NOVENA PRAYERS
1⃣ NOVENA TO ST. PADRE PIO
2⃣ NOVENA TO ST. VINCENT DE PAUL
3⃣ NOVENA TO MARY UNDOER OF KNOTS
4⃣ NOVENA TO ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL
5⃣ NOVENA TO ST. THÉRÈSE OF THE CHILD JESUS AND OF THE HOLY FACE
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1⃣ NOVENA TO ST. PADRE PIO
DAY 9 - SEPTEMBER 22
Oh most loving Saint Padre Pio, you were very devout in the service of God, always encouraging others to obey God's laws and the teachings of the Catholic Church. Obtain for us, we beg you, not only the grace that we are asking, if it would be God's will (mention your request) but most importantly obtain for us the conversion and salvation of our souls, so that someday we may be united with Jesus, Mary and you for all eternity. Finally, help us to accept God's will in all things, even if it runs contrary to our own likes or desires.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
PRAYER: Oh most Holy God, we humbly prostrate ourselves before Thy Infinite Majesty, and we adore Thee and dedicate to Thy glory the devout prayers which we now present to Thee, as an act of devotion to your servant, St. Padre Pio, whose intercession we are now imploring.
May God hear and answer our prayer according to His holy will and for His greater glory. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
St. Padre Pio: Pray for us!
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2⃣ NOVENA TO ST. VINCENT DE PAUL
DAY 5 - SEPTEMBER 22
DETACHMENT - REFLECTION
“You have to be ready to go wherever you are told to go...saying, ‘I belong neither here nor there but wherever God wants me to be.ʼ You are chosen to be at the disposition of Divine Providence.” (St. Vincent, 31 July 1634, IX, Conference 1)
PRAYER: St. Vincent, man of great detachment, be with us as we stand in wonder at the depth and beauty of God's presence within us.
(State your intentions here...)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Bless us as we attune ourselves to God's call which often beckons us to remote corners of need and deprivation. Amen.
St. Vincent De Paul: Pray for us!
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3⃣ NOVENA TO MARY UNDOER OF KNOTS
DAY 4 - SEPTEMBER 22
Dearest Holy Mother, you are generous with all who seek you, have mercy on me. I entrust into your hands this knot (mention your petition here...) which robs the peace of my heart, paralyzes my soul and keeps me from going to my Lord and serving Him with my life.
Virgin Mary, Mother of fair love, Mother who never refuses to come to the aid of a child in need, Mother whose hands never cease to serve your beloved children because they are moved by the divine love and immense mercy that exist in your heart, cast your compassionate eyes upon me and see the snarl of knots that exists in my life. You know very well how desperate I am, my pain, and how I am bound by these knots. Mary, Mother to whom God entrusted the undoing of the knots in the lives of his children, I entrust into your hands the ribbon of my life. No one, not even the evil one himself, can take it away from your precious care. In your hands there is no knot that cannot be undone. Powerful Mother, by your grace and intercessory power with Your Son and My Liberator, Jesus, take into your hands today this knot.
(Mention your petition here...)
I beg you to undo it for the glory of God, once for all. You are my hope.
O my Lady, you are the only consolation God gives me, the fortification of my feeble strength, the enrichment of my destitution, and, with Christ, the freedom from my chains. Hear my plea. Keep me, guide me, protect me, o safe refuge! Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Mary, Undoer of Knots: Pray for me!
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4⃣ NOVENA TO ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL
DAY 3 - SEPTEMBER 22
OPENING PRAYER: St. Michael the Archangel, we honor you as a powerful protector of the Church and guardian of our souls. Inspire us with your humility, courage and strength that we may reject sin and perfect our love for our Heavenly Father.
In your strength and humility, slay the evil and pride in our hearts so that nothing will keep us from God.
St. Michael the Archangel, pray that we may be protected from the snares of the devil, that we may avoid all occasions of sin.
CLOSING PRAYER: St. Michael the Archangel, you are the prince of angels but in your humility, you recognized that God is God and you are but His servant. Unlike Satan, you were not overcome with pride but were steadfast in humility. Pray that we will have this same humility.
It is in the spirit of that humility that we ask for your intercession for our petitions…
(State your intentions here...)
“Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly host, by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.” Amen.
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5⃣ NOVENA TO ST. THÉRÈSE OF THE CHILD JESUS AND OF THE HOLY FACE
DAY 1 - SEPTEMBER 22
O Thérèse of the Child Jesus, well beloved and full of charity, in union with you, I reverently adore the majesty of God, and since I rejoice with exceeding joy in the singular gifts of grace bestowed upon you during your life, and your gifts of glory after death, I give Him deepest thanks for them, I beseech you with all my heart's devotion to be pleased to obtain for me. But if what I ask of you so earnestly does not tend to the glory of God and the greater good of my soul, do you, I pray, obtain for me that which is more profitable to both these ends.
(State your intentions here...)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
PRAYER: O St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus, who during your short life on earth became a mirror of angelic purity, of love strong as death, and of wholehearted abandonment to God, now that you rejoice in the reward of your virtues, cast a glance of pity on me as I leave all things in your hands. Make my troubles your own, speak a word for me to Our Lady Immaculate, whose flower of special love you were -- to that Queen of Heaven “who smiled on you at the dawn of life.” Beg her powerful intercession the grace I yearn for so ardently at this moment...and that she join with it a blessing that may strengthen me during life, defend me at the hour of death, and lead me straight on to a happy eternity.
O God, who did inflame with the Spirit of Love, the soul of your servant Thérèse of the Child Jesus, grant that we also may love you and make you much loved. Amen.
St. Therese of the Child Jesus: Pray for us!