Prayers and Novena

 

Consecration To The Sacred Heart of Jesus
by Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque

O Sacred Heart of Jesus, to Thee I con­se­crate and offer up my per­son and my life, my actions, tri­als, and suf­fer­ings, that my entire being may hence­forth only be employed in lov­ing, hon­or­ing and glo­ri­fy­ing Thee. This is my irrev­o­ca­ble will, to belong entire­ly to Thee, and to do all for Thy love, renounc­ing with my whole heart all that can dis­please Thee.

I take Thee, O Sacred Heart, for the sole object of my love, the pro­tec­tion of my life, the pledge of my sal­va­tion, the rem­e­dy of my frailty and incon­stan­cy, the repa­ra­tion for all the defects of my life, and my secure refuge at the hour of my death. Be Thou, O Most Mer­ci­ful Heart, my jus­ti­fi­ca­tion before God Thy Father, and screen me from His anger which I have so just­ly mer­it­ed. I fear all from my own weak­ness and mal­ice, but plac­ing my entire con­fi­dence in Thee, O Heart of Love, I hope all from Thine infi­nite Good­ness. Anni­hi­late in me all that can dis­please or resist Thee. Imprint Thy pure love so deeply in my heart that I may nev­er for­get Thee or be sep­a­rat­ed from Thee.

I beseech Thee, through Thine infi­nite Good­ness, grant that my name be engraved upon Thy Heart, for in this I place all my hap­pi­ness and all my glo­ry, to live and to die as one of Thy devot­ed ser­vants.
Amen.

 

A Solemn Act of Consecration to the Immaculate
Heart of Mary
by Venerable Pope Pius XII

Most Holy Vir­gin Mary, ten­der Moth­er of men, to ful­fill the desires of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the request of the Vic­ar of Your Son on earth, we con­se­crate our­selves and our fam­i­lies to your Sor­row­ful and Immac­u­late Heart, O Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, and we rec­om­mend to You, all the peo­ple of our coun­try and all the world.

Please accept our con­se­cra­tion, dear­est Moth­er, and use us as You wish to accom­plish Your designs in the world. O Sor­row­ful and Immac­u­late Heart of Mary, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, and Queen of the World, rule over us, togeth­er with the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ, Our King. Save us from the spread­ing flood of mod­ern pagan­ism; kin­dle in our hearts and homes the love of puri­ty, the prac­tice of a vir­tu­ous life, an ardent zeal for souls, and a desire to pray the Rosary more faith­ful­ly.

We come with con­fi­dence to You, O Throne of Grace and Moth­er of Fair Love. Inflame us with the same Divine Fire which has inflamed Your own Sor­row­ful and Immac­u­late Heart. Make our hearts and homes Your shrine, and through us, make the Heart of Jesus, togeth­er with your rule, tri­umph in every heart and home.
Amen.

For more on the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immac­u­late Heart of Mary, go to:

• EWTN Glob­al Catholic Net­work  Sacred Heart of Jesus
• Apos­tle­ship of Prayer
• St. Louis de Montfort’s Way of Total Con­se­cra­tion to Jesus through Mary
• Con­se­cra­tion to the Immac­u­late Heart of Mary

 

Prayer to the Holy Spirit by Saint Augustine of Hippo

PRAYER TO THE HOLY SPIRIT

Breathe in me, O Holy Spir­it, that my thoughts may all be holy.
Act in me, O Holy Spir­it, that my work, too, may be holy.
Draw my heart, O Holy Spir­it, that I love but what is holy.
Strength­en me, O Holy Spir­it, to defend all that is holy.
Guard me, then, O Holy Spir­it, that I always may be holy.
Amen.

LATE HAVE I LOVED YOU
Late have I loved you, Beau­ty so ancient and so new, late have I loved you!
Lo, you were with­in,
but I out­side, seek­ing there for you,
and upon the shape­ly things you have made
I rushed head­long – I, mis­shapen.
You were with me, but I was not with you.
They held me back far from you,
those things which would have no being,
were they not in you.
You called, shout­ed, broke through my deaf­ness;
you flared, blazed, ban­ished my blind­ness;
you lav­ished your fra­grance, I gasped; and now I pant for you;
I tast­ed you, and now I hunger and thirst;
you touched me, and I burned for your peace.

St. Augustine’s con­fes­sion, Book 10, Chap­ter 27

For infor­ma­tion on the life of St. Augus­tine of Hip­po vis­it:
Catholic Ency­clo­pe­dia

Catholic Online

 

 Short Prayer of Saint Catherine of Siena

“Lord, take me from myself and give me
to yourself.”

