Novena to St. Gemma Galgani

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 St. Gemma Galgani

Opening prayer:

O St. Gemma Galgani, who loved the crucified Jesus with a heart on fire and gave your whole life to His Passion, look kindly upon me from heaven. Take my petition into your wounded hands and lay it at the feet of your beloved Lord. Amen.

Read the meditation and offer the intention of the day.

Day 9: 'Jesus, I commend my soul'

On Holy Saturday of 1903, after long and silent suffering, Gemma died at only twenty-five, her eyes fixed upon the crucifix and her last breath a surrender of her soul to Jesus. As her Lord had been laid in the tomb on that very day, so his faithful daughter passed into His embrace, having loved Him through every wound. Her short life was complete, spent wholly for the love she had read upon the Cross.

O St. Gemma, who died with your eyes upon the crucifix, commending your soul to Jesus, obtain for me the grace of a holy death, that with my heart fixed on Christ I may pass into the embrace of the Lord I have sought to love in life. Amen.

Today's intention:

For the grace of a holy death, with my heart fixed on Christ.

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. Gemma, victim of love and friend of the suffering, obtain for me the grace I seek in this novena, if it serve God's glory and my salvation. Above all, teach me to love the Passion of Christ and to trust His will in every cross. 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.