Manifold are the
sufferings, which those blessed souls must endure, but the greatest of all is
the reflection that their sins in life are the cause of their present torments.
(Say the Our
Father, Hail Mary, and the Prayer to Our Suffering Savior for the Holy Souls in
Purgatory each day.)
The second pain
which causes these holy souls much suffering, is the time lost in life, when
they might have gained merits for Heaven; and the thought that they are unable
to repair this loss, because the time of life and merit is passed
(Say the Our
Father, Hail Mary, and the Prayer to Our Suffering Savior for the Holy Souls in
Purgatory each day.)
Another
great pain of the holy souls is caused by the hideous vision of their guilt, for
which they now suffer. In this life the hideousness of sin is not seen as in the
life to come; and this is one of the greatest sufferings of Purgatory.
(Say
the Our Father, Hail Mary, and the Prayer to Our Suffering Savior for the Holy
Souls in Purgatory each day.)
The pain that still more afflicts these holy souls, the
spouses of Jesus, is the thought of having, during life, displeased by their
sins that God Whom they so ardently love. Some penitents have felt so much pain
and sorrow in thinking of having, by their sins, offended so good a God, that
they died of grief. The souls in Purgatory understand far better than we do, the
claims that God has to our love; they love Him with all their strength. Hence,
at the thought of having offended Him during life, they experience pain that
surpasses all other pain.
(Say
the Our Father, Hail Mary, and the Prayer to Our Suffering Savior for the Holy
Souls in Purgatory each day.)
Another
great suffering is caused these holy souls by the ignorance of the time of their
deliverance. They are certain of being one day being released, yet the uncertainty of
the time when their purgatorial term will have ended gives them great pain.
(Say
the Our Father, Hail Mary, and the Prayer to Our Suffering Savior for the Holy
Souls in Purgatory each day.)
The
holy souls are, indeed, comforted by the recollection of the passion of Jesus
Christ, and the Holy Sacrament of the Altar, since they know they are saved by
the passion of Jesus Christ, and have received, and still receive, so much
consolation from Holy Masses and Holy Communion. Nevertheless, they are greatly
pained by the recollection of their ingratitude for these two great gifts of the
love of Jesus Christ.
O my Divine Redeemer, Thou didst die for me on the
Cross, and hast so often united Thyself with me in Holy Communion, and I have
repaid Thee only with ingratitude. Now, however, I love Thee above all things, O
supreme God; and I am more grieved at my offenses against Thee than at any other
evil. I will rather die than offend Thee again. Grant me the grace of holy
perseverance. Have compassion on me, and, at the same time, on the holy souls
suffering in Purgatory. Mary, Mother of God, come to their aid with thy powerful
intercession.
(Say
the Our Father, Hail Mary, and the Prayer to Our Suffering Savior for the Holy
Souls in Purgatory each day.)
A further great sorrow of these holy souls consists in
their ardent desire for the beatific vision. Slowly and painfully the moments of
their purgatorial imprisonment pass by; for, they love God deeply, and desire to
be delivered from their sad prison in order to praise Him forever.
(Say
the Our Father, Hail Mary, and the Prayer to Our Suffering Savior for the Holy
Souls in Purgatory each day.)
Another bitter sorrow of these souls is caused by the
reflection that God had distinguished them by so many graces not granted to
others, and that they compelled Him, by their sins, to condemn them to these
sufferings, and that they had deserved Hell, and were pardoned and saved only by
the mercy of God.
(Say
the Our Father, Hail Mary, and the Prayer to Our Suffering Savior for the Holy
Souls in Purgatory each day.)
Great are all the sufferings of the holy souls; the
fire, the grief, the darkness, the uncertainty of the time of their deliverance
from prison; but the greatest of all these sorrows is this, that these holy
souls are separated from their divine Spouse, and deprived of His beatific
vision.
(Say
the Our Father, Hail Mary, and the Prayer to Our Suffering Savior for the Holy
Souls in Purgatory each day.)
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St. Jude, glorious apostle, faithful servant and friend of Jesus, the
name of the traitor has caused you to be forgotten by many. But the Church
honors and invokes you universally as the
patron of hopeless cases, and of things despaired of. Pray
for me who am so distressed. Make use, I implore you, of that particular
privilege accorded you to bring visible and speedy help where help was almost
despaired of. Come to my assistance in this great need that I may receive the
consolation and succor of Heaven in all my necessities,
tribulations and sufferings, particularly request, and that I may bless God with you and all the elect throughout
eternity. St. Jude, apostle,
martyr, and relative of our Lord Jesus Christ, of
Mary, and of Joseph, intercede for us!
O blessed
apostle St. Jude, who labored zealously among the Gentiles in many lands, and
performed numerous miracles in needy and despairing cases, we invoke you to take
special interest in us and our needs. We feel that you understand us in a
particular way. Hear our prayers and our petitions and plead for us in all our
necessities especially request. May we be patient in learning God's holy will
and courageous in carrying it out. Amen.
St. Jude,
pray for us….. My Jesus, mercy.
