Traditional Catholic Novena
St. John of God Novena
Healing, cheerful resignation in suffering, sanctification through illness, and trust in the Divine Physician.
St. John of God is traditionally invoked as patron of the sick, hospitals, healing, cheerful endurance in suffering.
Saint John of God, Bartolome Esteban Murillo
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Day 1: Help in Sickness
Pray the principal prayer below for this day of the novena.
Principal Prayer for Each Day
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In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Saint John of God, heavenly Patron of the Sick, I come to you in prayer to seek your help in my present sickness.
Through the love which Jesus had for you in choosing you for the sublime vocation of serving the sick,
and through the tender affection with which the Blessed Virgin Mary placed upon your head a crown of thorns as a symbol of the sufferings you would undergo in the service of the sick to attain to your crown of glory, I beg you to intercede for me to Jesus and Mary that They may grant me a cure, if this should be according to the Will of God.
How patiently you bore the sufferings of your own disease!
Teach me to carry with cheerful resignation the cross that God has given me.
Let me never complain or lose courage.
Help me to understand that suffering is a very important means of sanctifying my soul, of atoning for my many sins, and of reaping a plentiful harvest of merit for Heaven.
I trust in your great love for the sick and in the power of your intercession to help them.
Help me, good St. John, and beg the God whose name you bear to touch me as He touched the sick while on earth, that through His almighty power health may return to my body.
And as you derived strength in your own sufferings from the crucifix, so may I be able to say what you did to Jesus Crucified,
Lord, Thy thorns are my roses and Thy sufferings my paradise.
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Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Hail Mary
Glory Be
St John of God, pray for us!
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
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