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Missionary Benedictine Priests, Brothers & Sisters
Brief Life of St. Benedict and Scholastica
July 11 - Feast
of St. Benedict A novena is a set of nine prayers usually prayed for a special intention, for example, it can be said once a day for nine days or once an hour for nine hours. It is the tradition of the church to pray a novena nine days prior to the feast of a saint. The Solemnity of St. Benedict is July 11. A novena to St. Benedict can begin on July 2. The following prayers can be used for a novena prayer. This
prayer is attributed to St. Benedict: Gracious and holy Father, Please give me: intellect to understand you, Reason to discern you, Diligence to seek you, Wisdom to find you, a spirit to know you, A heart to meditate upon you. Ears to hear you, Eyes to see you, A tongue to proclaim you, A way of life pleasing to you, Patience to wait for you, And perseverance to look for you. Grant me a perfect end— your holy presence a blessed resurrection and life everlasting. Prayer to Saint Benedict Glorious Saint Benedict, sublime model of virtue, pure vessel of God's grace! Behold me humbly kneeling at your feet. I implore you in your loving kindness to pray for me before the throne of God. To you I have recourse in the dangers that daily surround me. Shield me against my selfishness and my indifference to God and to my neighbor. Inspire me to imitate you in all things. May your blessing be with me always, so that I may see and serve Christ in others and work for His kingdom. Graciously obtain for me from God those favors and graces which I need so much in the trials, miseries and afflictions of life. Your heart was always full of love, compassion and mercy toward those who were afflicted or troubled in any way. You never dismissed without consolation and assistance anyone who had recourse to you. I therefore invoke your powerful intercession, confident in the hope that you will hear my prayers and obtain for me the special grace and favor I earnestly implore. {mention your petition} Help me, great Saint Benedict, to live and die as a
faithful child of God, to run in the sweetness of His loving will, and to
attain the eternal happiness of heaven. Amen. |
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