NOVENA PRAYERS
1⃣ NOVENA FOR THE ASCENSION
2⃣ NOVENA TO ST. RITA OF CASCIA
3⃣ NOVENA TO THE HOLY SPIRIT
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1⃣ NOVENA FOR THE ASCENSION
DAY 8 - MAY 15
REFLECTION: Jesus spent forty days after his Resurrection appearing to his Apostles and other disciples. He instructed them in many things and gave them the opportunity to grow in friendship with him. He helped them to understand how they were to go about leading his Church through the coming years and how they were to bring more souls to him.
PRAYER: Jesus, please help us to always remain close to You, and we particularly ask You today to help all who do not know the joy of being Your followers! Help us to always do all we can to serve You worthily in our lives. Give us the grace to devote our entire lives to You. And I especially ask in this novena for,
(State your intentions here...)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be…
Lord, hear our prayers! Amen.
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2⃣ NOVENA TO ST. RITA OF CASCIA
DAY 3 - MAY 15
PRAYER FOR THE MOTHERS OF DIFFICULT CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS
Glorious St. Rita, you wanted the best for your sons even if it meant their death. Help all mothers, fathers and guardians of difficult children and teenagers to pray for them, and to entrust them to God's providence and mercy.
We pray especially for (mention your intention...)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
PRAYER: Dear Saint Rita, during your entire life on earth you found your happiness by following the will of our heavenly Father. Help me to be as trusting of God in all his designs for me. Help me this day to give myself to him as you did, without limit, without fear, without counting the cost. Help me to be generous in serving the needs of others, patient in all difficulties, forgiving toward all who injure me. Help me to learn more deeply the great mystery of the cross of Jesus, so that by embracing it as you did, I may come to experience its power to heal and to save. Amen.
St. Rita of Cascia: Pray for us!
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3⃣ NOVENA TO THE HOLY SPIRIT
DAY 1 - MAY 15
CHARITY
Let us bow down in humility at the power and grandeur of the Holy Spirit. Let us worship the Holy Trinity and give glory today to the Paraclete, our Advocate.
Oh Holy Spirit, by thy power, Christ was raised from the dead to save us all. By thy grace, miracles are performed in Jesus' name. By thy love, we are protected from evil. And so, we ask with humility and a beggar's heart for thy gift of Charity within us.
The great charity of all the host of Saints is only made possible by thy power, Oh Divine Spirit. Increase in me, the virtue of charity that I may love as God loves with the selflessness of the Saints. Amen.
(State your intentions here...)
PRAYER: Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of thy faithful and kindle in them the fire of thy love. Send forth thy Spirit and they shall be created, and thou shall renew the face of the earth.
O God, Who didst instruct the hearts of thy faithful by the light of the Holy Spirit, grant us in the same Spirit to be truly wise, and ever rejoice in His consolation, through Christ, our Lord. Amen.