NOVENA PRAYERS
1⃣ NOVENA TO ST. PATRICK
2⃣ NOVENA TO ST. JOSEPH
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1⃣ NOVENA TO ST. PATRICK
DAY 8 - MARCH 15
REFLECTION: St. Patrick worked mostly in the western regions of Ireland. It seems obvious that nature in Ireland helped St. Patrick connect with God when, as a young slave, he tended his master's sheep. We too, can draw closer to God through nature, whether we are walking, sailing, gardening, watching birds, tending houseplants or simply relaxing in nature.
PRAYER: God, You have given us a world of great natural wonder and beauty. Too often, God, we have polluted and destroyed our fragile environment. I pray, today, that we will learn to nurture and protect our environment for the enjoyment and use of future generations. I ask You, also, to guide me to make choices that will benefit nature, not harm it.
Our Heavenly Father sent St. Patrick to preach the Gospel and bring the Holy Eucharist to the people of Ireland. By St. Patrick's intercessory prayer and saintly example, may we always enjoy his protection from every evil. May he always lead us to the truth of the Triune God and the human face of Divine Truth, Jesus Christ our Lord. 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.
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2⃣ NOVENA TO ST. JOSEPH
DAY 6 - MARCH 15
PRAYER BEFORE THE NOVENA: Great Saint Joseph, prostrate at thy feet with feelings of unlimited confidence, we beg thee to bless the Novena that I pray in thy honor. I will meditate upon thy virtues; grant that I may learn fully to appreciate them. The knowledge of them will be the source of great confusion for me because of the poverty and destitution of my soul. Great dispenser of the heavenly treasures, assist me in my poverty, help me to display thy virtues in my own soul. "Thou art never invoked in vain," says the seraphic St. Teresa of Jesus; be thou to me what thou hast been to that Spouse of the Sacred Heart of Jesus; graciously hearken to me as thou didst hearken to her. Amen.
SAINT JOSEPH, MODEL OF PATIENCE
Consider how Joseph suffered in his life time. He tasted, indeed, ineffable consolations, but he also endured much suffering. In contrast with the glories of his fallen family, his was a life of labour and self-denial. What did he not have to suffer, especially after the Incarnation of the Son of God? It is verily Joseph who experienced that wherever Jesus enters, He comes with His Cross and His Crown of Thorns.
He suffers in perfect conformity with the Divine Will. Joseph renews his courage in the hope of eternal joys and treasures, in the examples of patience which are given him by Jesus and Mary. Thus, whatever may be his trials, they cannot trouble the peace of his soul.
(State your intentions here…)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
PRAYER: St. Joseph, model of patience, teach me this virtue; which is so necessary in the midst of the sufferings and trials of this sorrowful life. Grant that your example and that of Mary, as well as the hope of celestial joys, may ever renew my courage. Amen.
Glory of home life: Pray for us!
Guardian of virgins: Pray for us!
Pillar of families: Pray for us!