NOVENA PRAYERS
1⃣ DIVINE MERCY NOVENA
2⃣ ANNUNCIATION NOVENA
3⃣ NOVENA TO ST. GEMMA GALGANI
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1⃣ DIVINE MERCY NOVENA
DAY 9 - APRIL 6
INTENTION
Today bring to Me SOULS WHO HAVE BECOME LUKEWARM, and immerse them in the abyss of My mercy. These souls wound My Heart most painfully. My soul suffered the most dreadful loathing in the Garden of Olives because of lukewarm souls. They were the reason I cried out: ‘Father, take this cup away from Me, if it be Your will.' For them, the last hope of salvation is to run to My mercy.
NOVENA PRAYERS
Most compassionate Jesus, You are Compassion Itself. I bring lukewarm souls into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart. In this fire of Your pure love, let these tepid souls, who, like corpses, filled You with such deep loathing, be once again set aflame. O Most Compassionate Jesus, exercise the omnipotence of Your mercy and draw them into the very ardor of Your love, and bestow upon them the gift of holy love, for nothing is beyond Your power.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon lukewarm souls who are nonetheless enfolded in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. Father of Mercy, I beg You by the bitter Passion of Your Son and by His three-hour agony on the Cross: Let them, too, glorify the abyss of Your mercy. Amen.
Pray the "DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET".
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2⃣ ANNUNCIATION NOVENA
DAY 8 - APRIL 6
DEVOTION AND SPIRIT OF ASSOCIATES
First of all, a profound devotion to the Holy Trinity and an ardent zeal that the Holy Spirit may become more known and loved. Devotion to all the mysteries of our Lord, especially the Incarnation, for from out of this flow all other mysteries, the privileges and beatitudes of the Blessed Virgin, and man's salvation. Devotion to the Blessed Mother, St. Joseph, the Angel Gabriel, the friends of the Holy Family, and all the holy souls associated with our Blessed Lord, the Angels, St. John the Baptist, and the Apostles....for the Church and for sinners-- particularly the impenitent dying, and they find success and strength in daily communion and prayer to the Holy Spirit, realizing that as St. John says, "Without me you can do nothing" (Jn 15: 5).
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 5 - APRIL 6
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.
Oh glorious St. Gemma, for years you greatly desired to enter the consecrated religious life, but God desired otherwise, telling you after many years that it was not to be, and thereby causing you such great disappointment. Yet, you accepted this great sacrifice and resigned yourself to the will of God. Teach us then, dear St. Gemma, to accept the sacrifices and sufferings that God permits in our lives, especially those that are very much against our own will and desires.
(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!