Novena to St. Gianna Beretta Molla

Day 6

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 6: Courage in suffering

When doctors revealed the tumor in her womb, Gianna calmly refused any remedy that would harm her child, accepting grave risk to herself. She faced the months ahead without panic, continuing her work and her prayers, leaning on the Lord in whom she had always trusted. Her courage was not recklessness but a serene trust that God, who had given her this cross, would not abandon her under its weight.

Lord Jesus, who in Gethsemane embraced the Father's will, grant me through St. Gianna a courage like hers. When fear presses upon me, steady my heart with trust, that I may do what is right whatever the cost, sure that You will never forsake me. Amen.

Today's intention:

For courage to do what is right even when it costs me dearly.

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.