Novena to St. Louis de Montfort

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. Louis de Montfort

Opening prayer:

St. Louis Marie de Montfort, faithful slave of Jesus in Mary, you spent your life leading souls to Christ through His holy Mother. Take me by the hand as I begin this novena and teach me to belong entirely to Jesus through Mary. Obtain for me the grace I now ask, that I may love God with an undivided heart. Amen.

Read the meditation and offer the intention of the day.

Day 6: Wisdom of the Cross

In "The Love of Eternal Wisdom" St. Louis taught that Christ crucified is the very Wisdom of God, and that whoever would possess Him must embrace the Cross. He lived what he wrote. Mocked, driven from pulpits, even poisoned by his enemies, he bore it all without bitterness, kissing the cross he carried and taking "de Montfort" with the Cross into his very name. He shows us that the way the world despises is the royal road along which divine Wisdom comes to dwell within the soul.

Lord Jesus, Eternal Wisdom crucified, teach me to love the Cross as St. Louis loved it. When trials come, let me embrace them without bitterness, knowing that hidden within every cross You send is the gift of Yourself, the true and saving Wisdom. Amen.

Today's intention:

For the grace to embrace the cross in my life as the way to true wisdom.

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. Louis Marie, who proclaimed that Mary is the surest, shortest, and most perfect way to Jesus, lead me along that royal road. Help me to consecrate myself wholly to Christ through her Immaculate Heart and to take up my Rosary each day. By your prayers, may I be among the apostles of the latter times whom you foretold. 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.