NOVENA PRAYERS
1⃣ NOVENA TO ST. JOSEPHINE BAKHITA
2⃣ NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF LOURDES
3⃣ NOVENA IN HONOUR OF THE MOST HOLY FACE OF JESUS
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1⃣ NOVENA TO ST. JOSEPHINE BAKHITA
DAY 8 - FEBRUARY 6
Dear St Josephine, in your last painful illness you relived your slavery, begging the nurse to loosen your chains. We pray for all those who are weighed down by pain, and we ask that we too may enter the sufferings of our lives in faith and knowledge that God has not abandoned us. We pray especially for..
(State your intentions here…)
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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2⃣ NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF LOURDES
DAY 5 - FEBRUARY 6
O Mary Immaculate, Mother of God and our mother, from the heights of your dignity look down mercifully upon us while we, full of confidence in your unbounded goodness and confident that your Divine Son will look favorably upon any request you make of Him in our behalf, we beseech you to come to our aid and secure for us the favour we seek in this novena.
(State your intentions here…)
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!
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3⃣ NOVENA IN HONOUR OF THE MOST HOLY FACE OF JESUS
DAY 3 - FEBRUARY 6
"All those who, attracted by my love, and venerating my countenance, shall receive, by virtue of my humanity, a brilliant and vivid impression of my divinity. This splendor shall enlighten the depths of their souls, so that in eternal glory the celestial court shall marvel at the marked likeness of their features with my divine countenance." (Our Lord Jesus Christ to St. Gertrude).
THE HOLY FACE OF JESUS
"I firmly wish that my face reflecting the intimate pains of my soul, the suffering and love of my heart, be more honoured! Whoever gazes upon me already consoles me." (Our Lord Jesus Christ to Sister Pierina)
DAILY PREPARATORY PRAYER: O Most Holy and Blessed Trinity, through the intercession of Holy Mary, whose soul was pierced through by a sword of sorrow at the sight of the passion of her Divine Son, we ask your help in making a perfect Novena of reparation with Jesus, united with all His sorrows, love and total abandonment. We now implore all the Angels and Saints to intercede for us as we pray this Holy Novena to the Most Holy Face of Jesus and for the glory of the most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.
PSALM 50 (51): 6B-7
You are just when you pass sentence on me,
blameless when you give judgment.
You know I was born guilty,
a sinner from the moment of conception.
PRAYER OF POPE PIUS IX: Jesus! Cast upon us a look of mercy: turn your Face towards each of us as you did to Veronica; not that we may see it with our bodily eyes, for this we do not deserve, but turn it towards our hearts, so that, remembering you, we may ever draw from this fountain of strength the vigour necessary to sustain the combats of life. Amen.
Mary, our Mother, and Saint Joseph, pray for us.
Through the merits of your precious blood and your Holy Face, O Jesus, grant us our petition... Pardon and Mercy.
PRAYER OF SAINT FRANCIS: All highest, glorious God, cast your light into the darkness of our hearts, give us true faith, firm hope, perfect charity and profound humility, so that with wisdom, courage and perception, O Lord, we may do what is truly your holy will. Amen.
TO THE ANGELS AND SAINTS: We salute you, through the Holy Face and Sacred Heart of Jesus, O all you Holy Angels and Saints of God. We rejoice in your glory, and we give thanks to our Lord for all the benefits which He has showered upon you; we praise Him, and glorify Him, and for an increase of your joy and honour, we offer Him the most Holy Face and gentle Heart of Jesus. Pray that we may become formed according to the heart of God. Amen.
Our Father, 3 Hail Mary's, Glory Be...
O Bleeding Face, O Face Divine, be every adoration Thine. (Three times)