NOVENA PRAYERS
1⃣ NOVENA TO ST. TERESA OF AVILA
2⃣ NOVENA TO ST. MARGARET MARY ALACOQUE
3⃣ NOVENA TO ST. GERARD MAJELLA
4⃣ NOVENA TO ST. POPE JOHN PAUL II
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1⃣ NOVENA TO ST. TERESA OF AVILA
DAY 9 - OCTOBER 14
Pray for us, that we recognize God's answers to our prayers.
PRAYER
O most loving Heavenly Father! We thank you for the great gift you gave us through your beloved St. Teresa of Avila, virgin and doctor of the Church. Her life was a great example of prayer, sacrifice and faith in You. We humbly pray for her most holy intercession…
(State your intentions here...)
St. Teresa, we know that you are a powerful intercessor because of your close relationship to the Holy Mother and Jesus through prayer. Open wide the doors to the interior castle of our hearts and souls so that we may know how to pray!
CLOSING PRAYER
St. Teresa of Avila, you are an example of prayerful holiness that we will try to follow. You are in heaven praising God. With your seat of honor, please beg God to bring me to eternal rest with you.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Saint Teresa of Avila, pray for us! Amen.
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2⃣ NOVENA TO ST. MARGARET MARY ALACOQUE
DAY 8 - OCTOBER 14
REFLECTION
It is attachment to creatures and to self-satisfaction that weakens the blessings of love in your heart. You must die to all that, if you wish the pure love of God to reign therein.
--- St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
PRAYER
Saint Margaret Mary, thou who wast made a partaker of the divine treasures of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, obtain for us, we beseech thee, from this adorable Heart, the graces we need so sorely.
(State your intentions here...)
We ask these favors of thee with unbounded confidence. May the divine Heart of Jesus be pleased to bestow them upon us through thy intercession, so that once again He may be loved and glorified through thee. Amen.
Pray for us, O St. Margaret Mary
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
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3⃣ NOVENA TO ST. GERARD MAJELLA
DAY 8 - OCTOBER 14
Saint Gerard, true lover of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar, you who did kneel long hours before the Tabernacle, and there did taste the joys of paradise, obtain for me an undying love for the Most Holy Sacrament, that receiving frequently the Body and Blood of Jesus, I may daily grow in His holy love and merit the priceless grace of loving Him even to the end.
Hail Mary...
Pray for us, O Saint Gerard
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
PRAYER
Almighty and Everlasting God, who did draw to Yourself Saint Gerard, even from his tenderest years, making him conformable to the Image of Your Crucified Son, grant we beseech You, that imitating his example, we may be made like unto the same Divine Image, through Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen.
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4⃣ NOVENA TO ST. POPE JOHN PAUL II
DAY 2 - OCTOBER 14
Dear John Paul, you told us: “I plead with you — never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged. Be not afraid.” With your help, I will not give up my hope. I will be persistent and unafraid.
PRAYER
Merciful God, accept our thanksgiving for the gift of St. John Paul's II apostolic life and mission and through his intercession, please, GRANT US THIS PETITION (mention your petition). Grant us also to grow in love for you and proclaim boldly the love of Christ to all people, through Christ, Our Lord. Amen.
O Blessed Trinity, we thank you for having graced the Church with St. John Paul II and for allowing the tenderness of your Fatherly care, the glory of the Cross of Christ, and the splendor of the Spirit of love to shine through him. Trusting fully in Your infinite mercy, and in the maternal intercession of Mary, he has given us a living example of Jesus the Good Shepherd, and has shown us that holiness is the necessary measure of ordinary Christian life and is the way of achieving eternal communion with You. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
St. John Paul II, pray for us.