 

Novena To  St. Jude
Desperate Situations and Hopeless Cases

Most holy Apos­tle, St. Jude, faith­ful ser­vant and friend of Jesus, the Church hon­ors and invokes you uni­ver­sal­ly, as the patron of dif­fi­cult cas­es, of things almost despaired of, Pray for me, I am so help­less and alone.

Inter­cede with God for me that He bring vis­i­ble and speedy help where help is almost despaired of. Come to my assis­tance in this great need that I may receive the con­so­la­tion and help of heav­en in all my neces­si­ties, tribu­la­tions, and suf­fer­ings, par­tic­u­lar­ly -

(make your request here)

- and that I may praise God with you and all the saints for­ev­er. I promise, O Blessed St. Jude, to be ever mind­ful of this great favor grant­ed me by God and to always hon­or you as my spe­cial and pow­er­ful patron, and to grate­ful­ly encour­age devo­tion to you.

Amen

 

Nove­na PRAYER

 May the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, and loved in all the taber­na­cles until the end of time. Amen.
May the most Sacred Heart of Jesus be praised and glo­ri­fied now and for­ev­er. Amen
St. Jude pray for us and hear our prayers. Amen.
Blessed be the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Blessed be the Immac­u­late Heart of Mary
Blessed be St. Jude Thad­deus, in all the world and for all Eter­ni­ty.
(Say this prayer, fol­lowed by the Our Father and the Hail Mary)

Addi­tion­al Prayer to Saint Jude Thad­deus

 

Stay With Me Lord (A Prayer After Communion)
by Saint Padre Pio

Stay with me, Lord, for it is nec­es­sary to have You present so that I do not for­get You. You know how eas­i­ly I aban­don You.
Stay with me, Lord, because I am weak and I need Your strength, that I may not fall so often.
Stay with me, Lord, for You are my life, and with­out You, I am with­out fer­vor.
Stay with me, Lord, for You are my light, and with­out You, I am in dark­ness.
Stay with me, Lord, to show me Your will.

Stay with me, Lord, so that I hear Your voice and fol­low You.
Stay with me, Lord, for I desire to love You very much, and always be in Your com­pa­ny.
Stay with me, Lord, if You wish me to be faith­ful to You.
Stay with me, Lord, for as poor as my soul is, I wish it to be a place of con­so­la­tion for You, a nest of Love.

Stay with me, Jesus, for it is get­ting late and the day is com­ing to a close, and life pass­es, death, judge­ment, eter­ni­ty approach­es.
It is nec­es­sary to renew my strength, so that I will not stop along the way and for that, I need You.
It is get­ting late and death approach­es. I fear the dark­ness, the temp­ta­tions, the dry­ness, the cross, the sor­rows. O how I need You, my Jesus, in this night of exile!
Stay with me tonight, Jesus, in life with all its dan­gers, I need You.Let me rec­og­nize You as Your dis­ci­ples did at the break­ing of bread, so that the Eucharis­tic Com­mu­nion be the light which dis­pers­es the dark­ness, the force which sus­tains me, the unique joy of my heart.

Stay with me, Lord, because at the hour of my death, I want to remain unit­ed to You, if not by Com­mu­nion, at least by grace and love.
Stay with me, Jesus, I do not ask for divine con­so­la­tion, because I do not mer­it it, but, the gift of Your Pres­ence, oh yes, I ask this of You!
Stay with me, Lord, for it is You alone I look for. Your Love, Your Grace, Your Will, Your Heart, Your Spir­it, because I love You and ask no oth­er reward but to love You more and more.
With a firm love, I will love You with all my heart while on earth and con­tin­ue to love You per­fect­ly dur­ing all eter­ni­ty.
Amen.

 

Novena to St. Philomena

O Faith­ful Vir­gin and glo­ri­ous mar­tyr, St. Philom­e­na, who works so many mir­a­cles on behalf of the poor and sor­row­ing, have pity on me. Thou know­est the mul­ti­tude and diver­si­ty of my needs. Behold me at thy feet, full of mis­ery, but full of hope. I entreat thy char­i­ty, O great Saint! Gra­cious­ly hear me and obtain from God a favor­able answer to the request which I now humbly lay before thee.. (men­tion your inten­tion).

I am firm­ly con­vinced that through thy mer­its, through the scorn, the suf­fer­ings and the death thou didst endure, unit­ed to the mer­its of the Pas­sion and death of Jesus, thy Spouse, I shall obtain what I ask of thee, and in the joy of my heart I will bless God, who is admirable in His Saints. Amen.