Novena to St. Catherine of Siena

Day 7

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 St. Catherine of Siena

Opening prayer:

St. Catherine of Siena, bride of Christ and lover of His Precious Blood, you set the world on fire with the love that burned in your own heart. Be with me as I begin this novena and obtain for me a like ardor for God and His Church. Through your powerful intercession, grant me the grace I now humbly ask. Amen.

Read the meditation and offer the intention of the day.

Day 7: The Dialogue and divine truth

In her great work, The Dialogue, Catherine recorded God the Father's words about truth, mercy, and the bridge that is Christ crossing from earth to heaven. Dictated in ecstasy though she never learned to write with ease, the book shines with the wisdom God pours into humble and loving hearts. As a Doctor of the Church, she teaches that true wisdom is born not of mere study but of love that gazes upon the truth.

O Father of truth, who taught the unlettered Catherine the deepest wisdom, open my heart to Your word. Let me love the truth You reveal and let it transform my life, that gazing on Christ, the bridge to heaven, I may walk safely home to You. Amen.

Today's intention:

For the grace to love divine truth and let it transform my life.

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:

St. Catherine, who counseled, "Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire," kindle that flame in me. Help me to seek truth, to love the Church, and to spend myself for the souls Christ redeemed with His Blood. By your prayers, may I serve God boldly in my own time. 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.