Novena to St. Gianna Beretta Molla
Apr 19–27
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. Gianna Beretta Molla
Opening prayer:
St. Gianna, faithful physician and devoted mother, you served Christ in the sick, the young, and the unborn with tender and competent love. Draw near to me now as I begin this novena, and teach me to make a gift of my whole life. Obtain for me from God the grace I seek and a heart wholly His. Amen.
Read the meditation and offer the intention of the day.
Day 1: Holiness in ordinary life
Gianna was not a cloistered mystic but a busy doctor, wife, and mother who found God in clinics, kitchens, and cradles. She rose for early Mass, worked long days, and still made time for mountain hikes and quiet prayer. She shows us that the path to sanctity runs straight through our daily duties faithfully fulfilled, that whatever our hands find to do can be offered to God as worship.
O God, who made St. Gianna holy amid the cares of family and work, teach me to seek You not far away but here, in the duties of this day. Let every task become a quiet offering of love, until my whole life is a prayer pleasing to You. Amen.
Today's intention:
For the grace to seek holiness within the ordinary tasks God gives me each day.
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.
Pater noster
Liber cantualis, 1983, p. 27 · Transcribed by Richard Chonak · GregoBase, CC0
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.
Ave Maria Mode I
The Liber Usualis, 1961, p. 1861 · Transcribed by Andrew Hinkley · GregoBase, CC0
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. Gianna, who in your final hour repeated, "If you must choose, save the baby," and offered your life without reserve, intercede for me before the throne of God. Help me to find Christ in the duties of each ordinary day and to love until the end. Through your prayers, may I one day join you in the joy of heaven. 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.