Novena to Our Lady of Fatima

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 to Our Lady of Fatima

Opening prayer:

Our Lady of Fatima, tender Mother who came to call your children back to God, I begin this novena trusting in your maternal love. Teach me to pray, to do penance, and to console the Heart of Jesus. Through your Immaculate Heart, present my petitions to your Son and obtain for me the grace I now ask. Amen.

Read the meditation and offer the intention of the day.

Day 6: The holiness of the children

Francisco longed to console the hidden Jesus, spending hours before the tabernacle, while Jacinta burned with love for sinners and the Holy Father; both died young and were canonized as saints. They embraced sacrifice with childlike simplicity, never seeking attention, only the consolation of God. They show that holiness is offered even to the smallest and the youngest, and that a pure heart needs no great years to love God greatly.

O God, who made Francisco and Jacinta saints in their childhood, kindle in children and young people a like love for You. Give them pure hearts that long to console You, and teach all of us the simple, generous holiness of these little shepherds. Amen.

Today's intention:

For children and young people, that they may grow in holiness and love.

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:

Our Lady of Fatima, who promised that your Immaculate Heart would triumph, keep me faithful to your requests of prayer and penance. Help me to pray the Rosary each day and to offer my sufferings for the conversion of sinners. May I one day rejoice with you and the shepherd children in the glory 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.