Novena to St. Gianna Beretta Molla

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 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 2: Love of the sick

As a pediatrician Gianna saw in every patient the suffering face of Christ, treating the poor with the same care as the rich. She regarded her profession as a true mission, a way of touching the bodies of children with the gentleness of God Himself. She teaches us that medicine and every honest profession can become an act of charity, for whatever we do for the least of His brethren, we do for Christ.

Lord Jesus, who hid Your face among the sick and the poor, grant through St. Gianna's prayers that I may serve others with reverence and tenderness. Make my work a healing touch, and let me see You in every person who suffers and asks for help. Amen.

Today's intention:

For all physicians, nurses, and caregivers, that they may serve the sick with reverence.

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. 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.