Novena to St. José de Anchieta

Day 3

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 3: Learning the people's tongue

Patiently Anchieta mastered the Tupi language and wrote its first grammar, so that the Gospel and the prayers of the Church might be preached and sung in the people's own words. He composed catechisms and hymns in their tongue. He teaches us that true love takes the trouble to understand others as they are, meeting them in their own language and their own world.

O St. José de Anchieta, who learned a foreign tongue to bring the Gospel to others, give me a love patient enough to truly understand my neighbor, and bless all missionaries who labor to share the faith in every land and culture. Amen.

Today's intention:

For missionaries who labor to share the faith in every culture.

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.