NOVENA PRAYERS
1⃣ NOVENA TO ST. BLAISE
2⃣ NOVENA TO ST. JOSEPHINE BAKHITA
3⃣ NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF LOURDES
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1⃣ NOVENA TO ST. BLAISE
DAY 9 - FEBRUARY 2
O St. Blaise, Jesus restored your life and you are now in heaven, enjoying the company of the apostles and the saints. You have already seen how powerful God is, a power shown in his love for us. Listen then to our petitions and whisper these to the ears of the Almighty so that he may take them into his consideration and decide favorably for us.
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PRAYER: St. Blaise, gracious benefactor of mankind and faithful servant of God, who for the love of our Savior suffered many tortures with patience and resignation; I invoke your powerful intercession. Preserve me from all evils of body and soul. Because of your special merits, God has given you special graces to help those who suffer from ills of the throat. Relieve and preserve me from them, so that I may always be able to fulfill my duties and with the aid of God's grace, perform good works. I invoke your help as special physician of souls that I may confess my sins sincerely in the holy sacrament of penance and obtain their forgiveness. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
St. Blaise, protect us from all throat ailments.
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2⃣ NOVENA TO ST. JOSEPHINE BAKHITA
DAY 4 - FEBRUARY 2
Dear St. Josephine, even in the terrible suffering of your life, you saw beauty in the world and believed there must be God because of that beauty. May we too have something of your love for beauty and the natural world. We pray especially for..
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PRAYER: Walk with us, St. Josephine Bakhita, at times when we feel unable to forgive others. Help us find our way through the pain we've experienced. Help us open ourselves to transformation. Free us from that which can enslave us. Walk with us into a new place of joy. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
St. Josephine Bakhita, you who lived your daily life with joyful faith, pray for us!
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3⃣ NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF LOURDES
DAY 1 - FEBRUARY 2
O Mary Immaculate, Our Lady of Lourdes, virgin and mother, queen of heaven, chosen from all eternity to be the Mother of the Eternal Word and in virtue of this title preserved from original sin, we kneel before you as did little Bernadette at Lourdes and pray with childlike trust in you that as we contemplate your glorious appearance at Lourdes, you will look with mercy on our present petition and secure for us a favourable answer to the request for which we are making this novena.
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PRAYER: O Brilliant star of purity, Mary Immaculate, Our Lady of Lourdes, glorious in your assumption, triumphant in your coronation, show unto us the mercy of the Mother of God, Virgin Mary, Queen and Mother, be our comfort, hope, strength and consolation. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Our Lady of Lourdes: Pray for us!
St. Bernadette: Pray for us!