Novena for Corpus Christi

Day 6

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 6: Bread of life and food for the journey

Jesus declared Himself the living bread come down from heaven, that whoever eats this bread may live forever. Holy Communion is the strength of pilgrims, sustaining us along the road to eternal life as the manna fed Israel in the desert. We do not walk to heaven on our own strength but on His. Like Elijah fed by the angel, we rise and walk in the strength of that food to the mountain of God.

O Jesus, living Bread come down from heaven, be the strength of our pilgrimage. Nourish us with Your Body for the long road home, that fed by You we may never faint, but walk in the strength of this food to the mountain of God. Amen.

Today's intention:

For the grace to draw strength from Holy Communion for the journey of life.

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.