Novena to the Most Holy Trinity

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 Most Holy Trinity

Opening prayer:

Most Holy Trinity, one God in three Persons, we adore You with all the powers of our soul. Father who creates us, Son who redeems us, Spirit who sanctifies us, we bow before the abyss of Your love. Draw us into the communion that You are. Amen.

Read the meditation and offer the intention of the day.

Day 5: The Trinity dwelling in the soul

Jesus promised that the Father and He would come and make their dwelling in those who love Him and keep His word. In a soul living in grace, the whole Trinity abides as in a living temple, and we become the dwelling place of God. Heaven is not only above us; it begins within the baptized heart. To recollect ourselves in prayer is to descend into this inner sanctuary where the Three already dwell.

O Most Holy Trinity, who deign to dwell within the soul in grace, make our hearts Your worthy temple. Keep us ever in Your friendship, and teach us to seek You within, where Father, Son, and Spirit abide in silent and unceasing love. Amen.

Today's intention:

For the grace to live always in the state of grace, a worthy temple of 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:

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. Most Holy Trinity, abide in us as in a living temple, and let our whole life become an offering of praise. Make us at last partakers of Your eternal blessedness. 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.