Traditional Catholic Novena
St. Odilia Novena
Prayed for eyesight, healing in bodily affliction, light in confusion, and protection from spiritual darkness.
St. Odilia is traditionally invoked as patron of good eyesight, the blind, the afflicted, healing, light in darkness.
Saint Odilia, attributed to Conrad von Soest
Pray This Novena
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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
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.
O God, Who in Thy kindness did give us St. Odilia, Virgin and Martyr, as the Protectress of the Order of the Holy Cross and the Patroness of the eyes and afflicted, grant us, we humbly beseech Thee, to be protected, through her intercession, from the darkness of ignorance and sin and to be cured from the blindness of the eyes and other bodily infirmities.
We also ask, in accordance with Thy will, for the grace of
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Through Him, Who is the light and life of the world, Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Our Lord.
Amen.
Heavenly Father, we come to Thee trusting in Thy mercy. May we be heard through the merits of Thy Son, our Savior Jesus Christ, and through the intercession of the blessed Virgin Mary and the Virgin Martyr St. Odilia.
Give us what is best now and forever.
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. Odilia, pray for us!
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
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