O blessed
apostle Jude, who has been instrumental in gathering us here together this day,
grant that we may always serve Jesus Christ as he deserves to be served, giving
of our best efforts in living as he wishes us to live. May we dispose our hearts
and minds that god will always be inclined to listen to our prayers and
petitions, especially those petitions which we entrust to your care and for
which we as you to plead for us request. Grant that we may be enlightened as to
what is best for us, in the present and future, not forgetting the blessings we
have received in the past. Amen.
St. Jude, pray for us……. My Jesus, mercy.
O holy St.
Jude, apostle of Jesus Christ, you who have so faithfully and devotedly helped
to spread his Gospel of Light, we who are gathered together today in your honor,
ask and petition you to remember us and our needs. Especially do we pray for
request. May it also please our Lord to lend an ear to your supplications in our
behalf. Grant that we may ever pray with fervor and devotion, resigning
ourselves humbly to the divine will, seeing God's purpose in all our trials and
knowing that he will leave no sincere prayer unanswered in some way. Amen.
St. Jude,
pray for us…….. My Jesus, mercy.
Saint
blessed Jude, you were called to be one of Christ's chosen apostles and labored
to bring men to a knowledge and love of God; listen with compassion to those
gathered together to honor you and ask your intercession. In this troubled world
of ours we have many trials, difficulties, and temptations. Plead for us in the
Heavenly court, asking that our petitions may be answered, especially the
particular one we have in mind at this moment request. May it please God to
answer our prayers in the way that he knows best, giving us grace to see his
purpose in all things. Amen.
St. Jude, pray for us….. My Jesus, mercy.
O holy St.
Jude, apostle and companion of Christ Jesus, you have shown us by example how to
leas a life of zeal and devotion. We humbly entreat you today to hear our
prayers and petitions. Especially do we ask you to obtain for us the following
favor request. Grant that in praying for present and future favors we may not
forget the innumerable ones granted in the past but often return to give thanks.
Humbly we resign ourselves to God's holy will, knowing that he alone knows what
is best for us especially in our present needs and necessities. Amen.
St. Jude,
pray for us…… My Jesus, mercy.
St. Jude,
apostle of Christ and helper in despairing cases, hear the prayers and petitions
of those who are gathered together in your honor. In all our needs and desires
may we only seek what is pleasing to God and what is best for our salvation.
These, our petitions request we submit to you, asking you to obtain them for us,
if they are for the good of out souls. We are resigned to God's holy will in all
things, knowing that he will leave no sincere prayer unanswered in some way
though it may be in a way unexpected by us. Amen.
St. Jude,
pray for us….. My Jesus, mercy.
O holy
apostle Saint Jude, in whose honor we are gathered today, may we never forget
that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ chose you to be one of twelve apostles.
Because of this and of the martyrdom you suffered for the Faith, we know you are
a close friend of Almighty God. Therefore we do not hesitate to petition you in
our necessities, especially request. We humbly submit ourselves to the will of
God, knowing full well that no sincere prayer is ever left unanswered. May we
see god's good and gracious purpose working in all our trials. Amen.
St. Jude,
pray for us……. My Jesus, mercy.
O holy
Saint Jude, apostle of Christ, pray that we may ever imitate the Divine Master
and live according to His will. May we cooperate with the grace of God and ever
remain pleasing in His sight. Especially do we ask you to plead for us and
obtain whatsoever is necessary for our salvation. Forget not our special
petitions request. May we always be thankful to God for the blessings we have
received in the past. Whatsoever we ask for the present or future, we submit to
the divine will, realizing that God knows best what is good for us. We know He
will respond to our prayers and petitions in one way or another. Amen.
St. Jude,
pray for us…… My Jesus, mercy.
O holy
Saint Jude, apostle and martyr, grant that we may so dispose our lives that we
may always be pleasing to God. In working out our salvation in this life we have
many needs and necessities. Today we turn to you, asking you to intercede for us
and obtain for us the favors we ask of God. Especially do we petition for
request. May we not so much seek temporal good but rather what will avail our
souls, knowing that it will profit us nothing if we gain the whole world yet
suffer the loss of our soul. Therefore, may we incline ourselves toward the
divine will, seeing God's good and gracious purpose in all our trials. Amen.
St. Jude,
pray for us. My Jesus, mercy.
The
Immaculate Conception Novena Prayer
O Mary
Immaculate, lily of purity, I salute you, because from the very first instant of
your conception you were filled with grace. I thank and adore the Most Holy
Trinity for having imparted to you favors so sublime. O Mary, full of grace,
help me to share, even though just a little, in the fullness of grace so
wonderfully bestowed on you in your Immaculate Conception. With firm confidence
in your never failing intercession, we beseech you to obtain for us the
intention of this novena, request and also that purity of mind, heart, and body
necessary to unite us with God. Amen.
O Mary,
conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to you. O Mother of God, by
your Immaculate Conception, intercede for us with your Divine Son, and obtain
for us from Him, the favor for which we pray. Amen.
