Mary of the Gaels
Novena to St. Brigid
Charity, home protection, infants, midwives, students, purity, and the grace to live with generous Christian love.
St. Brigid is traditionally invoked as patron of Ireland, homes, hospitality, children and the hearth.
Saint Brigid of Kildare, stained glass, St. Joseph Church, Macon (1903)
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.
Your prayer progress and private intention stay only on this device unless you clear them. How to pray a novena.
Private intention
This stays only on this device and appears at the intention moment in the prayer.
Day 1 of 9
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Day 1: Charity
Ask St. Brigid for a heart that gives freely to God and neighbor.
Pause here for your intention.
Daily Prayer
Pray this same prayer each day after the day's meditation.
O glorious St. Brigid, friend of Christ and mother of the poor, obtain for me a heart full of holy charity, a home guarded by God's peace, and a generous spirit that knows how to give. Teach me to love Christ in prayer, in service, and in the hidden duties of daily life.
Pray that my home may be protected from every harm, that those entrusted to me may grow in faith and innocence, and that I may one day praise God with thee in Heaven. Amen.
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