NOVENA PRAYERS
1⃣ NOVENA TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS
2⃣ NOVENA TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY
3⃣ NOVENA TO ST. ALOYSIUS GONZAGA
4⃣ NOVENA TO ST. THOMAS MORE
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1⃣ NOVENA TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS
DAY 7 - JUNE 13
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 13
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 NOVENA TO ST. ALOYSIUS GONZAGA
DAY 2 - JUNE 13
Lord, we thank You for giving us St. Aloysius Gonzaga as an example of holiness. Help us to imitate the openness to Your will that he showed in discerning his vocation. St. Aloysius Gonzaga, your felt drawn to missionary work from the time you were very young. You were inspired by the work of Jesuit missionaries, so you you began to discern how God was calling you to serve Him. Please bring my petitions before God Whom you longed to serve!
(State your intentions here…)
You visited religious orders and began teaching catechism classes, as you sought God's will for your life. You soon determined that your vocation was to serve God in the Jesuit religious order. Pray for me, that I may be open to God's will in my life. Pray that I may always be open to whatever path He might call me to. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
St. Aloysius Gonzaga: Pray for us!
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4⃣ NOVENA TO ST. THOMAS MORE
DAY 1 - JUNE 13
REFLECTION: PRUDENCE AND COURAGE
Lord God, we honor the memory of our Saint, Saint Thomas More.
In his earthly life, he was a model of prudence. He never thrust himself rashly into any serious undertaking; instead, he tested the strength of his powers and waited on God's will in prayer and penance, then boldly carried it out without hesitation.
We ask that you grant to us, through his prayers and intercession, the virtues of prudence, and courage. We also ask that, through his powerful intercession, we may obtain the favors we seek in this novena:
(State your intentions here…)
But if what we ask is not for the glory of God and the good of our souls, grant us, we pray, what is more conducive to both. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
St. Thomas More: Pray for us!