NOVENA PRAYERS
1⃣ DIVINE MERCY NOVENA
2⃣ NOVENA TO ST. VINCENT FERRER
3⃣ ANNUNCIATION NOVENA
4⃣ NOVENA TO ST. GEMMA GALGANI
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1⃣ DIVINE MERCY NOVENA
DAY 6 - APRIL 3
INTENTION
Today bring to Me THE MEEK AND HUMBLE SOULS AND THE SOULS OF LITTLE CHILDREN, and immerse them in My mercy. These souls most closely resemble My Heart. They strengthened Me during My bitter agony. I saw them as earthly Angels, who will keep vigil at My altars. I pour out upon them whole torrents of grace. Only the humble soul is capable of receiving My grace. I favor humble souls with My confidence.
NOVENA PRAYERS
Most Merciful Jesus, You yourself have said, “Learn from Me for I am meek and humble of heart.” Receive into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart all meek and humble souls and the souls of little children. These souls send all heaven into ecstasy and they are the heavenly Father's favorites. They are a sweet-smelling bouquet before the throne of God; God Himself takes delight in their fragrance. These souls have a permanent abode in Your Most Compassionate Heart, O Jesus, and they unceasingly sing out a hymn of love and mercy.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon meek souls, upon humble souls, and upon little children who are enfolded in the abode which is the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. These souls bear the closest resemblance to Your Son. Their fragrance rises from the earth and reaches Your very throne. Father of mercy and of all goodness, I beg You by the love You bear these souls and by the delight You take in them: Bless the whole world, that all souls together may sing out the praises of Your mercy for endless ages. Amen.
Pray the "DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET".
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2⃣ NOVENA TO ST. VINCENT FERRER
DAY 8 - APRIL 3
FOR PURITY
O St. Vincent Ferrer, a witness of your life made this magnificent praise of you: “We would have taken him for an angel in a mortal body.” Such praise manifests the edification you exude to others with the modesty and the exquisite purity radiating from your body. With such charm and with such enthusiasm, you preached to others about these beautiful virtues, which you said resembled the perfume of a blooming vineyard. I beg you to join your entreaties to those of Mary Immaculate in order that I may be guarded always, and carry the purity of heart as God requests of me to have. You, who have directed so many souls towards the heights of virtues, defend me in times of temptations and obtain for me the strength to conquer them. Holy priest of St. Dominic, I have confidence in your intercession. Pray for me during this novena especially for..
(State your intentions here…)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
PRAYER: O my protector, St. Vincent Ferrer, as the eternal God has deposited in you an inexhaustible treasure of grace and of supernatural virtues, hear my earnest petition, and help me with your intercession, more powerful now even than when you were on earth. Hence with blind confidence do I cast myself at your feet, there to place my requests for all those in whom I am concerned but more particularly for (special favour). O glorious saint, let not my confidence in you be deceived. Present for me, to the Divine Majesty, your suppliant prayers and watch over my soul. Should sorrow and trials increase, so also will my rejoicing increase, and may my patience grow with each day, that I may thus save my soul. Amen.
St. Vincent Ferrer: Pray for us!
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3⃣ ANNUNCIATION NOVENA
DAY 5 - APRIL 3
THE BLESSED VIRGIN
After the Divine Child Jesus, none is so great nor holy, nor so efficiently predestinated as Mary. We owe her homage and love through her singular and august position. Those who have a special function in the service of God are ordained to it and prepared for it. Our Lord was the first, and He "was predestinated the Son of God in power" (Rom 1:4). Next, standing out beyond all the rest of humanity in order of God's predestination, is the Blessed Virgin. She is predestinated in the predestination of her Divine Jesus. She was saved by the redemption as we are, but in another way, by prevention and not by cure. She came into life without sin, adorned with sanctifying grace, living with the supernal life, possessing God with her. This is her Immaculate Conception.
PRAYER: I greet you, Ever-blessed Virgin, Mother of God, Throne of Grace, miracle of Almighty Power! I greet you, Sanctuary of the Most Holy Trinity and Queen of the Universe, Mother of Mercy and refuge of sinners!
Most loving Mother, attracted by your beauty and sweetness, and by your tender compassion, I confidently turn to you, miserable as I am, and beg of you to obtain for me from your dear Son the favour I request in this novena.
(State your intentions here…)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Obtain for me also, Queen of heaven, the most lively contrition for my many sins and the grace to imitate closely those virtues which you practiced so faithfully, especially humility, purity and obedience. Above all, I beg you to be my Mother and Protectress, to receive me into the number of your devoted children, and to guide me from your high throne of glory.
Do not reject my petitions, Mother of Mercy! Have pity on me, and do not abandon me during life or at the moment of my death. Amen.
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4⃣ NOVENA TO ST. GEMMA GALGANI
DAY 2 - APRIL 3
Oh most Divine Lord, we humbly prostrate ourselves before Thy Infinite Majesty, and we adore Thee and dedicate to Thy glory the devout prayers which we now present to Thee, as an act of devotion to your servant, St. Gemma Galgani, whose intercession we are now imploring.
O worthy Spouse of the Lamb of God and faithful virgin St. Gemma, you preserved the innocence and splendor of virginity, giving to the world a bright example of purity and the most exalted virtues. Look down with pity from thy high place in heaven upon us who confide in thee, as we implore thee for the favor we so ardently desire..
(State your intentions here…)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
PRAYER: O God, Who fashioned thy servant Saint Gemma into a likeness of Thy Crucified Son, grant us through her intercession the favor that we humbly request, and through the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Thy Son, may we be united with You for all eternity. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
St. Gemma Galgani: Pray for us!