Traditional Catholic Novena
St. Augustine Novena
Prayed for conversion, healing of the past, holiness of mind and heart, and deeper surrender to God.
St. Augustine of Hippo is traditionally invoked as patron of theologians, printers, brewers, those seeking conversion and healing of the past.
Saint Augustine, Philippe de Champaigne
Pray This Novena
Start with day 1
Begin the novena now, move one day at a time, and come back here whenever you are ready for the next day.
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Day 1 of 9
The same principal prayer is used each day. Choose the day you are on, pray the main prayer below, and mark the day complete when you finish.
Private intention
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Day 1 of 9
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Day 1
Pray the principal prayer below for this day of the novena.
Principal Prayer for Each Day
Pray this same prayer each day after the day's meditation.
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Christ be behind me.
Lord, I commit my failures As well as my successes into your hands. And I bring to you for healing the people and the situations and the wrongs and hurts of the past. Give me the courage, strength, and generosity to let go and move on, leaving the past behind me, and living the present to the full. Lead me always to be hopeful as I entrust the past to your mercy, the present to your love, and the future to your providence.
Pause here for your intention.
Pause here for the grace you are asking.
God, hear my plea and grant me the grace to accept Your will in all things, through Jesus Christ, our Lord, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever.
Amen.
Breathe in me, O Holy Spirit, That my thoughts may all be holy. Act in me, O Holy Spirit, That my work, too, may be holy. Draw my heart, O Holy Spirit, That I love but what is holy. Strengthen me, O Holy Spirit, To defend all that is holy. Guard me, then, O Holy Spirit, That I always may be holy.
Amen.
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