Novena to St. Thomas Aquinas

Jan 19–27

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. Thomas Aquinas

Opening prayer:

O ineffable Creator, who gave to St. Thomas Aquinas a burning love of truth, send forth Your light into our minds and Your love into our hearts. By his prayers grant us to seek, to find, and to rest in You, the Truth that never fails. Amen.

Read the meditation and offer the intention of the day.

Day 1: Love of truth

From his earliest childhood at Monte Cassino, Thomas was consumed by one question that he would put to his teachers: 'What is God?' His whole life became a single, patient search for the Truth who is God Himself. He pursued every science not for its own sake but to trace all knowledge back to its divine source, showing that the mind reaches its rest only when it rests in God.

O Saint Thomas Aquinas, who from childhood sought to know what God is, kindle in me a sincere love of truth. Let me never prefer my own opinions or the flattering errors of the age to what is really so, but seek the truth wherever it leads, until it leads me home to God Himself. Amen.

Today's intention:

For a sincere love of truth above all opinions.

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 Angelic Doctor, who adored the hidden God in the Blessed Sacrament and counted all learning as straw before His glory, obtain for us a humble and ardent faith. May we love truth for God's sake and adore Him with all our heart. 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.