NOVENA PRAYERS

1⃣ NOVENA TO ST. JUDE

2⃣ NOVENA TO ALL SAINTS

3⃣ NINE DAYS NOVENA TO HOLY SOULS IN PURGATORY
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1⃣ NOVENA TO ST. JUDE

DAY 9 - OCTOBER 27

PRAYER: O St. Jude, we have also problems in our relationship. Beg Almighty God to give us the light to see ourselves and each other as we really are. Help us to grow daily in self- knowledge and mutual love, while at the same time developing our potential to love and be loved. Help us, Saint Jude, to see and root out every manifestation of selfishness, vanity, and childish self-seeking–those hidden enemies of love and maturity. Show us that by learning to love and being filled with love, we may compliment and nurture each other as we share our lives together. Amen.

(State your intentions here...)

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...

V. Pray for us, O Holy St. Jude.
R. That we may be worthy of the promises of Christ.

LET US PRAY: O, Saint Jude Thaddeus, cousin of Jesus Christ, glorious apostle and martyr, renowned for virtues and miracles, faithful and prompt intercessor of all who honor you and trust in you. You are a powerful patron and helper in grievous afflictions. I come to you and entreat you from the depths of my heart to come to my aid with your powerful intercession, for you have received from God the privilege to assist those who almost despair of all hope. Look down upon me, my life is a life of crosses; my days are days of tribulation; and my paths are strewn with thorns, and scarcely one moment passes but is a witness of my tears and sighs.

Overwhelmed by these thoughts, I see myself surrounded by a dark cloud. You cannot forsake me in this sad plight. I will not depart from you until you have heard me. O hasten to my aid. I will be grateful to you all my life. I will honor you as my special patron, I will thank God for the graces bestowed upon you and will propagate your honor according to my power. Amen.

St. Jude Thaddeus: Pray for us and for all who invoke your aid.
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2⃣ NOVENA TO ALL SAINTS

DAY 5 - OCTOBER 27

PRAYER: O holy mystics, whose lives were spent in union with God through contemplative prayer and devotion, be my model of holiness through prayer. Intercede on my behalf that I may grow in perseverance in contemplative prayer. I ask that you place before God my petitions.

(State your intentions here)

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...

St. Teresa of Avila, pray for us.
St. Catherine of Siena, pray for us.
St. John of the Cross, pray for us.
St. Francis de Sales, pray for us.
St. Faustina, pray for us.
St. Padre Pio, pray for us.

Amen.
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3⃣ NINE DAYS NOVENA TO HOLY SOULS IN PURGATORY

DAY 4 - OCTOBER 27

My God! because Thou art infinite goodness, I am sorry with my whole heart for having offended Thee. I promise to die rather than ever offend Thee more. Give me holy perseverance; have pity on me, and have pity on those holy souls that burn in the cleansing fire and love Thee with all their hearts. O Mary, Mother of God, assist them by thy powerful prayers.

Our Father and Hail Mary....

PRAYER TO OUR SUFFERING SAVIOR FOR THE HOLY SOULS IN PURGATORY

O most sweet Jesus, through the bloody sweat which Thou didst suffer in the Garden of Gethsemane, have mercy on these Blessed Souls. Have mercy on them.
R. Have mercy on them, O Lord.

O most sweet Jesus, through the pains which Thou didst suffer during Thy most cruel scourging, have mercy on them.
R. Have mercy on them, O Lord.

O most sweet Jesus, through the pains which Thou didst suffer in Thy most painful crowning with thorns, have mercy on them.
R. Have mercy on them, O Lord.

O most sweet Jesus, through the pains which Thou didst suffer in carrying Thy cross to Calvary, have mercy on them.
R. Have mercy on them, O Lord.

O most sweet Jesus, through the pains which Thou didst suffer during Thy most cruel Crucifixion, have mercy on them.
R. Have mercy on them, O Lord.

O most sweet Jesus, through the pains which Thou didst suffer in Thy most bitter agony on the Cross, have mercy on them.
R. Have mercy on them, O Lord.

O most sweet Jesus, through the immense pain which Thou didst suffer in breathing forth Thy Blessed Soul, have mercy on them.
R. Have mercy on them, O Lord.

[Recommend yourself to the Souls in Purgatory and mention your intentions here.]

Blessed Souls, I have prayed for thee; I entreat thee, who are so dear to God, and who are secure of never losing Him, to pray for me a miserable sinner, who is in danger of being damned, and of losing God forever. Amen.