Novena to St. José de Anchieta

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. 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 2: Founder of São Paulo

In 1554 Anchieta and his companions raised the humble mission school of São Paulo de Piratininga on a high plain, and on its feast the very name of the future city was given. From a poor hut of mud and straw he taught and prayed, laying a spiritual foundation that would outlast empires. He shows us that the greatest works of God often begin in poverty and obscurity.

O St. José de Anchieta, who built the Church in a poor hut on a distant plain, bless all who labor for the faith in forgotten and humble places, and teach me to value the hidden beginnings from which God raises great things. Amen.

Today's intention:

For all who build the Church in poor and forgotten places.

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.