Novenas

[The Novena consist of 9 days of prayers.] Blessed Anna Rosa, your life was one of continual suffering. Notably your first child was left deaf and mentally handicapped after a sudden illness. Later you would lose your husband after only six years of marriage and then your youngest little son. Blessed Anna Rosa, the suffering […]

The Novena consist of 9 days of prayers.] Dear Blessed Edmund, Tragedy took your wife of two years leaving you the father of an infant daughter with disabilities. Please pray Blessed Edmund for all parents who face the challenges of raising a child with special needs. Ask our dear Blessed Mother to cover us with

O Little Thérèse of the Child Jesus, please pick for me a rose from the heavenly gardens and send it to me as a message of love. O Little Flower of Jesus, ask God today to grant the favours I now place with confidence in your hands… (Make your request here…) St. Thérèse, help me

FIRST DAY Father All-holy, I thank You for the life of Blessed George, totally dedicated to the cause of Christ the Savior, in which he persevered disregarding difficulties and suffering. Through his intercession, I ask You to grant that I never lose heart because of life’s difficulties, but entrust everything to You and steadfastly walk

DAY 1 O God, come to my assistance. O Lord, make haste to help me. Heavenly Father, you know all things, and nothing is hidden from you; in your kindness come to my aid in my present distress, and grant my humble petition. In Christ’s name I beg your help. Amen. Action: Do a kind

[This Novena is said on 9 consecutive days.] Lord Jesus, source of all that is good, you inspired Basile Moreau to found the religious family of Holy Cross to continue your mission among the People of God. May he be for us a model of apostolic life, an example of fidelity, and an inspiration as

DAILY PRAYER (Say it at the end of each day) Providence of God, you who gave to Emilie a compassionate charity for all those who are suffering, remember her faith, brighten with your light the road of those imploring you by her intercession, and glorify very soon your faithful servant the Blessed Emilie Gamelin. Amen.

“Glorify this mystery by word and work.” Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful, and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your spirit, and they shall be created; and you shall renew the face of the earth. O God, you instructed the hearts of the faithful by the light

To do this Novena, 1. Read the Texts for the Meditation of the Day slowly and meditate on them. Ask God for light and inspiration. You may want to do this in front of a crucifix. 2. Say the Prayer of the Day. 3. End with reciting the Prayer to Blessed Alvaro and ask God

Jesus Christ, Son of God made Man, Crowned with thorns, bearing a scepter of a reed, Wearing a royal cloak purpled with Your Precious Blood, I venerate You as the Man of Sorrows And acknowledge You as my Lord and King! Jesus crucified, I firmly renounce the devil And detest all sin that has torn