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Novena for Corpus Christi

Day 5

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 Corpus Christi

Opening prayer:

O Jesus, truly present in the Most Blessed Sacrament, we kneel before You hidden under the veil of bread. Saving Victim who opens wide the gate of heaven, we adore You with all our heart. Increase in us faith, hope, and love for this gift of Your abiding presence. Amen.

Read the meditation and offer the intention of the day.

Day 5: Reparation for irreverence

So great a Sacrament is often received coldly, forgotten, or profaned by the world, and many tabernacles stand abandoned and alone. With love we seek to console the Heart of Jesus and to make amends for the indifference shown to Him. Reparation is the work of friends who will not leave their Lord neglected. As one soul's love can repair many offenses, let our adoration answer for those who do not adore.

O Jesus, neglected and offended in the Sacrament of Your love, we come to console You. Accept our adoration in reparation for every coldness and profanation, and let our love answer for the many who forget the gift of Your abiding presence. Amen.

Today's intention:

For the grace to make reparation for sins and indifference toward the Eucharist.

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 sacred banquet in which Christ is received, the memory of His Passion renewed, the soul filled with grace, and a pledge of future glory given to us. Down in adoration falling, we hail this Sacrament so great. Grant that we may one day pass from the veiled Host to the unveiled vision of Your face. 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.

About this prayer

A nine-day novena in honor of the Most Blessed Sacrament — the true Body and Blood of Christ — in adoration, thanksgiving, reparation, and longing for Holy Communion.

History

The feast of Corpus Christi was extended to the whole Church in 1264 to honor the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. At the request of the pope, St. Thomas Aquinas composed its sublime hymns and office, including the Pange Lingua, the O Salutaris, the Tantum Ergo, and the sequence Lauda Sion. This novena draws on his profound theology of the Sacrament of the altar.

How to pray it

Pray once each day for nine consecutive days. Begin with the Sign of the Cross and the opening prayer, prayerfully read the meditation and offer the day's intention, then conclude with an Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be, and the closing prayer.

Portuguese text of the line from the Tantum ergo in the closing prayer: Opus Dei, *Devocionário* — [opusdei.org](https://opusdei.org/pt-br/prayers/section/?section1=193&section2=)

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