NOVENA PRAYERS
1⃣ NOVENA TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS
2⃣ NOVENA TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY
3⃣ 13 DAYS NOVENA TO ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA
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1⃣ NOVENA TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS
DAY 7 - JUNE 8
AM I A GOOD COMPANY FOR JESUS?
You know the old saying, ‘Show me your friends and I'll tell you who you are' ? Well, Jesus had the strangest set of friends - Levi (a hated tax-collector), Simon the Zealot (a revolutionary), women in prostitution and other ‘public sinners'. Maybe I'm not such bad company for Jesus, after all!
TODAY'S PRAYER: Jesus, you once said, ‘I've come not to call the virtuous but sinners to repentance.' During your ministry, you sat and ate with sinners. This practice of yours gives me great hope that your love will bid me welcome too! Amen.
PRAYER: Lord Jesus, the needs of your people open your heart in love for each of us. You care for us when we are lost, sympathize with us in loneliness, and comfort us in mourning; you are closest to us where we are weakest. You love us most when we love ourselves least; you forgive us most when we forgive ourselves least; and you call us to spread your love in whatever way we can.
Lord Jesus, your heart is moved with compassion when we are suffering, when we need your help, and when we pray for each other. I ask you to listen to my prayer during this Novena, and grant what I ask.
(State your intentions here...)
If what I ask is not for my own good and the good of others, grant me what is best, that I may build up your kingdom of love in our world. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you!
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2⃣ NOVENA TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY
DAY 6 - JUNE 8
RIGHT BALANCE
Immaculate Mother of God, conceived without Original Sin, never touched by the slightest stain of sin, "tainted nature's solitary boast," we the beloved of thy Immaculate Heart come to thee on this sixth day of this Novena to pray for the grace of Right Balance.
O Spotless Virgin-Mother, Mother of God and our Mother by grace, obtain for us right balance as a foundation of candor, or tranquility, of clearness and holiness. May there be no duplicity in our thoughts and actions. Obtain for us a right balance in the order of our interior life, O Immaculate Heart of Mary, according to the well-ordered interior life thou lived in the perfection of holiness when thou lived on earth. Lead us to grow in holiness with a balance of spirituality so that our wills here below are in harmony with the Kingdom of God in heaven, where thou, as Queen and Mother reign with Jesus Christ thy Son Who is our King, and our Lord.
May we avoid all extremes, as thou did, O Mother of God the Son, Daughter of God the Father, and Spouse of the Holy Spirit. Thou were subject to thy loving husband St. Joseph and to the laws of God. May we never be more Catholic than the Church, nor less Catholic than this same Holy Church thy Son Jesus Christ founded. May we seek to live a Catholic life and follow the teachings of the Church in faith and morals without compromise in a harmonious balance. May there be no conflict between what we believe and what we do. May we not demand of others what we decline to practice ourselves. May we never compromise right principles by subtle reasoning. May our speech be "Yes" when we mean "Yes" and "No" when we mean "No." (Mt. 5:37)
(State your intentions here…)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
PRAYER: Obtain for us by thy powerful intercession, O Holy Mediatrix of all Graces, a right balance in living the spirit of poverty, chastity and obedience according to our state in life, so that the wiles of Satan never succeed in getting us to succumb to the spirit of the world, the weakness of the flesh, or the pride of life. Send forth thy Holy Angels, O Queen of Angels, Cause of our Joy, Mother of Mercy. Intercede that we be open to the glorious Spirits of Heaven who are powerful to bring right order in our lives. Amen.
Immaculate Heart of Mary: Pray for us!
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3⃣ 13 DAYS NOVENA TO ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA
DAY 9 - JUNE 8
Anthony, through your teaching and preaching you bore witness to the loving presence of God in all of creation. Now that you have come into the fullness of the kingdom, pray for us that our lives might also proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ to all humanity.
PRAYER: Almighty, Eternal God, you have given your people St. Anthony as an outstanding preacher and intercessor in times of need. Grant that with his help we may follow in the example of Christian living and experience your support in all adversities. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
St. Anthony, “Healer of Soul and Body,” help us find a cure for our suffering and pain, that we may experience wholeness and wellness in body, mind and spirit. {pause} We are companions of St. Anthony Healer of soul and body: Touch and cure, restore and reconcile us physically, emotionally and spiritually, we pray:
(State your intentions here…)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
O good St. Anthony, Healer of Soul and Body, pray for us. Amen.
BRIEF STORY OF ST ANTHONY'S LIFE
ST. ANTHONY THE PEACE MAKER MOVES TOWARD A CITY IN STRIFE
The Italy of St. Anthony's day was a land of conflict. Political disputes between the Emperor and the Pope divided the people and caused great civil strife.
St. Anthony's reputation as a healer sometimes thrust him into the role of peacemaker. To tyrants and warring factions he proposed one simple formula for the healing of strife: reconciliation in Christ.
St. Anthony of Padua: Pray for us!