NOVENA PRAYERS
1⃣ NOVENA TO ST. THOMAS THE APOSTLE
2⃣ NOVENA TO ST. MARIA GORETTI
3⃣ NOVENA TO ST. BENEDICT
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1⃣ NOVENA TO ST. THOMAS THE APOSTLE
DAY 9 - JULY 2
REFLECTION: LIKE THOMAS, WE ARE CALLED TO RADICAL DISCIPLESHIP.
Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give in return for his life? For the Son of man is to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay every man for what he has done. (Matthew 16:24‐27)
Lord Jesus, you call me to take up my cross and follow you.
Lord Jesus, is there truly more joy in the way of the cross than the way of the world?
(State your intentions here...)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
St. Thomas the Apostle: Pray for us!
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2⃣ NOVENA TO ST. MARIA GORETTI
DAY 6 - JULY 2
O St. Maria Goretti, beautiful model of living a holy, everyday life, pray for me.
I often feel as though my life must be extraordinary if I am to be a saint, but you show me another way. You show me that I can be a saint if I love our Lord with all my heart, and if I serve my family and put them before me.
Please pray that I may be selfless as you were, and that I can learn to deny my own desires so that I can fulfill our Lord's will. Amen.
Please also pray for (state your intentions here…)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
St. Maria Goretti: Pray for us!
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3⃣ NOVENA TO ST. BENEDICT
DAY 1 - JULY 2St. Benedict, you spent your early days studying to be someone in the world, but all these you left behind, inspired by the Holy Spirit, to seek solitude in the mountains of Subiaco, Italy. You lived in a cave and survived by eating root crops and other food available in those mountains. You searched for God and God also found you. Inspire us, dear saint, to understand that God is within us and we can encounter him in the silence of our hearts. Make us aware that the noise within us keeps us away from God—the noise of our ambitions, love for money, and honor. Wherever we are we can silence this noise, by God's grace. Help us, dear saint, to obtain silence within us. Amen.
PRAYER: Glorious St. Benedict who taught us the way to perfection by the practice of mortification, humility, obedience, prayer, silence, and detachment from the world, I kneel at your feet and humbly beg you to take my present needs under your special protection (here make your request). Recommend it to the Blessed Virgin Mary, and lay it before the throne of Jesus. Cease not to intercede for me until my request is granted. Above all, obtain for me the grace to meet God face to face with you, Mary, and all the angels and saints to praise him through all eternity. O most powerful St. Benedict, do not let me lose my soul, but obtain for me the grace of winning my way to heaven and there worship and enjoy the Most Holy and Adorable Trinity forever and ever. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Intercede for us, O holy father Saint Benedict.
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
LET US PRAY: O God, Who hast called us from the vanity of the world, and Who dost incite us to the reward of a heavenly vocation under the guidance of the holy patriarch and founder, Saint Benedict, inspire and purify our hearts and pour forth on us Thy grace, whereby we may persevere in Thee. Through Jesus Christ, Our Lord. Amen.