The Nine Day Novena To The Immaculate Conception
O most
Holy Virgin, who was pleasing to the Lord and became his mother, immaculate in
body and spirit, in faith and in love, look kindly on me as I implore your
powerful intercession. O most Holy Mother, who by your blessed Immaculate
Conception, from the first moment of your conception did crush the head of the
enemy, receive our prayers as we implore you to present at the throne of God the
favor we now request. Request
O Mary,
ever blessed Virgin, Mother of God, Queen of angels and of saints, we salute you
with the most profound veneration and filial devotion as we contemplate your
holy Immaculate Conception. We thank you for your maternal protection and for
the many blessings that we have received through your wondrous mercy and most
powerful intercession. In all our necessities we have recourse to you with
unbounded confidence. O Mother of Mercy, we beseech you now to hear our prayer
and to obtain for us of your Divine Son the favor that we so earnestly request
in this novena. Request
O Blessed
Virgin Mary, glory of the Christian people, joy of the universal Church and
Mother of Our Lord, speak for us to the Heart of Jesus, who is your Son and our
brother. O Mary, who by you holy Immaculate Conception did enter the world free
from stain, in your mercy obtain for us from Jesus the special favor which we
now so earnestly seek. Request
O Mary,
Mother of God, endowed in your glorious Immaculate Conception with the fullness
of grace; unique among women in that you are both mother and virgin, Mother of
Christ and Virgin of Christ, we ask you to look down with a tender heart from
your throne and listen to our prayers as we earnestly ask that you obtain for us
the favor for which we now plead. Request
O Mary of
the Immaculate Conception, Mother of Christ, you had influence with your Divine
Son while upon this earth; you have the same influence now in Heaven. Pray for
us and obtain for us from him the granting of my petition if it be the Divine
Will. Amen.
O Lord,
who, by the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, did prepare a fitting
dwelling for your Son, we beseech you that as by the foreseen death of your Son,
you did preserve her from all stain of sin, grant that through her intercession,
we may be favored with the granting of the grace that we seek for at this time.
Request
O Mary of
the Immaculate Conception, Mother of Christ, you had influence with your Divine
Son while upon this earth; you have the same influence now in Heaven. Pray for
us and obtain for us from him the granting of my petition if it be the Divine
Will. Amen.
Glorious
and immortal Queen of Heaven, we profess our firm belief in your Immaculate
Conception preordained for you in the merits of your Divine son. We rejoice with
you in your Immaculate Conception. To the one ever-reigning God, Father, Son,
and Holy Spirit, three in one Person, on in nature, we offer thanks for your
blessed Immaculate Conception. O Mother of the Word mad Flesh, listen to our
petition as we ask this special grace during this novena. Request
O Mary of
the Immaculate Conception, Mother of Christ, you had influence with your Divine
Son while upon this earth; you have the same influence now in Heaven. Pray for
us and obtain for us from him the granting of my petition if it be the Divine
Will. Amen.
O
Immaculate Virgin, Mother of God, and my mother, from the sublime heights of
your dignity turn your merciful eyes upon me while I, full of confidence in your
bounty and keeping in mind your Immaculate conception and fully conscious of
your power, beg of you to come to our aid and ask your Divine Son to grant the
favor we earnestly seek in this novena, request if it be beneficial for our
immortal souls and the souls for whom we pray.
O Mary of
the Immaculate Conception, Mother of Christ, you had influence with your Divine
Son while upon this earth; you have the same influence now in Heaven. Pray for
us and obtain for us from him the granting of my petition if it be the Divine
Will. Amen.
O Most
gracious Virgin Mary, beloved Mother of Jesus Christ, our Redeemer, intercede
with him for us that we be granted the favor which we petition for so earnestly
in this novena. request O Mother of the Word Incarnate, we feel animated with
confidence that your prayers in our behalf will be graciously heard before the
throne of God. O Glorious Mother of God, in memory of your joyous Immaculate
Conception, hear our prayers and obtain for us our petitions.
O Mary of
the Immaculate Conception, Mother of Christ, you had influence with your Divine
Son while upon this earth; you have the same influence now in Heaven. Pray for
us and obtain for us from him the granting of my petition if it be the Divine
Will. Amen.
O Mother
of the King of the Universe, most perfect member of the human race, "our
tainted nature’s solitary boast," we turn to you as mother, Advocate, and
Mediatrix. O Holy Mary, assist us in our present necessity. By your Immaculate
Conception, O Mary conceived without sin, we humbly beseech you from the bottom
of our heart to intercede for us with your Divine Son and ask that we be granted
the favor for which we now plead. request
On the
last day of this Novena, recite the Litany of the Blessed Virgin.
Glorious
St. Anne, filled with compassion for those who invoke
you, with love for those who suffer, heavily laden with
the weight of my troubles, I knee at your feet and humbly beg you
to take my present need under your special protection.
request Vouchsafe to recommend it to your daughter, 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 one day meet God face
to face, and with you and Mary and all the angels and saints praising Him
through all eternity. Amen.
Great Saint Anne, engrave indelibly on my heart and in my mind the words that have reclaimed and sanctified so many sinners: "What shall it profit a man to gain the whole world if he lose his own soul?" May this be the principle fruit of these prayers by which I will strive to honor you during this novena. At your feet renew my resolution to invoke you daily, not only for the success of my temporal affairs and to be preserved from sickness and suffering, but above all, that I may be preserved from all sin. That I may succeed in working out my eternal salvation and that I will receive the special grace of. request O most powerful Saint Anne, do not let me lose my soul, but obtain for me the grace of winning my way to Heaven, there with you, you blessed spouse, and your glorious daughter, to sing the praise of the most holy and adorable Trinity forever and ever. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be to the Father
Pray for us, Saint Anne.
