Novena to the Holy Family

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 to the Holy Family

Opening prayer:

O Holy Family of Nazareth, Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, in whose humble home heaven dwelt upon earth, I come before you as I begin this novena. Look with love upon my family, hear the petition I bring, and teach us to live united in faith, charity, and peace. Amen.

Read the meditation and offer the intention of the day.

Day 5: The sanctity of work

At Joseph's bench Jesus labored with wood and tools, hallowing the daily work of human hands. The Holy Family teaches us that honest work, offered to God, is itself a path of holiness and a share in His creating love. The townsfolk knew Him only as the carpenter's son, the worker among workers. He who upholds the universe was content to sweat over a plank, and so He blessed forever the toil by which we earn our bread and serve our neighbor.

O Lord Jesus, who labored with Your hands at Joseph's bench and hallowed all honest toil, teach me to offer my daily work to God. Let my labor be a prayer and a service to my neighbor, a share in Your creating love, so that everything I do may be done for Your glory. Amen.

Today's intention:

For the grace to offer my daily work to God.

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:

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, I give you my heart and my home. Watch over all who dwell beneath my roof, keep us faithful to God and gentle with one another, and grant that we may one day be united forever in the family of heaven. 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.