Saint Andrew Christmas Novena

Saint Andrew Christmas Novena

It is piously believed that whoever recites the St. Andrew Christmas Novena Prayer fifteen times each day from the feast of St. Andrew (November 30th) until Christmas Eve will obtain the favor requested. 

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Saint Andrew Christmas Novena Prayer

Hail and blessed be the hour and moment

in which the Son of God was born

Of the most pure Virgin Mary,

at midnight, in Bethlehem,

in the piercing cold.

In that hour vouchsafe, I beseech Thee, O my God,

to hear my prayer and grant my desires

(here mention your request)

through the merits

of Our Savior Jesus Christ,

and of His blessed Mother. 

Amen.

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+Michael Augustine, Archbishop of New York

February 6, 1897

Sick and hopeless? Say this powerful prayer for healing and grace

A PRAYER FOR HEALING AND GRACE:




Dear God, We confess our need for you today. We need your healing and your grace. We need hope restored. We need to be reminded that you work on behalf of those you love, constantly, powerfully, completely. Forgive us for trying to fix our situations all on our own. Forgive us for running all different directions and spinning our wheels to find help, when true help and healing must be found first in You. Forgive us for forgetting how much we need you, above everyone and everything else. We come to you and bring you the places we are hurting. You see where no one else is able to fully see or understand. You know the pain we've carried. The burdens. The cares. You know where we need to be set free.




We ask for your healing and grace to cover every broken place. Every wound. Every heartache. Thank you that you are Able to do far more than we could ever imagine. Thank you for your Mighty Power that acts on behalf of your children. We reach out to you, and know that you are restoring and redeeming every place of difficulty, every battle, for your greater glory. Thank you that you will never waste our pain and suffering. We love you. We need you today. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

PRAYER TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, Our Lady of the MIRACULOUS MEDAL

November 27 Feast Day

Memorial of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal




PRAYER TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY


Mary, today I renew in your hands the promise of my baptism. I renounce forever Satan, the enemy of our joy. I renounce his deceits, his seductions, and all his works. I give myself entirely to Jesus, the living sign of God’s love for us, in order to be more faithful to Him and in order to live fully as a child of God. I entrust myself to you, Immaculate Mary. I choose you as my Mother and Lady. To you as your child, I abandon and consecrate my life, my family, and the community in which I live. I ever entrust myself to your wishes, O Mary; preserve me from sin and defend me from the Evil One. On the last day, receive me in your arms and present me to Jesus as your child. Then, singing the eternal song of praise to God, together with you, O merciful Mother, my paradise will begin and my soul will exult with joy. Amen.

PRAYER OF BLESSING FOR BUILDINGS (HOMES ,OFFICES,SHOPS ...)

PRAYER OF BLESSING FOR BUILDINGS

O Father, come and visit our home (office, shop, etc.) and protect us from the lures of the enemy. May Your holy angels come to guard our peace and may Your blessing remain with us forever. In Christ, our Lord. Amen.

Lord Jesus Christ, who said to Your apostles, “In whatever home you enter, greet it saying, ‘Peace to this home.’” Let this same peace, we pray, abide in this place. We beseech You to sanctify it by the merits of our trusting prayer.

Pour Your blessings on it, and make it a place of peace. May salvation enter our abode as it entered the house of Zacchaeus, when You graced it with Your presence.

Entrust Your angels to guard it and banish from it every evil power. Grant that all who live in it may please You with their good works, and so receive from You, when their time comes, the reward of Your heavenly home. We ask this through Christ, our Lord. Amen.

OUR LADY OF THE MIRACULOUS MEDAL November 27 (Feast day)

 

OUR LADY OF THE MIRACULOUS MEDAL

November 27 (Feast day)

In 1830, during the apparitions in the chapel on Rue du Bac in Paris, the Holy Virgin presented the Miraculous Medal to Saint Catherine Labouré: “Those who wear it, blessed, around their neck will receive great graces. The graces will be abundant for those who wear it with confidence.” Catherine explained the entire series of apparitions to her confessor, and she worked through him to carry out Mary’s instructions. She also took a vow of silence, sharing only the instructions of the Blessed Mother with her confessor. She did not reveal that she received the Medal until soon before her death 46 years later.

With approval of the Church, the first Medals were made in 1832 and were distributed in Paris. Almost immediately the blessings that Mary had promised began to shower down on those who wore her Medal. The devotion spread like wildfire. Marvels of grace and health, peace and prosperity, followed in its wake. Before long people were calling it the “Miraculous” Medal. However, no one else was told who the recipient of the visions was. Even the Mother Superior at Saint Catherine’s convent did not know that the miraculous visions were occurring within her own convent walls. In 1836, a canonical inquiry undertaken at Paris declared the apparitions to be genuine.

