Traditional Catholic Novena
St. Jerome Novena
Prayed for love of Scripture, wise study, patience in hard work, freedom from anger, and faithfulness to truth.
St. Jerome is traditionally invoked as patron of Bible scholars, students, translators, librarians, freedom from anger.
Saint Jerome in the wilderness
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
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 glorious Saint Jerome, devoted servant of God and lover of Sacred Scripture, you gave your life to studying, translating, and defending the Word of God. You pursued holiness with great zeal and bore every hardship for the sake of truth.
I come to you humbly, asking for your powerful intercession before our Lord Jesus Christ. As you spent your days immersed in prayer and the wisdom of God’s Word, help me to grow in love for Holy Scripture and to seek God’s truth in all things.
Pause here for your need.
Pause here for the grace you are asking.
that through God’s mercy and your intercession, I may receive what I ask, if it be according to His holy will.
Amen.
Saint Jerome, you were not afraid of difficulty, criticism, or hardship in your service to the Church. Obtain for me the courage to remain faithful, the wisdom to discern God’s will, and the perseverance to follow it.
Pray that I may one day join you and all the saints in eternal life, where we will praise God forever.
Amen.
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
Saint Jerome, pray for us!
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
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