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Glorious
Saint Anne, how can you be otherwise than overflowing with tenderness toward
sinners like myself, since you are the grandmother of Him who shed His blood for
them, and the mother of her whom the saints call advocate of sinners? To you,
therefore, I address my prayers with confidence. Vouchsafe to commend me to
Jesus and Mary so that, at your request, I may be granted remission of my sins,
perseverance, the love of God, charity for all mankind, and the special grace of
request, which I stand in need at the present time. O most powerful protectress,
let me not lose my soul, but obtain for me that through the merits of Jesus
Christ and the intercession of Mary, I may have happiness of seeing them, of
loving and praising them with your through all eternity. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be to the Father
Pray for us, Saint Anne.
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ
Beloved of
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, mother of the Queen of Heaven, take us and all who are
dear to s under your special care. Obtain for us the virtues you instilled in
the heart of her who was destined to become Mother of God, and the graces with
which you were endowed. Sublime model of Christian womanhood, pray that we may
imitate your example in our homes and families, listen to our petitions, and
obtain our request request. Guardian of the infancy and childhood of the most
Blessed Virgin Mary, obtain the graces necessary for all who enter the marriage
state, that imitating your virtues they may sanctify their homes and lead the
souls entrusted to their care to eternal glory. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be to the Father
Pray for us, Saint Anne.
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ
Glorious
Saint Anne, I kneel in confidence at your feet, for you also have tasted the
bitterness and sorrow of life. My necessities, the cause of my tears, are
request. Good Saint Anne, you who did suffer much during the twenty years that
precede your glorious maternity, I beseech you, by all your sufferings and
humiliations, to grant my prayer. I pray to you, through your love for your
glorious spouse Saint Joachim, through your love for your immaculate child,
through the joy you did feel at the moment of her happy birth, not to refuse me.
Bless me, bless my family and all who are dear to me, so that some day we may
all be with you in the glory of Heaven, for all eternity. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be to the Father
Pray for us, Saint Anne.
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ
Great
Saint Anne, how far I am from resembling you. I so easily give way to impatience
and discouragement; and so easily give up praying when God does not at once
answer my request. Prayer is the key to all Heavenly treasures and I cannot
pray, because my weak faith and lack of confidence fail me at the slightest
delay of divine mercy. O my powerful protectress, come to my aid, listen to my
petition. request Make my confidence and fervor, supported by the promise of
Jesus Christ, redouble in proportion as the trial to which God in His goodness
subjects me is prolonged, that I may obtain like you more than I can venture to
ask for. In the future I will remember that I am made for Heaven and not for
earth; for eternity and not for time; that consequently I must ask, above all,
the salvation of my soul which is assured to all who pray properly and who
persevere in Pray. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be to the Father
Pray for us, Saint Anne.
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ
Glorious
Saint Anne, mother of the Mother of God, I beg you to obtain through your
powerful intercession the pardon of my sins and the assistance I need in my
troubles request. What can I not hope for if you deign to take me under your
protection? The Most High has been please to grant the prayers of sinners,
whenever you have been charitable enough to be their advocate
Kneeling at your feet, I beg you to help me in all
spiritual and temporal dangers. To guide me in the true path of Christian
perfection, and finally to obtain for me the grace of ending my life with the
death of the just, so that I may contemplate face to face your beloved Jesus and
daughter Mary in your loving companionship throughout eternity. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be to the Father
Pray for us, Saint Anne.
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ
O Good
Saint Anne, so justly called the mother of the infirmed. The cure for those who
suffer from disease, look kindly upon the sick for whom I pray. Alleviate their
sufferings; cause them to sanctify their sufferings by patience and complete
submission to the divine will; finally deign to obtain health for them and with
it the firm resolution to honor Jesus, Mary, and yourself by the faithful
performance of duties. But, merciful Saint Anne, I ask you above all for the
salvation of my soul, rather than bodily health, for I am convinced that this
fleeting life is given us solely to assure us a better one. Now, we cannot
obtain that better life without the help of God's graces. I earnestly beg them
of you for the sick and for myself, especially the petition for which I am
making in this novena request. Through the merits of our Lord Jesus Christ,
through the intercession of His Immaculate Mother, and through the efficacious
and powerful mediation, O glorious Saint Anne, Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be to the Father
Pray for us, Saint Anne
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ
Remember,
O Saint Anne, you whose name signifies grace and mercy, that never was it known
that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, and sought your
intercession was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly unto you,
good, and kind mother; I take refuge at your feet, burdened with the weight of
my sins. O holy mother of the Immaculate Virgin Mary, despise not my petition
request. But hear me and grant my prayer. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be to the Father
Pray for us, Saint Anne.
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ
Most holy
mother of the Virgin Mary, glorious Saint Anne, I, a miserable sinner, confiding
in your kindness, choose you today as my special advocate. I offer and
consecrate my person and all my interests to your care and maternal solicitude.
