NOVENA PRAYERS
1⃣ NOVENA TO ST. DOMINIC SAVIO
2⃣ NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF FATIMA
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1⃣ NOVENA TO ST. DOMINIC SAVIO
DAY 9 - MAY 5
FOR LOVE FOR THE EUCHARIST - "WHAT BEAUTIFUL THINGS I SEE!"
Dear Lord, May our hearts always hunger and feed upon you so that our soul may be filled with the sweetness of your presence, May we always seek and find you, and never be separated from you. Help us truly understand that this Divine Bread is food for our soul as material bread is to our body and that we cannot abstain from It without hurting our soul.
Saint Dominic Savio who so much loved the Divine Sacrament of the Altar and so greatly longed to unite yourself to It through Holy Communion, obtain for us from God a love like to yours for this Adorable Sacrament and a fervent longing often to receive It in our hearts. Obtain for us the favors we ask and implore through your powerful intercession. Amen.
(State your intentions here…)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
PRAYER: Dear Saint Dominic, you spent your short life totally for love of Jesus and His Mother. Help us today to realize the importance of God in our lives. You became a saint through fervent participation in the sacraments; enlighten parents and children to the importance of frequent confession and Holy Communion. At a young age you meditated on the sorrowful Passion of Our Lord. Obtain for us the grace of a fervent desire to suffer for love of Him.
We desperately need your intercession to protect us from the snares of the world. Watch over us and lead us on the narrow road to Heaven. Ask God to give us the grace to sanctify our daily duties by performing them perfectly out of love for Him. Remind us of the necessity of practicing virtue especially in times of trial. Amen.
St. Dominic Savio, you who preserved your Baptismal innocence of heart, pray for us!
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2⃣ NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF FATIMA
DAY 2 - MAY 5
Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta were very young and yet, Mary, you chose them to be your messengers to the world. In doing so, you reminded us that, as followers of Jesus, we must be like little children – trusting and loving. Let us pray that we too may be like children, choosing to offer love and trust where we would be tempted to choose hatred and suspicion.
Mary, I trust your Son completely. But sometimes, I live in fear. I want to love unconditionally, but I am too afraid to let go of my anxieties, too afraid to admit that I cannot control everything. I want to be your Son's instrument to accomplish God's will. Today, through your intercession, Mary, I ask Jesus to help me be like a little child holding His hand, trusting all to Him.
PRAYER: Most Holy Virgin, who has deigned to come to Fatima to reveal to the three little shepherds the treasures of graces hidden in the recitation of the Rosary, inspire our hearts with a sincere love of this devotion, so that by meditating on the mysteries of our redemption that are recalled in it, we may gather the fruits and obtain the conversion of sinners, the conversion of Russia, and this favour that I so earnestly seek, (State your intentions here…) which I ask of you in this novena, for the greater glory of God, for your own honour, and for the good of all people. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Our Lady of Fatima: Pray for us!