NOVENA PRAYERS
1⃣ NOVENA IN HONOUR OF THE NATIVITY OF OUR LADY (BIRTH)
2⃣ NOVENA IN HONOUR OF OUR LADY OF VELANKANNI (GOOD HEALTH)
3⃣ NOVENA TO ST. NICHOLAS OF TOLENTINO
4⃣ NOVENA IN HONOUR OF THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS
5⃣ NOVENA IN HONOUR OF OUR LADY OF SORROWS
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1⃣ NOVENA IN HONOUR OF THE NATIVITY OF OUR LADY (BIRTH)
DAY 9 - SEPTEMBER 7
Mother Mary, you pray for me as your child. Thank you for welcoming me into the Holy Family. Pray for me today that the feast of your birth may give great joy to my soul that I may increase my devotion to the Holy Family.
Dearest Mother, please pray for me and for these my intentions…
(State your intentions here...)
Pray the three Hail Marys...
V: Pray for us O Holy Mother of God!
R: That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
LET US PRAY: Grant to us your servants, we beseech you, O Lord, the gift of Your heavenly grace, that as our salvation was begun in the child-bearing of the Blessed Virgin, so from this solemn festival of her Nativity may we obtain an increase of peace. Through Our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
Our Lady of Nativity: Pray for us!
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2⃣ NOVENA IN HONOUR OF OUR LADY OF VELANKANNI (GOOD HEALTH)
DAY 9 - SEPTEMBER 7
Our Mother of Health Velankanni, we proclaim your glory and call the whole creation with all the creatures to join in our song of rejoicing. All God's creatures and creation bless and praise our Mother of Health, our Heavenly Queen. Angels of God bless and praise our Lady of Health, the Queen of all Angels. All that are above, praise the Queen of all things. All saints in heaven, bless and praise Our Lady of Health. Sun and moon, praise our Heavenly Queen; stars that shine above, praise our Mother of Health, rain and snow, praise our Heavenly Queen, heat and cold, praise our Lady of Health; mountains and valleys, praise our Heavenly Queen; light and darkness, praise our Mother of Health, clouds and lightning, praise our Heavenly Queen. All plants and trees that grow on earth praise our Mother of Health. Storms, springs and rivers, praise our Heavenly Queen; sea and all that live therein praise our Mother of Health. Birds and all animals on the earth praise our heavenly Queen. Accept our praises and those of the whole creation; we pray to you Our Mother of Health, to bless us all with health of soul and body. Obtain all graces we need to be holy and make us pleasing children in the presence of God. May God's reign come on earth and may His Holy name be praised by all men through you, Holy Mother.
(State your intentions here...)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be...
I desire by this novena, which I now offer in your honour, to prove the lively confidence I have in your intercession. Accept it, I beseech you, in honour of that supernatural love and joy, with which your Immaculate Heart was replenished during the abode of your divine Son in your womb, in veneration of which, I offer you the sentiments of my heart. Amen.
Our Lady of Velankanni: Pray for us!
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3⃣ NOVENA TO ST. NICHOLAS OF TOLENTINO
DAY 7 - SEPTEMBER 7
O blessed Mother of our Redeemer, remember that dark hour beneath the Cross when the dying lips of Jesus consecrated human souls to thy motherly love, and through the tender commiseration enkindled within thy heart at that moment, bear to the Eternal Throne the supplications which we offer for thy suffering children in purgatory. In humility we lift our mind to thy Divine Son. We see Him through the eyes of faith in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, or abiding in the hallowed shelter of the tabernacle, and we remember, dear Mother, that thine own pure heart was the first altar upon which he reposed here on earth.
O, that we could bring into His presence, a faith and love like thine. Help us, dear Mother, supplement our weak efforts, give thy powerful aid to our supplications for the release of the suffering souls in purgatory. Through the merits of the Cross and the Blessed Sacrament, through thine own great pity for the souls of all thy children, through thine own love, and the love of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino for Jesus abiding in the adorable Sacrament of the altar, we pray for the release of the souls in purgatory this day.
(State your intentions here...)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be…
PRAYER: Grant, we beseech Thee, O Almighty God, that Thy Church, which is made illustrious with the glory of the prodigies and miracles of Saint Nicholas, Thy Blessed confessor, may, by his merits and intercession enjoy perpetual unity and peace. Amen.
Eternal Rest grant unto them O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls rest in peace. Amen.
St. Nicholas, Patron of the Holy Souls: Pray for us!
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4⃣ NOVENA IN HONOUR OF THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS
DAY 3 - SEPTEMBER 7
HELP US TO BEAR THE PAIN OF EVERYDAY LIFE. INSPIRE US TO NOT RUN AWAY FROM PAIN AND SUFFERING, BUT TO ACCEPT AND LIVE YOUR CROSS AS PROOF OF OUR LOVE FOR YOU.
PRAYER: Dear Jesus, your love for your Father and for the whole world brought you to the cross. Gazing upon the cross helps us to remember your bitter Passion and we thank you for your great sacrifice.
Lord Jesus, in remembrance of your sorrowful Passion and Death, please look down upon us and grant the petition we ask for…
(State your intentions here...)
O Jesus, your cross is life-giving! Your death and resurrection brought us salvation. Send us the Holy Spirit while we praise You and meditate on the meaning of your death. Through the Holy Spirit, open our hearts so that we may be able to know that without sacrifice, we can never be your disciples. Through Your Holy Cross, save us. Amen.
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5⃣ NOVENA IN HONOUR OF OUR LADY OF SORROWS
DAY 2 - SEPTEMBER 7
PRAY FOR MOTHERS WHO WILL GIVE BIRTH TODAY
'At first I was scared,' Sarah told me. 'I was scared, excited and filled with the most incredible expectation. It was like those words we hear at Mass: we wait in joyful hope. I thought of all those women who feel the first kick, the stirrings of life deep within them. I prayed for them, that they would love their child, cherish their little baby and know that in being a mother, they are involved in something so much bigger than themselves. They have been chosen by God to be custodians of the mystery of life. At first I was scared, and then I just cried ... with joy.'
(State your intentions here...)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be...
PRAYER: O Mary, sorrowful Mother of the Lord, you have given us a wonderful example of love and strength near the cross. Teach us to love and be generously present to all who suffer. Grant that we may receive you in our home like a mother and learn through your example a new way of accepting the inevitable sufferings of life. Amen.
Our Lady of Sorrows: Pray for us!