NOVENA PRAYERS

NOVENA TO ST. PATRICK

DAY 1 - MARCH 8

REFLECTION: St. Patrick used a shamrock to explain the mystery of the Trinity to the people of Ireland. While, even today, the shamrock is a helpful teaching tool, it remains impossible for us to understand the mystery of three distinct persons in one God. Yet we are able to embrace this tenet of Christianity because we have been given the gift of faith.

PRAYER: I believe in You, God, my Creator and the Creator of all things in the universe. I believe in You, Jesus, my Brother and my Friend. You are indeed, the Son of God, who came to live among us and to redeem us through Your suffering, death and Resurrection. I believe in You, Holy Spirit, my constant companion. You live within my heart as a source of guidance, strength and comfort. You are three persons in one God. I adore You and give myself to You. 

Our Heavenly Father sent St. Patrick to preach the Gospel and bring the Holy Eucharist to the people of Ireland. By his intercessory prayer and saintly example, may we always enjoy St. Patrick's protection from every evil. May he always lead us to the truth of the Triune God and the human face of divine Truth, His Son Jesus Christ. Amen.

(State your intentions here…)

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...

O Glorious Saint Patrick, pray for us and seek my intention through this Novena but may “God's will be done on earth as it is in heaven”.

V. Pray for us, O glorious St. Patrick

R. And obtain for us the intention of this Novena.

LET US PRAY: O God, Who didst send Thy blessed servant St. Patrick to instruct and save Thy people, and didst infuse into his heart so great a share of Thine own tenderness, charity, and zeal, listen, we beseech Thee, to the prayers which we now offer up in union with the prayers of this glorious patron and father in heaven, and grant us, through his intercession, the intentions of this Novena, and the grace rather to die than to offend thee. Amen.