NOVENA PRAYERS
1⃣ NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL
2⃣ DIVINE MERCY NOVENA
3⃣ NOVENA TO ST. LOUIS DE MONTFORT
4⃣ NOVENA TO ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA
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1⃣ NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL
DAY 4 - APRIL 20
Mary, our Mother, you have always been concerned with the affairs of the world and of each person throughout history. At the Cross, Jesus gave you to the disciple St. John, saying “Behold, your Mother” to him and to all of us who follow after him. Our Lady of Good Counsel, today, I ask for your intercession for a world in need of your guidance and for counsel in my own life.
(State your intentions here…)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
PRAYER: Blessed Mary, Star of the Sea, guide us now as you have guided pilgrims in years past. Be our constant beacon, a blazing light in this dark night, and lead us home to dwell with your Son forever and ever. Amen.
For guidance for our home parish, pray for us.
For counsel for those who do not pray, pray for us.
For an increase in love, trust, and devotion to your Immaculate Heart that leads us to Jesus, pray for us.
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2⃣ DIVINE MERCY NOVENA
DAY 3 - APRIL 20
INTENTION
Today bring to Me ALL DEVOUT AND FAITHFUL SOULS, and immerse them in the ocean of My mercy. The souls brought Me consolation on the Way of the Cross. They were that drop of consolation in the midst of an ocean of bitterness.
NOVENA PRAYERS
Most Merciful Jesus, from the treasury of Your mercy, You impart Your graces in great abundance to each and all. Receive us into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart and never let us escape from It. We beg this grace of You by that most wonderous love for the heavenly Father with which Your Heart burns so fiercely.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon faithful souls, as upon the inheritance of Your Son. For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, grant them Your blessing and surround them with Your constant protection. Thus may they never fail in love or lose the treasure of the holy faith, but rather, with all the hosts of Angels and Saints, may they glorify Your boundless mercy for endless ages. Amen.
Pray the "DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET".
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3⃣ NOVENA TO ST. LOUIS DE MONTFORT
DAY 2 - APRIL 20
St. Louis de Montfort, you consecrated yourself to Jesus through Mary in your earthly life and are even more fully devoted to them now in Heaven. I ask that you present my petitions before our most blessed Mother, who will in turn place them at the feet of her Son.
(State your intentions here…)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
St. Louis de Montfort, one of the ten principal virtues that Mary exemplified was lively faith. Please intercede on my behalf that my faith may be invigorated and apparent to all who encounter me. Amen.
St. Louis de Montfort: Pray for us!
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4⃣ NOVENA TO ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA
DAY 1 - APRIL 20
FROM A LETTER TO FRATE GIUSTO DI GIOVANNI DA VOLTERRA:
“He gave His blood out of love and it is with this love that He asks us for a drink. I mean that Jesus, who loves, is asking to be loved and served. It is only right that the one who loves ought to be loved. This is how we give our Creator a drink: when we give Him love for love. But we cannot give it to Him through any service we can render Him; no we must give it to Him in the person of our neighbour.”
PRAYER: Heavenly Father, your glory is in your saints. We praise your glory in the life of the admirable St. Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor of the Church. Her whole life was a noble sacrifice inspired by an ardent love of Jesus, your unblemished Lamb. In troubled times she strenuously upheld the rights of His beloved spouse, The Church. Father, honor her merits and hear her prayers for each of us. Help us to pass unscathed through the corruption of this world, and to remain unshakably faithful to the church in word, deed, and example. Help us always to see in the Vicar of Christ an anchor in the storms of life, and a beacon of light to the harbor of your Love, in this dark night of your times and men's souls. Grant also to each of us our special petition…
(State your intentions here…)
We ask this through Jesus, your Son, in the bond of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
St. Catherine of Siena: pray for us!