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NOVENA TO ST. JUDE (LONG
VERSION)
Begin by reciting the prayer: St. Jude, glorious
apostle, faithful servant and friend of Jesus, the name of the traitor
has caused you to be forgotten by many. But the Church honors and
invokes you universally as the patron of hopeless cases, and of
things despaired of. Pray for me who am so distressed. Make use,
I implore you, of that particular privilege accorded you to bring
visible and speedy help where help was almost despaired of. Come
to my assistance in this great need that I may receive the consolation
and succor of Heaven in all my necessities, tribulations and sufferings,
particularly.... (Make your request here.) and that I may bless
God with you and all the elect throughout eternity. St. Jude, apostle,
martyr, and relative of our Lord Jesus Christ, of Mary, and of Joseph,
intercede for us! Amen.
Recite the appropriate prayer for each of the 9
days. DAY ONE O blessed apostle St. Jude,
who labored zealously among the Gentiles in many lands, and performed
numerous miracles in needy and despairing cases, we invoke you to
take special interest in us and our needs. We feel that you understand
us in a particular way. Hear our prayers and our petitions and plead
for us in all our necessities especially... (Make your request here.)
May we be patient in learning God’s holy will and courageous
in carrying it out. Amen. St. Jude, pray for us! My Jesus, mercy!
DAY TWO O blessed apostle Jude, who has
been instrumental in gathering us here together this day, grant
that we may always serve Jesus Christ as he deserves to be served,
giving of our best efforts in living as he wishes us to live. May
we dispose our hearts and minds that God will always be inclined
to listen to our prayers and petitions, especially those petitions
which we entrust to your care and for which we as you to plead for
us... (Make your request here.) Grant that we may be enlightened
as to what is best for us, in the present and future, not forgetting
the blessings we have received in the past. Amen. St. Jude, pray
for us! My Jesus, mercy! DAY THREE O
holy St. Jude, apostle of Jesus Christ, you who have so faithfully
and devotedly helped to spread his Gospel of Light, we who are gathered
together today in your honor, ask and petition you to remember us
and our needs. Especially do we pray for... (Make your request here.)
May it also please our Lord to lend an ear to your supplications
in our behalf. Grant that we may ever pray with fervor and devotion,
resigning ourselves humbly to the divine will, seeing God’s
purpose in all our trials and knowing that he will leave no sincere
prayer unanswered in some way. Amen. St. Jude, pray for us! My Jesus,
mercy! DAY FOUR Saint blessed Jude, you
were called to be one of Christ’s chosen apostles and labored
to bring men to a knowledge and love of God; listen with compassion
to those gathered together to honor you and ask; your intercession.
In this troubled world of ours we have many trials, difficulties,
and temptations. Plead for us in the heavenly court, asking that
our petitions may be answered, especially the particular one we
have in mind at this moment... (Make your request here.) May it
please God to answer our prayers in the way that he knows best,
giving us grace to see his purpose in all things. Amen. St. Jude,
pray for us! My Jesus, mercy! DAY FIVE
O holy St. Jude, apostle and companion of Christ Jesus, you have
shown us by example how to lead a life of zeal and devotion. We
humbly entreat you today to hear our prayers and petitions. Especially
do we ask you to obtain for us the following favor... (Make your
request here.) Grant that in praying for present and future favors
we may not forget the innumerable ones granted in the past but often
return to give thanks. Humbly we resign ourselves to God’s
holy will, knowing that he alone knows what is best for us especially
in our present needs and necessities. Amen. St. Jude, pray for us!
My Jesus, mercy! DAY SIX St. Jude, apostle
of Christ and helper in despairing cases, hear the prayers and petitions
of those who are gathered together in your honor. In all our needs
and desires may we only seek what is pleasing to God and what is
best for our salvation. These, our petitions... (Make your request
here.) we submit to you, asking you to obtain them for us, if they
are for the good of out souls. We are resigned to God’s holy
will in all things, knowing that he will leave no sincere prayer
unanswered in some way though it may be in a way unexpected by us.
Amen. St. Jude, pray for us! My Jesus, mercy! DAY SEVEN
O holy apostle Saint Jude, in whose honor we are gathered today,
may we never forget that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ chose
you to be one of twelve apostles. Because of this and of the martyrdom
you suffered for the Faith, we know you are a close friend of Almighty
God. Therefore we do not hesitate to petition you in our necessities,
especially... (Make your request here.) We humbly submit ourselves
to the will of God, knowing full well that no sincere prayer is
ever left unanswered. May we see God’s good and gracious purpose
working in all our trials. Amen. St. Jude, pray for us! My Jesus,
mercy! DAY EIGHT O holy Saint Jude, apostle
of Christ, pray that we may ever imitate the Divine Master and live
according to His will. May we cooperate with the grace of God and
ever remain pleasing in His sight. Especially do we ask you to plead
for us and obtain whatsoever is necessary for our salvation. Forget
not our special petitions... (Make your request here.) May we always
be thankful to God for the blessings we have received in the past.
Whatsoever we ask for the present or future, we submit to the divine
will, realizing that God knows best what is good for us. We know
He will respond to our prayers and petitions in one way or another.
Amen. St. Jude, pray for us! My Jesus, mercy! DAY NINE
O holy Saint Jude, apostle and martyr, grant that we may so dispose
our lives that we may always be pleasing to God.
In working out our salvation in this life we have
many needs and necessities. Today we turn to you, asking you to
intercede for us and obtain for us the favors we ask of God. Especially
do we petition for... (Make your request here.) May we not so much
seek temporal good but rather what will avail our souls, knowing
that it will profit us nothing if we gain the whole world yet suffer
the loss of our soul. Therefore, may we incline ourselves toward
the divine will, seeing God’s good and gracious purpose in
all our trials. Amen. St. Jude, pray for
us! My Jesus, mercy!
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