I hope o server you and honor you all my life for the love of your most holy
daughter and to do all in my power to spread devotion to you O my very good
mother and advocate, deign to accept me as your servant, and to adopt me as you
child. O glorious Saint Anne, I beg you, by the passion of my most loving Jesus,
the Son of Mary, your most holy daughter, to assist me in all the necessities
both of my body and my soul. Venerable Mother, I beg you to obtain for me the
favor I seek in this novena request, and the grace of leading a life perfectly
conformable in all things to the divine will. I place my soul in your hands and
in those of your kind daughter. I confide it to you, above all at the moment
when it will be about to separate itself from my body in order that, appearing
under your patronage before the Supreme Judge, He may find it worthy of enjoying
His Divine Presence in your holy companionship in Heaven. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be to the Father
Pray for us, Saint Anne.
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ
The Our Lady of
Lourdes Novena Prayer
Be
blessed, O most pure Virgin, for having vouchsafed to manifest your shining with
life, sweetness and beauty, in the Grotto of Lourdes, saying to the child, St.
Bernadette: "I am the Immaculate Conception." A thousand times we
congratulate you upon your Immaculate Conception. And now, O ever Immaculate
Virgin, Mother of mercy, Health of the sick, Refuge of sinners, Comforter of the
afflicted, you know our wants, our troubles, our sufferings deign to cast upon
us a look of mercy. By appearing in the Grotto of Lourdes, you were pleased to
make it a privileged sanctuary, whence you dispense your favors, and already
many have obtained the cure of their infirmities, both spiritual and physical.
We come, therefore, with the most unbounded confidence to implore your maternal
intercession. Obtain for us, O loving Mother, the granting of our request.
request Through gratitude for your favors, we will endeavor to imitate your
virtues, that we may on day share your glory.
Our Lady of Lourdes, Mother of Christ, you had
influence with your divine son while upon earth. You have the same influence now
in Heaven. Pray for us; obtain for us from your Divine Son our special requests
if it be the Divine Will. Amen.
Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.
Saint Bernadette, pray for us.
O Mary
Immaculate, Our Lady of Lourdes, virgin and mother, queen of Heaven, chosen from
all eternity to be the Mother of the Eternal Word and in virtue of this title
preserved from original sin, we kneel before you as did little Bernadette at
Lourdes and pray with childlike trust in you that as we contemplate your
glorious appearance at Lourdes, you will look with mercy on our present petition
and secure for us a favorable answer to the request for which we are making this
novena. Request
O
Brilliant star of purity, Mary Immaculate, Our Lady of Lourdes, glorious
assumption, triumphant in your coronation, show unto us the mercy of the Mother
of God, Virgin Mary, Queen and Mother, be our comfort, hope, strength, and
consolation. Amen.
Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.
Saint Bernadette, pray for us.
Be
blessed, O most pure Virgin, for having vouchsafed to manifest yourself shining
with light, sweetness and beauty, in the Grotto of Lourdes, saying to the child
Saint Bernadette: "I am the Immaculate Conception!" O Mary Immaculate,
inflame our hearts with one ray of the burning love of your pure heart Let them
be consumed with love for Jesus and for you, in order that we may merit one day
to enjoy your glorious eternity. O dispenser of His graces here below, take into
your keeping and present to your Divine Son the petition for which we are making
this novena. Request
Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.
Saint Bernadette, pray for us.
"You
are all fair, O Mary, and there is in you no stain of original sin." O
Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee. O brilliant
star of sanctity, as on that lovely day, upon a rough rock in Lourdes you spoke
to the child Bernadette and a fountain broke from thee plain earth and miracles
happened and the great shrine of Lourdes began, so now I beseech you to hear our
fervent prayer and do, we beseech you, grant us the petition we now so earnestly
seek. Request
Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.
Saint Bernadette, pray for us.
DAY
FOUR
O
Immaculate Queen of Heaven, we your wayward, erring children, join our unworthy
prayers of praise and thanksgiving to those of the angels and saints and your
own the One, Holy, and Undivided Trinity may be glorified in Heaven and on
earth. Our Lady of Lourdes, as you looked down with love an mercy upon
Bernadette as she prayed her rosary in the grotto, look down now, we beseech
you, with love and mercy upon us. From the abundance of graces granted you by
your Divine Son, sweet Mother of God, give to each of us all that your motherly
heart sees we need and at this moment look with special favor on the grace we
seek in this novena. Request
O
Brilliant star of purity, Mary Immaculate, Our Lady of Lourdes, glorious
assumption, triumphant in your coronation, show unto us the mercy of the Mother
of God, Virgin Mar, Queen and Mother, be our comfort, hope, strength, and
consolation. Amen.
Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.
Saint Bernadette, pray for us.
DAY
FIVE
O Mary
Immaculate, Mother of god and our mother, from the heights of your dignity look
down mercifully upon us while we, full of confidence in your unbounded goodness
and confident that your Divine Son will look favorably upon any request you make
of Him in our behalf, we beseech you to come to our aid and secure for us the
favor we seek in this novena. Request
Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.
Saint Bernadette, pray for us.
O glorious
Mother of God, so powerful under your special title of Our Lady of Lourdes, to
you we raise our hearts and hands to implore your powerful intercession in
obtaining from the benign Heart of Jesus all the helps and graces necessary for
our spiritual and temporal welfare and for the special favor we so earnestly
seek in this novena. request
O
Brilliant star of purity, Mary Immaculate, Our Lady of Lourdes, glorious
assumption, triumphant in your coronation, show unto us the mercy of the Mother
of God, Virgin Mary, Queen and Mother, be our comfort, hope, strength, and
consolation. Amen.
Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.
Saint Bernadette, pray for us.
O Almighty
God, who by the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary did prepare a
worthy dwelling place for your Son, we humbly beseech you that as we contemplate
the apparition of Our Lady in the Grotto of Lourdes, we may be blessed with
health of mind and body. And, O most gracious Mother Mary, beloved Mother of Our
Lord and Redeemer, look with favor upon us as you did that day on Bernadette and
intercede with him for us that the favor we now so earnestly seek may be granted
to us. request
O
Brilliant star of purity, Mary Immaculate, Our Lady of Lourdes, glorious
assumption, triumphant in your coronation, show unto us the mercy of the Mother
of God, Virgin Mar, Queen and Mother, be our comfort, hope, strength, and
consolation. Amen
Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.
Saint Bernadette, pray for us.
O
Immaculate Mother of God, from Heaven itself you came to appear to the little
Bernadette in the rough Grotto of Lourdes! And as Bernadette knelt at your feet
and the magic spring burst forth and as multitudes have knelt ever since before
your shrine, O Mother of God, we kneel before you today to ask that in your
mercy you plead with your Divine Son to grant the special favor we seek in this
novena. Request
O
Brilliant star of purity, Mary Immaculate, Our Lady of Lourdes, glorious
assumption, triumphant in your coronation, show unto us the mercy of the Mother
of God, Virgin Mar, Queen and Mother, be our comfort, hope, strength, and
consolation. Amen.
Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.
Saint Bernadette, pray for us.
O glorious
Mother of god, to you we raise our hearts and hands to implore your powerful
intercession in obtaining from the benign Heart of Jesus all the graces
necessary for our spiritual and temporal welfare, particularly for the grace of
a happy death. O Mother of our Divine Lord, as we conclude this novena for the
special favor we seek at this time. request We feel animated with confidence
that your prayers in our behalf will be graciously heard. O Mother of My Lord,
through the love you bear to Jesus Christ and for the glory of His Name, hear
our prayers and obtain our petitions.
O
Brilliant star of purity, Mary Immaculate, Our Lady of Lourdes, glorious
assumption, triumphant in your coronation, show unto us the mercy of the Mother
of God, Virgin Mar, Queen and Mother, be our comfort, hope, strength, and
consolation. Amen.
Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.
Saint Bernadette, pray for us.
Our Lady of
Fatima
Novena Prayer
Most Holy
Virgin, who has deigned to come to Fatima to reveal to the three little
shepherds the treasures of graces hidden in the recitation of the Rosary,
inspire our hearts with a sincere love of this devotion, so that by meditating
on the mysteries of our redemption that are recalled in it, we may gather the
fruits and obtain the conversion of sinners, the conversion of Russia, and this
favor that I so earnestly seek, request which I ask of you in this novena, for
the greater glory of God, for your own honor, and for the good of all people.
Amen.
(Say the Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be three
times each)
The St. Therese
Novena Prayer
Better known a St. Theresa of Lesieux (les-e-aa) or the Little Flower of the Child Jesus. This Novena should be said before 11 am in the morning.
O St.
Therese of the Child Jesus, who during your short life on earth became a mirror
of angelic purity, of love strong as death, and of wholehearted abandonment to
God, now that you rejoice in the reward of your virtues, cast a glance of pity on
me as I leave all things in your hands. Make my troubles your own, speak a word
for me to Our Lady Immaculate, whose flower of special love you were -- to that
Queen of Heaven "who smiled on you at the dawn of life" Beg her
powerful intercession the grace I yearn for so ardently at this moment...and
that she join with it a blessing that may strengthen me during life, defend me
at the hour of death, and lead me straight on to a happy eternity. Amen.
O God, who
did inflame with the Spirit of Love, the soul of your servant Therese of the
Child Jesus, grant that we also may love you and make you much loved. Amen.
The Nine Day Novena To St. Therese
O Therese
of the Child Jesus, well beloved and full of charity, in union with you, I
reverently adore the majesty of God, and since I rejoice with exceeding joy in
the singular gifts of grace bestowed upon you during your life, and your gifts
of glory after death, I give Him deepest thanks for them; I beseech you with all
my heart's devotion to be pleased to obtain for me request. But if what I ask of
you so earnestly does not tend to the glory of God and the greater good of my
soul, do you, I pray, obtain for me that which is more profitable to both these
ends. Amen.
St. Therese of the Child Jesus, pray for us.
Almighty
God, giver of all good gifts, who did will that Blessed Therese, being watered
by the Heavenly dew of your guiding grace, should bloom in Carmel with the
beauty of virginity and patience in suffering, grant that I your servant may go
forward in the order of her sweetness an may be found worthy to become a devoted
and loyal follower of Christ. Amen.
St. Therese of the Child Jesus, pray for us.
O Therese
of the Child Jesus, lily of purity, ornament and glory of Carmel, I greet you,
great saint, seraph of divine love. I rejoice in the favors our Lord so
liberally bestowed on you. I humility and confidence I ask you to help me, for I
know God has given you love and pity as well as power. Tell Him, now, I beseech
you, of the favor I seek in this novena request. Your request will crown my
petition with success and bring joy to my heart. Remember your promise to do
good here on earth. "I shall spend my Heaven doing good on the Earth After
death I shall let fall a shower of roses.
