Novena to SS. Anne and Joachim

Day 4

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 SS. Anne and Joachim

Opening prayer:

Glorious Saints Anne and Joachim, blessed parents of the Mother of God, you raised in your home the one who would bear the Savior of the world. Look kindly upon my family and obtain for us the grace of a household rooted in faith, patience, and love. Amen.

Read the meditation and offer the intention of the day.

Day 4: The gift of Mary

When God at last gave them a daughter, He gave them the purest creature ever to live, the Immaculate Mother of the Redeemer. Anne and Joachim received Mary not as a possession but as a treasure entrusted to their care, and tradition says they presented her in the Temple, giving back to God the very gift He had given. They teach us to hold every blessing with open and grateful hands.

O blessed Anne and Joachim, to whom God entrusted the Immaculate Virgin Mary, obtain for every parent a heart that receives each child as a sacred gift. Help us to cherish the lives placed in our care and, like you, to give them back to God in grateful love. Amen.

Today's intention:

For parents awaiting a child, that they may receive new life as a gift from 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:

Holy grandparents of Jesus, you who trusted God through long years of waiting, teach us to hope when His answer is slow in coming. Present my petitions to your daughter Mary, that through her they may reach the throne of God. 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.