NOVENA PRAYERS
1⃣ NOVENA TO ST. LAWRENCE
2⃣ NOVENA TO ST. CLARE OF ASSISI
3⃣ NOVENA TO ST. PHILOMENA
4⃣ NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF ASSUMPTION
5⃣ NOVENA TO ST. ROQUE
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1⃣ NOVENA TO ST. LAWRENCE
DAY 9 - AUGUST 9
REFLECTION: THE MARTYRDOM OF ST. LAWRENCE AND HIS HEROIC TESTIMONY
Thus ended Lawrence's fervent prayer,
Thus ended, too, his earthly life:
With these last words his eager soul
Escaped with joy from carnal chains.
Some noble Romans, who were led
By his amazing fortitude
To faith in Christ, then bore away
The hero's body from the scene.
PRAYER: Glorious St. Lawrence, model of Christian fortitude, I implore you in your loving kindness to pray for me before the throne of God. To you I have recourse in the problems that daily surround me. Shield me against my selfishness and my indifference to God and my neighbour. Inspire me to imitate your Christian virtues. May your blessing be with me always, so that I may see and serve Christ in others and work for His Kingdom. Graciously obtain for me from God those favours and graces which I need so much in the trials, miseries and afflictions in life, particularly...
(State your intentions here...)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be…
Help me, dear St. Lawrence, to live and die as a faithful child of God, to run in the sweetness of His loving will and to attain the eternal happiness of heaven. Amen.
St. Lawrence: Pray for us!
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2⃣ NOVENA TO ST. CLARE OF ASSISI
DAY 8 - AUGUST 9
Valiant Saint Clare, who fearlessly stood alone against the barbarous Saracens, trusting in the Blessed Sacrament as your only protection, enkindle in us a tender love for Jesus Christ; help us to live Eucharistic lives. You who saved your city of Assisi from plunder and ruin, protect our city and archdiocese, plead for our beloved country and the suffering world. A voice from the Sacred Host rewarded your trust with a promise: "I will always take care of you." Glorious Saint Clare, from your high place in Heaven, take care of us now in our earthly needs and guide us by your light to Heaven.
(State your intentions here…)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be…
PRAYER: O most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, we praise your Holy Name and the wonders of grace you worked in your servant, Saint Clare. Through her powerful intercession, grant us the favours we beg in this novena, above all the grace to live and die as she did in your most Holy Love. Amen.
St. Clare, patroness of television: Pray for us!
St. Clare, patroness of television: Help us to use the gifts of God for his glory.
St. Clare, patroness of television: Never permit us to debase the gifts of God.
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3⃣ NOVENA TO ST. PHILOMENA
DAY 8 - AUGUST 9
O dear St. Philomena, you lived during the most terrible time of the Church, when Christians were hunted like animals. But like the first Christians, you found solace being with your brothers and sisters with whom you broke bread, sharing in the Eucharist in the catacombs. You received the Body and Blood of Jesus with devotion, knowing that he alone would be able to help you weather the persecutions. I implore you, my dear saint, to help me love the Eucharist, to receive Jesus daily through the Holy Communion. Bless also my brothers and sisters, especially the sick, who are unable to receive Jesus daily. May Jesus' presence enable them to accept the sufferings they are passing through.
PRAYER: O faithful Virgin and glorious Martyr, St. Philomena, who works so many miracles on behalf of the poor and sorrowing, have pity on me. You know the multitude and diversity of my needs. Behold me at your feet, full of misery, but full of hope. I entreat your charity, O great saint! Graciously hear me and obtain from God a favorable answer to the request which I now humbly lay before you,
(State your intentions here…)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be…
I am firmly convinced that through your merits, through the scorn, the sufferings and the death you endured, united to the merits of the Passion and Death of Jesus, your Spouse, I shall obtain what I ask of you, and in the joy of my heart I will bless God, who is admirable in his Saints. Amen.
St. Philomena, special protectress of those who honor you: Pray for us!
St. Philomena, whom the church honors and reveres as an illustrious virgin and martyr of Jesus Christ: Pray for us!
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4⃣ NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF ASSUMPTION
DAY 4 - AUGUST 9
O Dearest Mother Mary, Assumed into Heaven, God placed you at His right hand that you may intercede for his little ones as the Mother of God. In the midst of all the Saints, you stand as their Queen and ours — dearer to the Heart of God than any creation. You pray for your children and give to us every grace won by our loving Savior on the Cross. Please intercede for us in our needs and ask Jesus to grant our request if it be for the good of our souls.
(State your intentions here...)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be…
Mary in your maternal kindness help us to be faithful to prayers in the company of God's Church as you were one with the Apostles in the upper room as you waited for the promised Spirit of Pentecost. Amen.
O Queen Assumed into Heaven: Pray for us!
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5⃣ NOVENA TO ST. ROQUE
DAY 3 - AUGUST 9
Glorious Saint Roque, who, despised by men under the garb of a pilgrim, and known only by the Creator, went through Savoy, Piedmont and Lombardy, exposing thy body to many discomforts and sufferings, grant that we also in our pilgrimage through this mortal life towards eternity may despise all human delicacy and may imitate thee in supporting every privation and suffering for love of Jesus Christ.
(State your intentions here…)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be…
PRAYER: Dear mendicant Pilgrim, you once took care of sufferers from the plague and were always ready to help others by kind service and fervent prayers. You yourself had no home and you died in a dungeon. No wonder countless invalids have confidently invoked your help. Please grant a cure to this patient, (Name), and help us all become spiritually healthy.
O great St. Roque, deliver us, we beseech thee, from the scourges of God; through thy intercession, preserve our bodies from contagious diseases, and our souls from the contagion of sin. Obtain for us salubrious air; but, above all, purity of heart. Assist us to make good use of health, to bear sufferings with patience; and, after thy example, to live in the practice of penance and charity, that we may one day enjoy the happiness which thou has merited by thy virtues. Amen.
St. Roque: Pray for us!