Novena for All Saints

Day 4

10 min

Sign of the Cross

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

In nómine Patris, et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Amen.

Novena for All Saints

Opening prayer:

Almighty and eternal God, who gladden us by the merits and intercession of all Your saints, grant that we who honor them on earth may one day share their joy in heaven. Make us, by Your grace, members of that great multitude that praises You forever. Amen.

Read the meditation and offer the intention of the day.

Day 4: Meek and merciful

The Beatitudes promise mercy to the merciful and the earth to the meek, and the saints made these promises their way of life. They overcame evil not with force but with gentleness and forgiveness, returning kindness for injury. By bending low in mercy they were lifted high by God. They show us that the meek are not the weak, but the strong who have learned to conquer hearts the way Christ does.

O merciful saints, who conquered evil with gentleness, obtain for me a meek and forgiving heart. Help me to answer wrong with kindness and to show mercy to all I meet, that I may receive the mercy God has promised to the merciful. Amen.

Today's intention:

For the grace to be gentle and merciful toward everyone we meet.

Pray one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be.

Our Father

Our Father, who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come.

Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread,

and forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

Amen.

Pater noster, qui es in cælis,

sanctificétur nomen tuum.

Advéniat regnum tuum.

Fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra.

Panem nostrum quotidiánum da nobis hódie,

et dimítte nobis débita nostra,

sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris.

Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem,

sed líbera nos a malo.

Amen.

Hail Mary

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou amongst women,

and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners,

now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

Ave María, grátia plena, Dóminus tecum.

Benedícta tu in muliéribus,

et benedíctus fructus ventris tui, Iesus.

Sancta María, Mater Dei,

ora pro nobis peccatóribus,

nunc et in hora mortis nostræ.

Amen.

Glory Be

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,

world without end.

Amen.

Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper,

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Closing prayer:

All you holy men and women, citizens of heaven and our elder brothers and sisters in the faith, pray for us who still walk the pilgrim road. Obtain for us perseverance in grace, hunger for holiness, and the hope of one day joining your unending song before the throne of God. Amen.

Sign of the Cross

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

In nómine Patris, et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Amen.