Novena to SS. Peter and Paul

Day 2

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. Peter and Paul

Opening prayer:

Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, chosen pillars of Christ's Church, you laid down your lives in Rome for the faith you proclaimed. As I begin this novena, obtain for me a faith as firm as Peter's and a zeal as burning as Paul's. Watch over the Church you founded with your blood. Amen.

Read the meditation and offer the intention of the day.

Day 2: Thou art the rock

At Caesarea Philippi Jesus asked who the disciples said He was, and Peter alone confessed, 'You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.' Flesh and blood had not taught him this, but the Father in heaven; so the Lord renamed him Rock, swore the gates of hell would never prevail against His Church, and placed in his hands the keys of the kingdom to bind and to loose. On this confession the Church still stands, and to Peter's successors the keys are handed down.

O glorious Saint Peter, rock on whom Christ built His Church and keeper of the keys of the kingdom, obtain for me a firm and living faith in Jesus, the Son of the living God, and hold the Church together in unity around your successor against every gate of hell. Amen.

Today's intention:

For unity in the Church around the successor of Peter.

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:

Glorious Apostles, Peter holding the keys and Paul wielding the sword of the Spirit, intercede for the Church and for the Holy Father who sits in Peter's chair. Keep me faithful to the apostolic faith you handed down. Lead me at last to the crown you now wear. 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.