St.
Therese of the Child Jesus, pray for us.
O Little
Flower of Jesus, who at an early age had your heart set on Carmel and in your
brief earthly life did become the mirror of angelic purity, of courageous love
and of whole hearted surrender to Almighty God, turn your eyes of mercy upon me
who trusts in you. Obtain for me the favor I seek in this novena request and the
grace to keep my heart and mind pure and clean. O dear saint, grant me to feel
in every need the power of your intercession; help to comfort me in all the
bitterness of this life and especially at its end, that I may be worth to share
eternal happiness with you in Heaven. Amen.
St.
Therese of the Child Jesus, pray for us.
O Little
Flower of Carmel, Almighty God endowed you, consumed by love for him, with
wondrous spiritual strength to follow the way of perfection during the days of
your short life. Sickness touched you early but you remained firm in faith and
prayer was your life. O pray for me that I may benefit by your intercession and
be granted the favor I ask in this novena request.
St.
Therese of the Child Jesus, pray for us.
O Little
Flower of Jesus, you have shown yourself so powerful in your intercession, so
tender and compassionate toward those who honor you and invoke you in suffering
and distress, that I kneel at your feet with perfect confidence and beseech you
most humbly and earnestly to take me under your protection in my present
necessity and obtain for me the favor I ask in this novena request. Vouchsafe to
recommend my request to Mary, the merciful Queen of Heaven, that she may plead
my cause with you before the throne of Jesus, her divine Son. Cease not to
intercede for me until my request is granted.
St.
Therese of the Child Jesus, pray for us.
Therese of
the Child Jesus, most loving Saint, in union with you I adore the divine
Majesty. My heart is filled with joy at the remembrance of the marvelous favors
with which God blessed your life on earth and of the great glory that came to
you after death. In union with you, I praise God, and offer him my humble
tribute of thanksgiving. I implore you to obtain for me, through your powerful
intercession, the greatest of all blessings -- that of living and dying in the
state of grace. I also beg of you to secure for me the special favor I seek in
this novena request.
St.
Therese of the Child Jesus, pray for us.
O glorious
St. Therese, who, burning with the desire of increasing the glory of God,
invariably attended to the sanctification of your soul by the constant practice
of prayer and charity so that, becoming in the Church a model of holiness, you
are now in Heaven the protector of all those who have recourse to you in faith,
look down upon me who invokes your powerful patronage and join your petition to
mine that I be granted the favor I seek in this novena request.
St. Therese of the Child Jesus, pray for us.
O St.
Therese, seraphic virgin, beloved spouse of our Crucified Lord, you who on earth
did burn with a love so intense toward your God and my God, and now glow with a
bright and purer flame in paradise, obtain for me, I beseech you, a spark of
that same holy fire which shall help me to put things of the world in their
proper place and live my life always conscious of the presence of God. As I
conclude my novena I also beg of you to secure for me the special favor I seek
at this time request.
St. Therese of the Child Jesus, pray for us.
The Holy Spirit
Novena Prayer
O Holy Spirit, divine Consoler! I adore you as my True
God. I bless You by uniting myself to the praises You receive from the angel and
saints. I offer You my whole heart, and I render You heartfelt thanks for all
the benefits You have bestowed and do unceasingly bestow upon the world. You are
the author of all supernatural gifts and who did enrich with immense favors the
soul of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, I beseech you to visit me by
Your grace and Your love, and grant me the favor I so earnestly seek in this
novena request. O Holy Spirit, spirit of truth, come into our hearts: shed the
brightness of your light on all nations, that they may one faith and pleasing to
You. Amen
Come, O Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful, and inkindle in them the fire of Your love
O Holy
Spirit, bestow upon us Your seven holy gifts. Enlighten our understanding that
we may know You. Give us wisdom that Your will may be clear to us and that we
may accept it. Grant us the gift of counsel that we may always perceive what is
right. Fortify us that we may always be capable of fulfilling Your Divine Will.
Inspire us with the spirit of learning that we may be able to penetrate more
deeply into the truths that You have revealed. Let our hearts be steeped in the
spirit of childlikeness that we may bring You joy. Let us have proper fear of
God that we may never grieve You or wander from the path of goodness. Give us
the fullness of Your gifts that we may glorify You. Amen.
Look with
compassion upon us, O Holy Spirit, and grant us the favor we seek in this novena
request, if it be in accordance with Your Holy Will.
O Holy
Spirit, make me faithful in every thought, and grant that I may always listen to
your voice, and watch for Your light, and follow Your gracious inspirations. I
cling to You, and give myself to You, and ask You by Your compassion to watch
over me in my weakness. Holding the pierced feet of Jesus, looking at His Five
Wounds, trusting in His Precious Blood, adoring His opened side and stricken
heart, I implore You adorable Spirit, helper of my infirmity, to keep me in Your
grace, now and always, and grant us the favor we ask in this novena request.
Amen.
Come, O Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful, and
kindle in them the fire of Your love.
