Traditional Catholic Novena
St. Homobonus Novena
Prayed for honest work, charity toward the poor, integrity in business, and holiness in ordinary daily life.
St. Homobonus is traditionally invoked as patron of business people, tailors, clothworkers, shoemakers, honest trade, the poor.
St. Bonifacius and St. Homobonus, Pieter de Jode II, 17th century
Pray This Novena
Start with day 1
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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 made St. Homobonus an outstanding witness of Christian charity in his work and family life, grant that we may imitate his love for the poor and his integrity in all that we do.
Teach us, through his example, to sanctify ordinary labor, to use our goods generously, and to place our whole trust in Your Providence.
St. Homobonus, you served Christ faithfully in the marketplace and in the home, never separating prayer from honest work nor charity from justice.
Help us to do the same.
Especially we ask in this novena for the grace of
Pause here for the grace you are asking.
Obtain for us the grace to live simply, work honestly, share generously, and die in God’s friendship.
St. Homobonus, pray for us.
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
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
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