+Novena of Grace – St Francis Xavier+

March 4 th – 12 th
or

November 25 – December 3 rd (St Francis Xaviour Feast Day)
(pray this prayer for 9 consecutive days leading to March 12 th or December 3 rd
or for any 9 consecutive days, and join in the celebration of daily Mass)

Prayer

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen
O most kind and loving saint, in union with you I adore the Divine Majesty.
The remembrance of the favours with which God blessed you during life,

and of your glory after death, fills me with joy;
and I unite with you in offering to Him
my humble tribute of thanksgiving and of praise,
I implore of you to secure for me through your powerful intercession
the all-important blessing of living and dying in the state of grace.
I also beseech you to obtain the favour I ask in this Novena
…..here ask for the favour you wish to obtain….

but if what I ask is not for the glory of God or for the good of my soul,
obtain for me what is most conducive to both. Amen.

Let us pray…

O God, who was pleased to gather into your Church the peoples of the East

by the preaching and miracles of blessed Francis,
mercifully grant that we, who honour his glorious merits,
may also imitate the example of his virtues,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Pray for us, Saint Francis Xavier…

that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ

In memory of Saint Francis Xavier’s devotion to the Trinity

Our Father… x3
Hail Mary… x3

In thanksgiving for the graces in his ten-year ministry

Glory Be… x10

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen