Catholic Prayers And Novenas

St. Gertrude the Great was a Benedictine nun and mystic who was given visions from our Lord and powerful prayers to release souls from Purgatory. Facts about St. Gertrude the Great Prayers for the Souls in Purgatory Novena Feastday: November 16th Novena Starts: November 7th Patron saint of the West Indies Birth: January 6th, 1256 Death: November 16th, 1301 St. Gertrude Prayers for the Souls in Purgatory (Pray this prayer every day for nine days) Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood of Thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the masses said throughout the world today, for all the holy souls in purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal church, those in my own home and within my family. Amen.

St Martin de Porres was a mixed-race lay Dominican brother from Peru. Pray this novena for people of mixed race, innkeepers, barbers, public health workers, and those who fight racism. Facts about St Martin de Porres Novena Feastday: November 3rd Novena Starts: October 25th Patron saint of people of mixed race, innkeepers, barbers, public health workers, and those who fight racism Birth: December 9th, 1579 Death: November 3rd, 1639 St Martin de Porres Novena You can pray the full St Martin de Porres Novena below. Day 1 Prayer Intro Prayer Most humble Martin de Porres, your burning charity embraced not only the poor and needy but even the animals of the field. For your splendid example of charity, we honour you and invoke your help. From your place in heaven, hear the requests of your needy brethren, so that, by imitating your virtues we may live contentedly in that state in which God has placed us. Daily Prayer St Martin’s Humility St Martin imitated our Lord...

St. Alphonsus Liguori composed this novena of prayers for the Holy Souls in Purgatory, to be prayed leading up to All Souls Day Facts about Novena for the Holy Souls in Purgatory Feastday: November 2nd Novena Starts: October 24th Patron saint of All Souls in Purgatory Birth: N/A Death: N/A Holy Souls in Purgatory Novena Holy Souls in Purgatory Novena Prayers Day 1 Jesus, my Saviour I have so often deserved to be cast into hell how great would be my suffering if I were now cast away and obliged to think that I myself had caused my damnation. I thank Thee for the patience with which Thou hast endured me. My God, I love Thee above all things and I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee because Thou art infinite goodness. I will rather die than offend Thee again. Grant me the grace of perseverance. Have pity on me and at the same time on those blessed souls suffering in Purgatory. Mary, Mother of God, come to their assistance with thy powerful intercession. Say one O...

St. Jude Thaddeus was one of the Apostles of Jesus Christ. Pray this novena for hopeless causes, desperate situations, and grave illnesses. Facts about St. Jude Novena Feastday: October 28th Novena Starts: October 19th Patron saint of hopeless causes, desperate situations, grave illnesses, lost causes Birth: 1st century BC Death: 1st century AD St. Jude Thaddeus St. Jude Novena Prayers Intro Prayers (start each day with this prayer) Most holy Apostle, St. Jude, faithful servant and friend of Jesus, the Church honors and invokes you universally, as the patron of difficult cases, of things almost despaired of. Pray for me, I am so helpless and alone. Intercede with God for me that He bring visible and speedy help where help is almost despaired of. Come to my assistance in this great need that I may receive the consolation and help of heaven in all my necessities, tribulations, and sufferings, particularly: (make your request here) and that I may praise God with y...

Pope St. John Paul II grew up in Poland, endured the horrors of war and Nazi occupation, then rose to become a beloved pope of the late 20th century. Facts about Pope St. John Paul II Novena Feastday: October 22nd Novena Starts: October 13th Patron saint of Archdiocese of Kraków, World Youth Day (co-Patron), World Meeting of Families 2015 (co-Patron), Young Catholics, Families Birth: May 18th, 1920 Death: April 2nd, 2005 Pope St. John Paul II Novena Pope St. John Paul II Novena Prayers O Blessed Trinity, we thank you for having graced the Church with Saint John Paul II and for allowing the tenderness of your fatherly care, the glory of the Cross of Christ and the splendor of the Spirit of love to shine through him. Day 1 Dear St. John Paul II, you told us: The future starts today, not tomorrow. So, as we start our nine days with you, thank you for reminding me that with God’s Help, I can start again, but I need to start now, not at some point in the future. Your wo...

St. Teresa was a Spanish Carmelite nun who reformed the Order and experienced mystical grace through prayer Facts about St. Teresa of Avila Novena Feastday: October 15th Novena Starts: October 6th Patron saint of Headache sufferers, Spanish Catholic Writers, Spain, sick people, people in religious Orders, people ridiculed for their piety, lacemakers Birth: March 28, 1515 Death: October 4, 1582 St. Teresa of Avila Novena St. Teresa of Avila Novena Prayers Day 1 O most amiable Lord Jesus Christ! We thank Thee for the great gift of faith and of devotion to the Holy Sacrament, which Thou didst grant to Thy beloved Teresa; we pray Thee, by Thy merits and by those of Thy faithful spouse, to grant us the gift of a lively faith, and of a fervent devotion toward the most Holy Sacrament of the altar; where Thou, O infinite Majesty! hast obliged Thyself to abide with us even to the end of the world, and wherein Thou didst so lovingly give Thy whole Self to us. Day 2 O most me...