Novena to St. José de Anchieta

Day 1

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. José de Anchieta

Opening prayer:

O holy José de Anchieta, missionary who carried Christ across the seas to a new land, look upon me as I begin this novena. Win for me your zeal for souls and your tender love for Our Lady, that I may labor for God wherever He sends me. Amen.

Read the meditation and offer the intention of the day.

Day 1: The call across the sea

Still a young Jesuit of nineteen, José de Anchieta left his native Canary Islands and crossed the wide Atlantic in 1553 toward a land he had never seen, trusting wholly in God. Frail in body, he gave himself without reserve to the unknown. He teaches us that the Lord's call may lead far from home and all that is familiar, and that love makes even the hardest journey light.

O St. José de Anchieta, who crossed the sea at God's call into an unknown land, give me your trusting courage, that I may follow the Lord wherever He leads, leaving behind whatever He asks for the sake of His Gospel. Amen.

Today's intention:

For courage to follow God's call wherever it leads.

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:

O St. José de Anchieta, Apostle of Brazil, present my petitions to the Lord for whom you spent your whole life. Teach me to love those of every tongue and people, and to seek God's glory above my own comfort, until I praise Him with you forever. 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.