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Prayers for all Occasions, Needs, and Intentions
SAINT VIANNEY
One of my Favorite nine day Novenas
The St. John Vianney Novena Prayer
The nine day Novena in honor of Saint John Marie Vianney is normally practiced from July 27th to August 4th .
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The Nine Day Novena To St. John Vianney
DAY ONE
For ardent faith
Saint
John Marie Baptist Vianney you
were born of a deeply religious mother; from her you received the Holy
Faith; you learned to love God and to pray. At a young age, you were seen
kneeling in the front of the statue of Mary. Your soul was supernaturally
carried towards the things on High. Despite the high cost, you answered
your vocation! Against many obstacles and contradictions, you had to fight
and suffer to become the perfect priest which you were. But your deep
spirit of faith supported you in all these battles.
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Great Saint you know the desire of my soul; I would like to serve God
better; from Him I have received so many good things. For this, obtain for
me more courage and especially the depth of faith. Many of my thoughts,
words, and actions are useless for my sanctification and for my salvation,
because this supernatural spirit does not stir up my life. Help me to be
better in the future.
Holy
Priest of Ars, I have confidence in your intercession. Pray
for me during this novena especially for... (mention your request)
Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be to the Father.
DAY TWO
For complete trust in God
Saint
John Marie Baptist Vianney, what confidence the people had in your
prayers! You could not leave your old rectory or your humble church
without being surrounded by imploring souls, who appealed to you as they
would have appealed to Jesus Himself during His earthly life.
And
you, O good Saint, gave them hope by your words, which were full of love
for God. You, who had always counted entirely on the heart of God, obtain
for me a deep filial trust in His Providence. As the hope of divine goods
fills my heart, give me courage and help me to always obey the
Commandments of God.
Holy
Priest of Ars, I have confidence in your intercession. Pray
for me during this novena especially for... (mention your request)
Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be to the Father
DAY THREE
For a true love of neighbor
Saint
John Marie Baptist Vianney because of your love of God you showed great
charity towards your neighbor. You could not preach on the Love of God
without burning tears of love. During your last years, it seemed as though
you could not talk about any thing else or live for anything else. Thus
you sacrificed yourself to your neighbor by consoling, absolving and
sanctifying them to the limits of your strength.
Your
charity inspires me to greater love of God, a love which is shown more by
acts then by words. Help me to love my neighbor generously as Christ loves
them.
Holy
Priest of Ars, I have confidence in your intercession. Pray
for me during this novena especially for... (mention your request)
Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be to the Father
DAY FOUR
For a horror of sin
Saint
John Mary Baptist Vianney, you
were so adamant against sin, yet so sympathetic and so ready to welcome
the sinner. I come to you today as if you were still alive, as if I were
kneeling at your feet and you could hear me. Bend towards me, listen to
the repentant confidence for the weaknesses and miserable deeds of mine.
Priest
of the Lord, inexhaustible Confessor, obtain for me the horror for sin.
You wanted us First to avoid the occasion of sin. I want to take your
advice and make the resolution to break bad habits and to avoid the
dangerous occasions of sin. Help me today to examine my conscience.
Holy
Priest of Ars, I have confidence in your intercession. Pray for me during
this novena especially for... (mention your request)
Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be to the Father
DAY FIVE
Confessor of Souls
O
Holy Priest of Ars, you knew how important was a good confession for the
Christian life. It was to procure the happy fruits of millions of souls
that you agreed to be in an uncomfortable confessional, which was like a
prison, up to 15 to 16 hours on certain days.
I
will try to develop the habit of frequent confession, to prepare properly
each time and to have always regret for my sins, so that the grace of
final perseverance but also the sanctification of my soul will be assured.
Ask this grace for me.
Holy
Priest of Ars, I have confidence in your intercession. Pray for me during
this novena especially for... (mention your request)
Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be to the Father
DAY SIX
Real Presence
O Holy Priest of Ars, whose only comfort in this world was the real presence of Jesus in the tabernacle, was it not your great joy to distribute the Eucharist to the pilgrims who visited you?
You
refused Communion to the souls who refused to reform but to souls of
goodwill you opened wide the doors of the Eucharistic Feast. You,
who each day at Holy Mass received Holy Communion with great loves, give
me some of your fervor. With freedom from mortal sin, obtain for me a
sincere desire to profit from receiving Holy Communion.
Holy
Priest of Ars, I have confidence in your intercession. Pray for me during
this novena especially for... (mention your request)
Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be to the Father
DAY SEVEN
Dispeller of Satan
O
Holy Priest of Ars, the infamous attacks of the devil which you had to
suffer and the trials which disheartened you by fatigue would not make you
give up the sublime task of converting souls.
The
devil came to you for many years to disturb your short rest but you won
because of mortification and prayers. Powerful protector, you know the
temptor's desire to harm my baptized and believing soul.
He would have me sin, by rejecting the Holy Sacraments and the life of virtue. But good Saint of Ars dispel from me the traces of the enemy.
Holy
Priest of Ars, I have confidence in your intercession. Pray for me during
this novena especially for... (mention your request)
Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be to the Father
DAY EIGHT
For exquisite purity
O
Holy Priest of Ars, a witness of your life made this magnificent praise of
you: 'We
would have taken him for an angel in a mortal body." You so edified
others: the modesty and the exquisite purity radiated from your body. With
such charm and with such enthusiasm you preached to others about these
beautiful virtues which you said resembled the perfume of a vineyard in
bloom.
Please
I beg you to join your entreaties to those of Mary Immaculate and Saint
Philomena in order that I guard always, as God asks me, the purity of my
heart. You, who have directed so many souls towards the heights of virtue,
defend me in temptations and obtain for me the strength to conquer them.
Holy
Priest of Ars, I have confidence in your intercession. Pray for me during
this novena especially for... (mention your request)
Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be to the Father
DAY NINE
For the desire of Heaven
O
Holy Priest of Ars, your precious remains are contained in a magnificent
reliquary, the donation from the priests of France. But this earthly glory
is only a very pale image of the unspeakable glory which you are enjoying
with God. During the time you were on earth, you used to repeat in your
dejected hours, 'One will rest in the other life."
It
is done, you are in eternal peace, and eternal happiness. I desire to
follow you one day. Until then, I hear you saying to me: "You should
work and fight as long as you are in the world." Teach me then to
work for the salvation of my soul, to spread the good news and good
example and to do good towards those around me in order that I will
receive the happiness of the Elect with you.
Holy
Priest of Ars, I have confidence in your intercession. Pray for me during
this novena especially for... (mention your request)
Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be to the Father
O St John Vianney, Patron of Priests, pray for us and for all priests!