NOVENA PRAYERS

1⃣ NOVENA TO MARY HELP OF CHRISTIANS

2⃣ NOVENA TO ST. PHILIP NERI

3⃣ NOVENA FOR THE ASCENSION
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1⃣ NOVENA TO MARY HELP OF CHRISTIANS

DAY 9 - MAY 23

O Mary, Thou so often showed great courage during Thy life here on earth. Help all those who are suffering pain and persecution as they try to worship Thy Son. Obtain for me a deep love of Jesus, so that my life may always be pure, my service of others generous and loving and my death a truly happy one.

(State your intentions here...)

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be…

PRAYER: Heavenly Father, place deep in our hearts the love of Mary, our help and the help of all Christians. May we fight vigorously for the faith here on earth, and may we one day praise Thy victories in Heaven. Grant this in the name of Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Our Lord. Amen.

Mary, Help of Christians: Pray for us!
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2⃣ NOVENA TO ST. PHILIP NERI

DAY 7 - MAY 23

PHILIP'S PATIENCE

Philip, my holy Advocate, who didst bear persecution and calumny, pain and sickness, with so admirable a patience, gain for me the grace of true fortitude under all the trials of this life. Alas! how do I need patience! I shrink from every small inconvenience; I sicken under every light affliction; I fire up at every trifling contradiction; I fret and am cross at every little suffering of body. Gain for me the grace to enter with hearty good-will into all such crosses as I may receive day by day from my Heavenly Father. Let me imitate thee, as thou didst imitate my Lord and Saviour, that so, as thou hast attained heaven by thy calm endurance of bodily and mental pain, I too may attain the merit of patience, and the reward of life everlasting. Amen.

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Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be...

PRAYER: O glorious St. Philip, who wast so favored by God with the gift of consoling and assisting thy spiritual children at the hour of death, be also my advocate and father when I shall find myself at that dreadful moment. Obtain for me that at that hour the devil may not conquer me, nor temptation overcome me, nor fear itself revile me; but that, strengthened by a lively faith, a fervent hope and, a sincere charity, I may sustain with patience and perseverance that supreme struggle, and that, full of confidence in the mercy of the Lord, and in the infinite merits of Jesus Christ and the protection of the Most Blessed Mary, I may deserve to die the death of the just, and be united with thee and all the saints in the blessed home of Paradise, to praise and enjoy the Lord forever. Amen.

St. Philip Neri: Pray for us!
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3⃣ NOVENA FOR THE ASCENSION

DAY 1 - MAY 23

REFLECTION: Jesus appeared to his Apostles and other disciples for forty days after he rose from the dead. He instructed them on many things as he prepared them to lead his Church in the years to come. He told them joyful news about the coming of the Holy Spirit, and that the Holy Spirit would come to them after his Ascension into heaven.

PRAYER: Jesus, please help us to always remain close to You, and we particularly ask You today to help us and all people to grow in holy joy! Help us to devote our lives more fully to You each day. Give us the grace to remain in Your friendship until we die. And I especially ask in this novena for,

(State your intentions here...)

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be…

Lord, hear our prayers! Amen.