daily life and work holy. For it is in our daily life and work that we can come to know You, O God!
St. Josemaría Escrivá, we know that you are particularly close with God and so we humbly beg you to hear and answer our intentions through the grace of Our Lord.
(State your intentions here…)
O God, we long to have your peace within us. Please show us how to be holy like St. Josemaría Escrivá so that every day we may see Your loving hand in our work, our families, in our friends and in all that we do. Help us to be strong when we face illness and difficulty in life so that we may see Your good and loving hand in all situations.
Today, we come to You with a special request through the intercession of St. Josemaría Escrivá:
Dear God, help us to experience Christian joy whenever we embrace pain, illness or difficulties. Please show us how to surrender our suffering into Your fatherly arms. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
PRAYER: St. Josemaría Escrivá, we offer our prayers and intentions into your steadfast hands with the knowledge that you will bring them to the feet of God speedily. As we ask you to pray for our intentions, we pray even more that we may become as close to Our Lord as you are. Only there, close to God, may our hearts be fulfilled. Amen.
St. Josemaría Escrivá: Pray for us!
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5⃣ NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL SUCCOUR
DAY 2 - JUNE 19
How sweet it is to think that by thy peerless beauty, O Holy Virgin, though hast ravished the heart, not of any earthly monarch, but of the King of Kings, and the Creator of the universe! Thus wert thou deemed worthy to be the Mother of the Incarnate Word, the dispensatrix of His grace, and the cause of our joy. And now, enthroned at the right hand of thy Son, thou drawest to thee the hearts of all the Saints and Angels in heaven and of the just on earth. I rejoice to see thee of all creatures the most beloved, since of all others thou art the most worthy of love. But, I beseech thee, O glorious Queen, forget me not, poor exile that I am, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Remember that thou art raised on high to be able the better to see those who suffer here below, and that thou art made so powerful to help us more readily. Thou knowest, O Mary! how I am constantly assailed by enemies from without, and by temptations from within. Be thou my Perpetual Help: watch over me continually, or I shall be lost. And when through frailty I fail actually to call upon thee in danger, receive the intention I now make of doing so. May this be ever the habitual cry of my heart. Mother of Perpetual Help, forget me not. Amen.
PRAYER: O Mother of Perpetual Succour, behold me a miserable sinner at thy feet; I have recourse to thee and put my trust in thee. O Mother of Mercy have pity upon me. I hear thee called by all the refuge and the hope of sinners, be then my refuge and my hope. Succour me for the love of Jesus Christ; stretch forth thy hand to me a poor sinner, who recommend and dedicate myself to thee as thy perpetual servant. I bless and thank GOD for having in His mercy given me this confidence in thee, the pledge as I believe of my eternal salvation. Alas! Too often in past times have I miserably fallen, because I had not recourse to thee! I know that with thy help I shall conquer. I know that thou will help me if I recommend myself to thee; but I fear lest in the occasion of falling. I should cease to call upon thee and so should lose my soul. This, then, is the grace I seek from thee; and I beg of thee, as far as I know how and can, to obtain it for me; namely, in the assaults of hell, always to have recourse to thee and to say to thee: O Mary help me; Mother of Perpetual Succour, suffer me not to lose my God. Amen.
(State your intentions here…)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be... (3 times)
Holy Mary, succour the miserable, help the faint hearted, cheer those that weep, pray for the people, be the advocate of the clergy, intercede for all devout woman; let all feel thine aid who implore thy perpetual succour.
Mother of Perpetual Succour: Pray for us!