NOVENA PRAYERS
1⃣ DIVINE MERCY NOVENA
2⃣ ANNUNCIATION NOVENA
3⃣ NOVENA TO ST. GEMMA GALGANI
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1⃣ DIVINE MERCY NOVENA
DAY 8 - APRIL 5
INTENTION
Today bring to Me THE SOULS WHO ARE DETAINED IN PURGATORY, and immerse them in the abyss of My mercy. Let the torrents of My Blood cool down their scorching flames. All these souls are greatly loved by Me. They are making retribution to My justice. It is in your power to bring them relief. Draw all the indulgences from the treasury of My Church and offer them on their behalf. Oh, if you only knew the torments they suffer, you would continually offer for them the alms of the spirit and pay off their debt to My justice.
NOVENA PRAYERS
Most Merciful Jesus, You Yourself have said that You desire mercy; so I bring into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart the souls in Purgatory, souls who are very dear to You, and yet, who must make retribution to Your justice. May the streams of Blood and Water which gushed forth from Your Heart put out the flames of Purgatory, that there, too, the power of Your mercy may be celebrated.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the souls suffering in Purgatory, who are enfolded in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. I beg You, by the sorrowful Passion of Jesus Your Son, and by all the bitterness with which His most sacred Soul was flooded: Manifest Your mercy to the souls who are under Your just scrutiny. Look upon them in no other way but only through the Wounds of Jesus, Your dearly beloved Son; for we firmly believe that there is no limit to Your goodness and compassion. Amen.
Pray the "DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET".
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2⃣ ANNUNCIATION NOVENA
DAY 7 - APRIL 5
ASSOCIATES OF THE MISSIONARY CENACLE
This day of the Annunciation is one of the greatest feasts. Its mystery and those connected with it are the subjects of our meditation and constant prayer. Make known in love and reverence its meaning and the wonderful grace it brings to poor fallen humanity. We cherish the Angel Gabriel in love and strive that he may be honoured the more, and honour him for his splendid success, The great grace that God is giving us leads us servants of the Most Blessed Trinity into the very family of the Incarnation. We should be very grateful for the grace that God gives us by drawing and inspiring us with a special love. He demands our service in the battle between good and evil.
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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3⃣ NOVENA TO ST. GEMMA GALGANI
DAY 4 - APRIL 5
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.
Blessed St. Gemma, you who by the will of God suffered the loss of both of your parents at a young age, and who also suffered countless pains in body and spirit, teach us how to sacrifice and to suffer out of love for God, that we too may expiate our sins here on earth, and thereby become more worthy of the infinite treasure of being united with God in heaven.
(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!