Novena to SS. Peter and Paul

Day 9

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 9: The good fight finished in Rome

Both apostles bore witness in Rome unto death and sealed the faith with their blood. Tradition holds that Peter, judging himself unworthy to die as his Master had, asked to be crucified head downward, while Paul, a Roman citizen, was led out and beheaded. Looking to his end, Paul could write, 'I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.' Honored together on one day, they teach us to remain faithful to the very last.

O glorious Apostles Peter and Paul, who fought the good fight in Rome and kept the faith unto a martyr's death, obtain for me the grace of perseverance to the end and a holy death, that having kept the faith on earth I may share your crown in heaven. Amen.

Today's intention:

For the grace of perseverance and a holy death.

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.