Novena for Any Saint

Day 8

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 Any Saint

Opening prayer:

O God, who are wonderful in your saints, I come to honor [Saint N.], your faithful servant whom you crowned with glory. Through the merits and intercession of this holy one, hear the prayers I offer over these nine days. Kindle in me the same love for you that burned in their heart. Amen.

Read the meditation and offer the intention of the day.

Day 8: Hope of heaven

The saints kept their eyes fixed on heaven, and that hope made them free amid the world's losses and fears. Their joy now is the promise held out to me, and it loosens my grip on lesser things. This saint did not cling to what passes, because they had already set their heart on what endures. The glory they now enjoy is not a reward for them alone but a window through which I am meant to glimpse my own true home.

O God, who crowned this saint with the joy of heaven, fill me with the same living hope. Loosen my grip on passing things, and fix my heart on the home that endures. Through their prayers, let the hope of seeing You make me free amid every loss and fear. Amen.

Today's intention:

For a living hope of heaven that frees me from earthly fears.

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:

O [Saint N.], I thank God for the grace He poured out in your life and for the example you left to guide me home. Take the petitions of this novena and lay them before the Lord, and obtain for me the one thing necessary: to become a saint as you are a saint. Pray for me now and at the hour of my death. 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.