Heavenly
Father, You have called me to be a member of the mystical body of Your Son,
Jesus Christ, and to be a temple of the Holy Spirit. I ask You to give me these
gifts of the Holy Spirit: wisdom, that I may understand the follies of this
world; understanding, that I may grasp more fully the meaning of my existence
and the purpose of all things in the world; counsel, that I may always choose
the proper way; fortitude, that I may remain faithful to You under the pressure
of temptation.; piety, that I may revere You in all I do, think or say; fear of
the Lord, that should the motive of love fail me, I may quickly be awakened to
the eternal consequences of my deeds. Visit me by Your grace and Your love and
grant me the favor I so earnestly seek in this novena request. Amen.
Come, O Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful, and
kindle in them the fire of Your love.
O God, Who
today by the light of the Holy Spirit did instruct the hearts of the faithful,
give us, by the light of the same Holy Spirit, a love for what is right and just
and a constant enjoyment of His comforts. Pray Holy Spirit, that I may strive to
learn more of my faith; that I may ever be conscious that reason in all its
human magnificence is capable of grasping but a glimpse of the reality that is
God. Pray that I may accept as the motto of my life: "All for the greater
glory of God" and grant me the favor I so earnestly seek in this novena
request. Amen.
O Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful, and kindle in
them the fire of Your love.
Come, O
Spirit of sanctity, from the glory of Heaven and send forth the radiance of Your
light. Father of all the poor, light and peace of all hearts, come with Your
countless gifts. Consoler in desolation; refreshment full of loveliness, come
dear friend of my soul. In weariness send repose; breath gently cool refreshing
breeze; console the desolate who weep alone. O Light of Beatitude, make our
hearts ready; come enter our souls. Without Your grace, man stands alone; he
cannot be good or sure. Cleanse what is soiled; heal what is wounded; moisten
what is arid. Bend the stubborn will; warm the cold heart; guide the wandering
footstep. O Holy Spirit, we beg You to give us grace through Your sevenfold
power and grant me the favor I so earnestly seek in this novena request. Give us
merit for the present, and one day beatitude when we have finished our earthly
journey. Amen.
Come, O Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful, and
kindle in them the fire of Your love.
O Father
in Heaven, I beg You to send the Holy Spirit. May Your Holy Spirit remind me
when I am apt to forget Your law, Your love, Your promises. May Your Holy Spirit
strengthen my memory to recall frequently Your sanctity, omniscience, wisdom,
and goodness, faithfulness, and love. May Your Holy Spirit encourage me when I
am slothful; strengthen me when I am weak; enlighten me when I no longer can
help myself. Breathe into me, O Holy Spirit, that I may do what is holy. Stir
me, that I may love what is holy. Strengthen me, that I may preserve what is
holy. Protect me, Holy Spirit, that I may never lose what is holy and grant me
the favor I so earnestly seek in this novena request. Amen.
Come, O Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful, and
kindle in them the fire of Your love.
Come, Holy
Spirit, creator of all things: come visit our hearts with Your power. Fill with
grace, friendly guest, the hearts which You have created. You are called the
Consoler, gift from the hand of God, source of life, light, love, and flame,
highest good. You are the pledge of sevenfold grace, finger of the Father's
hand, promised us by Him, and You make our tongues speak the truth. Cast light
on our senses, pour love into our hearts. Grant our weak bodies strength that
they may never grow weary of doing good and grant me the favor I so earnestly
seek in this novena request. Keep the enemy far from us, give us peace always,
let us willingly follow in Your footsteps that we may be far removed from sin.
Grant that through You we may grow in knowledge of the Father and of the Son,
and that we may ever strongly believe in You, the Spirit of both. Praise and
honor be forever to the Father on the highest throne, in the risen Son of God,
in the Consoler. Amen.
Come, O
Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful, and kindle in them the fire of
Your love.
O Holy Spirit, life and light of the Church, give us thoughts higher than our own thoughts, and prayers better than our own prayers, and powers beyond our own powers, that we may love and live, imitating Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. Come to us, Holy Spirit, come with the Father and the Son and grant me the favor I so earnestly request in this novena request. Vouchsafe to dwell within our souls and quickly make our hearts Your own. Quench in us the fires of hate and strife, the wasting fever of the heart. From perils guard our feeble life and to our souls Your peace impart. Let voice and mind and heart and strength confess and glorify Your name and let the fire of charity burn bright and other hearts inflame. Amen.
Come, O
Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful, and kindle in them the fire of
Your love.
O Lord,
Holy Spirit, grant me sight to see the wondrous promise of divine love; insight
to see my own weakness; delight in Your divine presence in my soul which You
have made Your temple through sanctifying grace. I pray, O Holy Spirit, that I
may be not doubting; that I be spared the pain of being alone without trust or
hope in Christ; that my prayer may always be "My Lord and my God!" I
pray that I may acquire a sense of retreat to prayer and recollection at various
times in my daily life; for prayer is the bond that joins us to Christ. I pray
that I may be aware of the physical needs of the poor and that I may share what
I can with them in the charitable works of the Church. I pray, O Holy Spirit,
that You will in Your mercy grant me the favor I have sought in this novena
request. Amen.
Come, O
Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful, and kindle in them the fire of
Your love.