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Nine Day Novena to Saint Gerard
Day One
Saint Gerard, ever full of faith obtain for me that,
believing firmly all that the Church of God proposes
to my belief, I may strive to secure through
a holy life the joys of eternal happiness.
Say nine Hail Marys
V. Pray for us, O Saint Gerard.
R. That we may be made worthy
of the promises
of Christ.
Let us Pray.
O Almighty and everlasting God, who
didst draw to thyself Saint Gerard, even from his
tenderest years, making him conformable to the
Image of Thy Crucified Son, grant we beseech
Thee, that imitating his example,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Day Two
Saint Gerard, most generous saint, who from thy
tenderest years didst care so little for the goods of
earth, grant that I may place all my confidence in
Jesus Christ alone, my true Treasure, who alone
can make me happy in time and in eternity.
Say nine Hail Marys
V. Pray for us, O Saint Gerard.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises
of Christ.
Day Three
Saint Gerard, bright seraph of love, who despising
all earthly love, didst consecrate thy life to the service
of God and thy neighbor, promoting God’s
glory in thy lowly state, and ever ready to assist
the distressed and console the sorrowful, obtain
for me, I beseech thee, that loving God the only
God and my neighbor for His sake, I may be hereafter
united to Him for ever in glory.
Say nine Hail Marys
V. Pray for us, O Saint Gerard.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises
of Christ.
Day Four
Saint Gerard, spotless lily of purity, by the angelic
virtue and thy wonderful innocence of life thou
didst receive from the Infant Jesus and His Immaculate
Mother, sweet pledges of tenderest love,
grant, I beseech thee, that I may ever strive in my
life-long fight, and thus win the crown that awaits
the brave and the true.
Say nine Hail Marys
V. Pray for us, O Saint Gerard.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises
of Christ.
Day Five
Saint Gerard, model of holy obedience, who
through thy life didst heroically submit the judgment
to those who represent Jesus Christ to thee,
thus sanctifying thy lowliest actions, obtain for me
from God cheerful admission to His Holy Will and
the virtue of perfect obedience, that I may be
made comfortable to Jesus, my Model, who was
obedient even to death.
Say nine Hail Marys
V. Pray for us, O Saint Gerard.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises
of Christ.
Day Six
Saint Gerard, most perfect imitator of Jesus Christ
our Redeemer, do thou whose greatest glory was
to be humble and lowly, obtain that I too, knowing
my littleness in God’s sight, may be found worthy
to enter the kingdom that is promised to the humble
and lowly of heart.
Say nine Hail Marys
V. Pray for us, O Saint Gerard.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises
of Christ.
Day Seven
Saint Gerard, unconquered hero, most patient in
suffering, do thou who didst glory in infirmity, and
under slander and most cruel ignominy didst rejoice
to suffer with Christ, obtain for me patience
and resignation in my sorrows, that I may bravely
bear the cross that is to gain for me the crown of
everlasting glory.
Say nine Hail Marys
V. Pray for us, O Saint Gerard.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises
of Christ.
Day Eight
Saint Gerard, true lover of Jesus in the Blessed
Sacrament of the Altar, do thou who didst kneel
long hours before the Tabernacle, and there didst
taste the joys of the Paradise. Obtain for me, I beseech
thee, the spirit of prayer and an undying
love for the Most Holy Sacrament, that thus receiving
frequently the Body and Blood of Jesus, I may
daily grow in His holy love and merit the priceless
grace of loving Him even to the end.
Say nine Hail Marys
V. Pray for us, O Saint Gerard.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises
of Christ.
Day Nine
Saint Gerard, most favorite child of heaven, to
whom Mary gave the Infant Jesus in the day of thy
childhood, to whom she sweetly came before thou
didst close thine eyes In death, obtain for me I
beseech thee, so to seek and love my Blessed
Mother during life, that she may be my joy and
consolation in this valley of tears, until with thee,
before the throne of God, I may praise her goodness
for all eternity.
Amen.
Say nine Hail Marys
V. Pray for us, O Saint Gerard.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises
of Christ.
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