Novena to St. Thomas Aquinas

Day 9

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 9: Truth in love

Thomas died in peace at the abbey of Fossanova, receiving Viaticum with words of fervent faith in the Sacrament he had so loved and defended. The seeker of truth ended his journey in adoration of the Truth made flesh. He intercedes that we too may seek the truth without weariness, live it always in charity, and so come at last to rest forever in God.

O Saint Thomas Aquinas, who died in the faith and love of the Eucharist, obtain for me the grace to seek the truth all my days and to live it always in charity. Let knowledge and love grow together in me, and bring me at last, like you, to rest in the peace of God forever. Amen.

Today's intention:

For the grace to seek and live the truth in charity.

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.