The Novena
of Grace begins today: this nine-day devotion is offered through the
intercession of St. Francis Xavier. I have included the prayers of the novena
below; the photograph of the Xavier Family Castle in Spain was taken by William
Campbell, S.J., the president of the school in which I work.
"O most kind and loving saint, in union
with you I adore the most divine majesty. The memory of the favors 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
praise. I implore of you to secure for me, through your powerful intercession,
the all-important blessing of living and dying in a state of grace. I also ask
you to obtain the favor I ask in this novena.
(Here pause to ask the favor you seek.)
But if what I ask is not for the greater glory
of God, or the good of my soul, obtain for me what is most conducive to both.
Amen. O God, who was pleased to gather to your Church the peoples of the East
by the preaching and miracles of St Francis Xavier, mercifully grant that we,
who honour his glorious merits, may also imitate the example of his virtues,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Our Father/Hail Mary/Glory be to the Father."
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