NOVENA PRAYERS
1⃣ NOVENA TO ST. BENEDICT
2⃣ NOVENA TO ST. CAMILLUS DE LELLIS (PATRON OF THE SICK, HOSPITALS, AND NURSES)
3⃣ NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL
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1⃣ NOVENA TO ST. BENEDICT
DAY 8 - JULY 9
St. Benedict, for you the highest kind of prayer is when you kneel in silence and uttering just one word, you come into contact with Jesus himself. You established monasteries that they may become the birthplace of contemplatives, people who in silence utter your name and experience your presence in their hearts. Teach us this kind of prayer, when your presence becomes everything. Enable us to be contemplatives, who put our utter trust in Jesus and who really believe that God's Kingdom is already in our midst. Amen.
PRAYER: Glorious St. Benedict who taught us the way to perfection by the practice of mortification, humility, obedience, prayer, silence, and detachment from the world, I kneel at your feet and humbly beg you to take my present needs under your special protection (here make your request). Recommend it to the Blessed Virgin Mary, and lay it before the throne of Jesus. Cease not to intercede for me until my request is granted. Above all, obtain for me the grace to meet God face to face with you, Mary, and all the angels and saints to praise him through all eternity. O most powerful St. Benedict, do not let me lose my soul, but obtain for me the grace of winning my way to heaven and there worship and enjoy the Most Holy and Adorable Trinity forever and ever. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Intercede for us, O holy father Saint Benedict.
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
LET US PRAY: O God, Who hast called us from the vanity of the world, and Who dost incite us to the reward of a heavenly vocation under the guidance of the holy patriarch and founder, Saint Benedict, inspire and purify our hearts and pour forth on us Thy grace, whereby we may persevere in Thee. Through Jesus Christ, Our Lord. Amen.
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2⃣ NOVENA TO ST. CAMILLUS DE LELLIS (PATRON OF THE SICK, HOSPITALS, AND NURSES)
DAY 5 - JULY 9
Dear St. Camillus, meditating on the words of Jesus (everything you do to the least of my brothers, you do to me), you received from God such great faith that you considered the sick as if they were Jesus Himself. Help me to grow in faith in order to always increase my love of the sick and to be ready to help them like a loving mother cares for her only sick child.
MAKE AN EFFORT TO HAVE MORE FAITH.
(State your intentions here…)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be.
PRAYER OF THE SICK: Lord, I come before You in prayer. I know that You hear me, You know me. I know that I am in You and that Your strength is in me. Look at my body racked with infirmity. You know, Lord, how much it hurts me to suffer. I know that You are not pleased with the suffering of Your children.
Give me, Lord, the strength and courage to overcome moments of desperation and exhaustion. Make me patient and understanding. I offer up my worries, anxiety and suffering to be more worthy of You.
Let me, Lord, unite my sufferings with those of Your Son Jesus who for love of men gave His life on the Cross.
Furthermore, I ask You, Lord: Help doctors and nurses take care of the sick with the same dedication and love that St. Camillus had. Amen.
St. Camillus de Lellis: Pray for us!
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3⃣ NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL
DAY 3 - JULY 9
O Queen of Heaven, you gave us the Scapular as an outward sign by which we might be known as your faithful children. May we always wear it with honor by avoiding sin and imitating your virtues. Help us to be faithful to this desire of ours.
(State your intentions here…)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
PRAYER: Our Lady of Mount Carmel, glorious Queen of Angels, channel of God's tenderest mercy to man, refuge and advocate of sinners, with confidence I prostrate myself before thee, beseeching thee to obtain for me. In return I solemnly promise to have recourse to thee in all my trials, sufferings and temptations, and I shall do all in my power to induce others to love and reverence thee and to invoke thee in all their needs. I thank thee for the numberless blessings which I have received from thy mercy and powerful intercession. Continue to be my shield in danger, my guide in life, and my consolation at the hour of death. Amen.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel: Pray for us!