NOVENA PRAYERS
1⃣ NOVENA TO ST. SEBASTIAN
2⃣ NOVENA TO ST. VINCENT PALLOTTI
3⃣ NOVENA TO ST. FRANCIS DE SALES
4⃣ NOVENA IN PREPARATION FOR THE FEAST OF THE CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL
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1⃣ NOVENA TO ST. SEBASTIAN
DAY 7 - JANUARY 17
THE GREATNESS AND BEAUTY OF A LIFE BY FAITH
Holy Patron, St. Sebastian, for centuries thou livest with Christ in heavenly bliss and yet it is like starting only life in heaven. I rejoice in Thy unending glory and happiness. Compassionately look down upon me, thy miserable client, who must pass thru the excruciating years of trial in a world of temptations and allurements. When I look back upon my life I am confused by the many infidelities, my frequent failures, my breaking of baptismal vows and shameless forsaking of Christ, my Saviour. Holy Martyr, obtain pardon for my sins against my Christian vocation; for having lived carelessly, neglectfully even in my most essential obligations; having denied Christ to live in me, refused to be crucified with Him. Save me, good St. Sebastian from eternal death in hell and by Thy powerful intercession help me so to order my life that I may be found worthy of sharing with thee the unending joys of heaven.
(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 5 - JANUARY 17
FOR TEMPORAL NEEDS
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 seeking your protection. 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 impart your healing touch to the sick, to console the broken hearted and provide for the hungry and the destitute. Give us grace to spend ourselves in the service of our needy brethren and bring your good news to the poor and the outcast. 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!
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3⃣ NOVENA TO ST. FRANCIS DE SALES
DAY 3 - JANUARY 17
I desire very little, and what I do desire I desire very little; I have hardly any desires, but if I were to begin my life all over again I would want to have none at all … Ask for nothing, refuse nothing; we must simply abandon ourselves into the hands of Providence, without nourishing any other desire but to do whatever God wills. St. Paul practiced this act of absolute abandonment at the very moment of his conversion. When he was deprived of his sight, he immediately said, “Lord, what do you want me to do?” [cf. Act 22:10] From that moment on he put himself completely at God's disposal. All our perfection consists precisely in the practical application of this principle.
PRAYER: O Blessed Francis, who in your life did excel in all virtues, especially in your love of God and of your neighbour, I earnestly ask you to take me under your immediate protection, to obtain from God my perfect conversion, and that of all sinners. Teach me, O Father, to fix my eyes on heaven, that I may generously trample under foot every obstacle that presents itself in my way, and attain that degree of glory which you in your mercy hold out to me. Obtain also the favour for which I now pray…
(State your intentions here…)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Assist us O Lord, we beseech you, through the merits of St. Francis de Sales that, what our endeavours cannot obtain may be given to us by his intercession. Amen.
St. Francis de Sales: Pray for us!
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4⃣ NOVENA IN PREPARATION FOR THE FEAST OF THE CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL
DAY 2 - JANUARY 17
Saul of Tarsus, the “Pharisee, a son of Pharisees” (Acts 23:6) had often prayed in the Psalms “You have said, ‘seek my face.' My heart says to you, ‘Your face, Lord, do I seek'…Bow your heavens, O Lord and come down!….Flash forth the lightening …Stretch forth your hand from on high, rescue me and deliver me.” (Ps 27:8-9; 144:5,6,7). And that is EXACTLY what happened when Saul encountered Christ on the road to Damascus!
PRAYER: Glorious St. Paul, your conversion is a powerful witness to the world that God loves us and does not give up on us, no matter how far we stray. May every circumstance of my life be an occasion to change my way of thinking, to renounce self-will and to surrender myself to the wisdom and tenderness of Jesus Christ who is acting to make me His saint. Pray that I may love God's will and providence for me. In this confidence, I entrust to you, St. Paul, these, my intentions…
(State your intentions here…)
I ask this through Christ, Our Lord. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
St. Paul: Pray for us!