NOVENA PRAYERS
1⃣ NOVENA TO ST. TERESA OF AVILA
2⃣ NOVENA TO ST. MARGARET MARY ALACOQUE
3⃣ NOVENA TO ST. GERARD MAJELLA
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1⃣ NOVENA TO ST. TERESA OF AVILA
DAY 6 - OCTOBER 11
WE ASK CHRIST FOR THE GIFT OF DEVOTION TO HIS MOTHER, THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, AND HIS FOSTER FATHER, SAINT JOSEPH, A DEVOTION WHICH HE GRANTED TO SAINT TERESA.
PRAYER: O most bountiful Lord Jesus Christ! we thank Thee for the gift of devotion towards Thy sweet mother, Mary and her holy spouse, Joseph, which Thou didst grant to Thy beloved Teresa; we pray Thee, by Thy merits, and by those of Thy most dear spouse, to give us the grace of a special and tender devotion towards Thy most holy mother, Mary, and towards Thy beloved foster-father, Joseph. (Note: In the first verse of the prayer, the phrase "Thy most dear spouse" refers to the Church, the Bride of Christ).
(State your intentions here...)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
V. St. Teresa, pray for us.
R. That we may become worthy of the promises of Jesus Christ.
LET US PRAY: Graciously hear us, O God of our salvation! that as we rejoice in the commemoration of the blessed virgin Teresa, so we may be nourished by her heavenly doctrine, and draw from thence the fervor of a tender devotion; through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen.
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2⃣ NOVENA TO ST. MARGARET MARY ALACOQUE
DAY 5 - OCTOBER 11
REFLECTION - I THINK HE INTENDS TO TRY YOU LIKE GOLD IN THE CRUCIBLE, SO AS TO NUMBER YOU AMONGST HIS MOST FAITHFUL SERVANTS. THEREFORE YOU MUST LOVINGLY EMBRACE ALL OCCASIONS OF SUFFERING, CONSIDERING THEM AS PRECIOUS TOKENS OF HIS LOVE. TO SUFFER IN SILENCE AND WITHOUT COMPLAINT IS WHAT HE ASKS OF YOU. - St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
PRAYER: Saint Margaret Mary, thou who wast made a partaker of the divine treasures of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, obtain for us, we beseech thee, from this adorable Heart, the graces we need so sorely.
(State your intentions here...)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
We ask these favors of thee with unbounded confidence. May the divine Heart of Jesus be pleased to bestow them upon us through thy intercession, so that once again He may be loved and glorified through thee. Amen.
V. Pray for us, O St. Margaret Mary
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
LET US PRAY: O Lord Jesus Christ, who didst wondrously open the unsearchable riches of Thy Heart to blessed Margaret Mary, the virgin: grant unto us, by her merits and our imitation of her, that we may love Thee in all things and above all things, and may be worthy to have our everlasting dwelling in the same Sacred Heart who livest and reignest, world without end. Amen.
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3⃣ NOVENA TO ST. GERARD MAJELLA
DAY 5 - OCTOBER 11
Saint Gerard, model of holy obedience, who through your life did heroically submit your judgment to those who represent Jesus Christ to you, therefore sanctifying your lowliest actions, obtain for me from God cheerful submission to His Holy Will and the virtue of perfect obedience, that I may be made conformable to Jesus, my Model, who was obedient even to death.
(State your intentions here...)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
V. Pray for us, O Saint Gerard
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
LET US PRAY: Almighty and Everlasting God, who did draw to Yourself Saint Gerard, even from his tenderest years, making him conformable to the Image of Your Crucified Son, grant we beseech You, that imitating his example, we may be made like unto the same Divine Image, through Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen.