Novena to St. Louis IX, King of France

Day 7

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 IX, King of France

Opening prayer:

O St. Louis, holy king and faithful father, you wore an earthly crown without losing sight of the heavenly one. Teach me to serve God in the duties of my state, to love justice, and to seek first the Kingdom that does not pass away. Amen.

Read the meditation and offer the intention of the day.

Day 7: A devoted husband and father

Louis was a faithful husband to Queen Margaret and the loving father of eleven children, and a careful teacher who wrote his son a famous letter urging him above all to love God and shun every mortal sin. He prayed with his household and saw the home as the first school of holiness. He shows that sanctity begins not in great deeds alone but within the home and its daily duties, in the patient love that hallows ordinary life.

O St. Louis, faithful husband and devoted father, obtain for me the grace to live holiness faithfully in the duties of family and work, that I may love those entrusted to me, sanctify my daily tasks, and make my home a school of the love of God. Amen.

Today's intention:

For holiness lived faithfully in the duties of family and work.

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, who counted your baptism a greater honor than your throne, intercede for me before the King of kings whom you served so faithfully. Obtain the grace I seek in this novena, and a heart that rules its own desires for the love of God. 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.