Novena to St. John of the Cross
Day 9
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. John of the Cross
Opening prayer:
O glorious St. John of the Cross, Mystical Doctor, who loved Christ crucified above every consolation, come to my aid as I begin this novena. Teach me to seek God alone, and obtain for me the grace I now ask through your powerful intercession. Amen.
Read the meditation and offer the intention of the day.
Day 9: In the evening, examined on love
John taught that in the evening of life we will be examined on love alone. He invites us to make every day a preparation for that final reckoning, learning now to love as we hope to be found loving then. St. Paul wrote that if we have not love we are nothing, though we possess all knowledge and faith. John, the Mystical Doctor who died in 1591, staked everything on this: that love is the one thing that endures and the measure of every soul.
O blessed St. John of the Cross, who taught that at the evening of life we are judged on love alone, obtain for me the grace to make love the measure of all my days. Let me store up no treasure but charity, that when my evening comes I may be found loving, and so pass into the eternal day of God. Amen.
Today's intention:
For the grace to make love the measure of all my days.
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. John of the Cross, who passed through the dark night and was set ablaze by the living flame of love, lead me along the narrow path of faith. Detach my heart from all that is not God, and let me rest at last in Him who is my All. 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.