NOVENA PRAYERS
1⃣ NOVENA TO ST. TERESA OF KOLKATA
2⃣ NOVENA IN HONOUR OF THE NATIVITY OF OUR LADY (BIRTH)
3⃣ NOVENA IN HONOUR OF OUR LADY OF VELANKANNI (GOOD HEALTH)
4⃣ NOVENA TO ST. NICHOLAS OF TOLENTINO
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1⃣ NOVENA TO ST. TERESA OF KOLKATA
DAY 7 - SEPTEMBER 2
GOD LOVES A CHEERFUL GIVER
“Joy, to be fruitful, has to be shared.”
“By this joy I mean that inner depth of joy in you, in your eyes, look, face, movements, actions, swiftness, etc. ‘That My joy may be in you,' says Jesus. What is this joy of Jesus? It is the result of His continual union with God, doing the Will of the Father. ‘I have come that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.'
This joy is the fruit of union with God, of being in the presence of God. Living in the presence of God fills us with joy. God is Joy.”
“Joy shines in the eyes, comes out in the speech and walk…when people see the habitual happiness in your eyes, it will make them realize they are the loved children of God.”
“Without joy there is no love, and love without joy is not true love. And so, we need to bring that love and that joy into the world of today.”
“Joy was the strength of Our Lady, too. Our Lady was the first Missionary of Charity. She was the first one to receive Jesus physically and to carry Jesus to others; and she went in haste. Only joy could give her this strength and swiftness to go and do the work of a handmaid.”
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “We may not be able to give much, but we can always give the joy that springs from a heart that is in love with God.”
Ask for the grace to find joy in loving and to share this joy with everyone you meet.
(State your intentions here...)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be...
PRAYER TO ST. TERESA OF CALCUTTA: Saint Teresa of Calcutta, longing to love Jesus as He had never been loved before, you gave yourself entirely to Him, refusing Him nothing. In union with the Immaculate Heart of Mary, you accepted His call to satiate His infinite thirst for love and souls and become a carrier of His love to the poorest of the poor. With loving trust and total surrender you fulfilled His will, witnessing to the joy of belonging totally to Him. You became so intimately united to Jesus your crucified Spouse that He deigned to share with you the agony of His Heart as He hung upon the Cross.
Saint Teresa, you promised to continuously bring the light of love to those on earth; pray for us that we also may long to satiate the burning thirst of Jesus by loving Him ardently, sharing in His sufferings joyfully, and serving Him wholeheartedly in our brothers and sisters, especially those most unloved and unwanted. Amen.
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2⃣ NOVENA IN HONOUR OF THE NATIVITY OF OUR LADY (BIRTH)
DAY 4 - SEPTEMBER 2
Oh most holy daughter of the line of King David, the Redeemer of the world loves you with the singular love of a Child for His Mother. Pray for me today that the feast of your birth may give great joy to my soul that I may have a greater love and devotion to my Mother and Father.
Dearest Mother, please pray for me and for these my intentions…
(State your intentions here...)
Pray the three Hail Marys...
V: Pray for us O Holy Mother of God!
R: That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
LET US PRAY: Grant to us your servants, we beseech you, O Lord, the gift of Your heavenly grace, that as our salvation was begun in the child-bearing of the Blessed Virgin, so from this solemn festival of her Nativity may we obtain an increase of peace. Through Our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
Our Lady of Nativity: Pray for us!
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3⃣ NOVENA IN HONOUR OF OUR LADY OF VELANKANNI (GOOD HEALTH)
DAY 4 - SEPTEMBER 2
O Mother of Health, we are proud of you, being the Mother of our Lord, Jesus Christ. We praise you in great joy of our heart. We meditate with devotion on the glad tidings, the Angel Gabriel brought to you. Hail Mary, full of Grace! You have been raised to the dignity of the Mother of God by your submission. The God of grace assumed our human nature and lived in your blessed womb. You are blessed among women. We pray to you that we may bear in us our loving God and be filled with His grace. Help us that we may be humble and chaste to resemble you, and be enriched with the gifts of the Holy Spirit. We ardently desire to be united with our God through the fruitful reception of the Sacraments. O Our Heavenly Mother, we call you Blessed and entreat you to bless us all with your loving arms, which embraced our Divine Master.
(State your intentions here...)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be...
I desire by this novena, which I now offer in your honour, to prove the lively confidence I have in your intercession. Accept it, I beseech you, in honour of that supernatural love and joy, with which your Immaculate Heart was replenished during the abode of your divine Son in your womb, in veneration of which, I offer you the sentiments of my heart. Amen.
Our Lady of Velankanni: Pray for us!
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4⃣ NOVENA TO ST. NICHOLAS OF TOLENTINO
DAY 2 - SEPTEMBER 2
Remember, O gentle and compassionate Lord, the mercy that stirred Thy heart when the cry of misery and sorrow came to Thine ears in Israel, how Thine eyes searched the rocks for the poor lepers who called out to Thee, how Thou didst reach out Thy hand to the daughter of Jairus, and the widow's son of Naim, how tears came to Thine eyes at the tomb of Lazarus. Look down upon the land of sufferings, where souls that love Thee await for the touch of Thy healing mercy. Through the merits of Thine own great sufferings which appeased the Eternal Justice, reach out Thy Hand once more in its infinite power to save and relieve the Holy Souls in their sufferings. O Lord, hear our prayers, unworthy though they be. We unite with the prayers of Thy holy servant, St. Nicholas of Tolentino, in the grotto of San Angelo, with the prayers which he offered to Thee through the silent hours of the night, with the prayer with which he bless Thine infinite goodness and mercy for Thy miraculous aid in his ministry. Hear our prayers for those who cannot plead for themselves, and grant to the poor souls in purgatory happiness and rest.
(State your intentions here...)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be…
PRAYER: Grant, we beseech Thee, O Almighty God, that Thy Church, which is made illustrious with the glory of the prodigies and miracles of Saint Nicholas, Thy Blessed confessor, may, by his merits and intercession enjoy perpetual unity and peace. Amen.
Eternal Rest grant unto them O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls rest in peace. Amen.
St. Nicholas, Patron of the Holy Souls: Pray for us!