NOVENA PRAYERS

1⃣ NOVENA TO ST. SEBASTIAN

2⃣ NOVENA TO ST. VINCENT PALLOTTI
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1⃣ NOVENA TO ST. SEBASTIAN

DAY 4 - JANUARY 14

FAITH MEANS TO SUFFER FOR CHRIST

Holy Martyr, St. Sebastian, great was thy love of Christ, when for His sake thou wouldst suffer and die. Obtain for me from Jesus, our Divine Victim Who offered His body an oblation for the salvation of our souls, pardon for my cowardice in the past, especially for the traitorous action of loving the world and running after its vile pleasures. May I also in all truthfulness be able to say with St. Paul: “I live; now not I, but Christ lives in me;” Christ poor and despised, Christ hated and persecuted, Christ suffering and crucified, may He live in me henceforth, as He has lived in thee, His holy Martyr.

(State your intentions here…)

PRAYER: My Lord and Savior Jesus Christ see me humbly prostrate before Thee to implore Thy mercy. I am a wretched sinner who has lived hitherto in ease and wanton negligence of my Christian duties. How dangerously close have I been in the past to becoming a traitor to Thee! Pardon me, good and merciful Jesus. I will change my life: with ardent love I will adhere to Thee in future and prove myself worthy of being Thy disciple and follower of St. Sebastian. Amen.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...

St. Sebastian: Pray for us!
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2⃣ NOVENA TO ST. VINCENT PALLOTTI

DAY 2 - JANUARY 14

FOR PRIESTS AND RELIGIOUS

Almighty and ever living God, you glorified Vincent Pallotti and made him a powerful intercessor in heaven. We come before you with our petitions and place before you all our needs and cares. We declare our readiness to accept whatever you send us. Trusting in your divine providence, we cast ourselves like Vincent Pallotti in your loving arms. O God of all consolations, have compassion on all those who suffer and are in need. We beg you today through the intercession of St. Vincent Pallotti, to bless all the priests and religious with apostolic zeal, joy and contentment in their vocation and success in their endeavours. Make them shining models of holiness and virtues. Convert them into powerful instruments in your hands to bring many souls to salvation. Above all we place before you this our special need...

(State your intentions here…)

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...

O glorious St. Vincent, intercede for us before the Lord and obtain for us all the graces we ask for. Merciful Father, St. Vincent glorified you before men while here on earth. Now glorify him, by answering his prayers on our behalf. We make this prayer through Christ Our Lord. Amen.

St. Vincent Pallotti: Pray for us!