St. Catherine further wrote about her visions of Our Blessed Mother, in one entry saying:

"Oh, how beautiful it will be to hear it said: Mary is Queen of the universe. That will be a time of peace, joy and happiness which will be long... She will be borne like a banner and will make a tour of the world.” The Virgin foretold that this time would come only after “the entire world will be in sadness... Afterwards, peace.”

"The whole world will be overwhelmed by misfortunes of all kinds... All will seem lost, but I shall be with you,” the Holy Virgin promised Saint Catherine, who repeated this prophecy till the end of her life. The rays coming from Our Lady’s hands symbolize the graces she obtains for everyone who prays to her with confidence.

Prayer:

IMMACULATE VIRGIN MARY, mother of our Lord Jesus and our mother, we have confidence in your powerful and never-failing intercession, manifested often through the Miraculous Medal. We your loving and trustful children, ask you to obtain for us the graces and favors we ask during this novena if they will be for the glory of God and the salvation of souls.

You know, O Mary, how often our souls have been the sanctuaries of your Son who hates iniquity. Obtain for us then a deep hatred of sin and that purity of heart which will attach us to God alone so that our every thought, word, and deed may tend to his greater glory. Obtain for us also a spirit of prayer and self-denial that we may recover by penance what we have lost by sin and at length attain to that blessed abode where you are the queen of angels and of men. AMEN.

O Mary, conceived without sin, 

pray for us who have recourse to thee, 

and for those who do not have recourse to thee, 

especially the enemies of the Church 

and those recommended to thee, 

Amen.

PRAYER TO THE WOUNDED HEART OF JESUS

Prayer to the Wounded Heart of Jesus

Author: Lanspergius, the Carthusian

O my Most Loving and Gentle Jesus,

I desire with all the affections of my heart,

that all beings should praise Thee,

honor Thee and glorify Thee eternally

for that sacred wound wherewith Thy divine side was rent.

I deposit, enclose, conceal in that wound

and in that opening in Thy Heart,

my heart and all my feelings, thoughts, desires,

intentions and all the faculties of my soul.

I entreat Thee, by the precious Blood and

Water that flowed from Thy Most Loving Heart,

to take entire possession of me,

that Thou may guide me in all things.

Consume me in the burning fire of thy holy Love,

so that I may be so absorbed and transformed into Thee

that I may be one with Thee.

Amen.

A CATHOLIC DAILY OFFERING

 God, our Creator, I offer You my day.

I offer You my prayers, thoughts, words, actions, joys and sufferings in union with Your Son Jesus' Heart, who continues to offer Himself in the Eucharist for the salvation of the world.

May the Holy Spirit, who guided Jesus, be my guide and my strength today so that I may witness to Your love.

With Mary, the mother of our Lord and of the Church, I pray especially for this month's intentions as proposed by the Holy Father.

Amen.

Are You Looking for a Job ?Ask God's help and say this powerful prayer for guidance

 

A Prayer for Employment

God, our Father, I turn to you seeking your divine help and guidance as I look for suitable employment.

I need your wisdom to guide my footsteps along the right path, and to lead me to find the proper things to say and do in this quest. I wish to use the gifts and talents you have given me, but I need the opportunity to do so with gainful employment.

Do not abandon me, dear Father, in this search, but rather grant me this favor I seek so that I may return to you with praise and thanksgiving for your gracious assistance.

Grant this through Christ, our Lord.

Amen.

Prayers for the Souls in Purgatory

Catholic Prayer for the Most Forgotten Souls in Purgatory

Here is a prayer from the Raccolta that directs our prayers to that soul in most need of our prayers.

O Lord God Almighty, I pray Thee, by the Precious Blood which Thy Divine Son Jesus shed in the garden, deliver the souls in purgatory, and especially that soul amongst them all who is most destitute of spiritual aid; and vouchsafe to bring it to Thy glory, there to praise and bless Thee for ever. Amen.

PRAYER TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS FOR THE HOLY SOULS IN PURGATORY AND THE HOLY CHURCH

PRAYER TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS FOR THE HOLY SOULS IN PURGATORY AND THE HOLY CHURCH


O Divine Heart of Jesus, grant I pray to Thee, eternal rest to the Souls in Purgatory, the final grace to those who are about to die this day, true repentance to sinners, the light of faith to pagans, and Thy blessing to me and to all who are dear to me.

To Thee, therefore, O Most Merciful Heart of Jesus, I commend all these souls, and in their behalf I offer unto Thee all Thy merits in union with the merits of Thy Most Blessed Mother and of all the Angels and Saints, together with all the Masses, Communions, prayers and good works which are this day being offered throughout Christendom.

O Most Holy Heart of Jesus, shower Thy blessings in abundant measure upon Thy Holy Church; to the just grant perseverance; convert sinners; enlighten unbelievers; bless our relations, friends and benefactors; assist the dying; deliver the Holy Souls in Purgatory; and extend over all hearts the sweet empire of Thy love.

Amen.