Grandmother of the Lord
Novena to St. Anne
Mothers, grandparents, married couples, conception, pregnancy, childbirth, fidelity, and a happy death.
St. Anne is traditionally invoked as patron of mothers, grandmothers, childless couples, families.
Saint Anne with the Virgin and Child, South Netherlandish
Pray This Novena
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Day 1: Veneration
Ask for a heart that honors God's work in the hidden holiness of St. Anne.
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Daily Prayer
Pray this same prayer each day after the day's meditation.
With deep and heartfelt veneration I prostrate myself before thee, O glorious St. Anne. Thou art that creation of privilege and predilection, who through thy extraordinary virtues and sanctity wast worthy to receive from God the supreme grace of giving life to the treasure-house of all graces, blessed among women, Mother of the Word Incarnate, the most holy Virgin Mary.
Deign, therefore, O most compassionate saint, for the sake of this lofty privilege, to receive me into the number of thy true followers, for such I protest I am and desire to remain so long as I may live. Surround me with thy powerful patronage, and obtain for me from God the grace to imitate those virtues with which thou wast so abundantly adorned.
Grant that I may know and bitterly lament my sins. Obtain for me a most lively affection for Jesus and Mary, and fidelity and constancy in the practice of the duties of my state. Preserve me from every danger in life, and assist me in the moment of my death, so that, safe in Paradise, I may unite with thee, most blessed Mother, in praising the Word of God made man in the bosom of thy most pure child, the Virgin Mary.
Amen.
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