Traditional Catholic Novena

St. Margaret Mary Novena

Prayed for devotion to the Sacred Heart, trust in Christ’s mercy, healing after loss, and deeper surrender to Jesus.

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque is traditionally invoked as patron of devotees of the Sacred Heart, those suffering with polio, those grieving the loss of parents.

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Sacred Heart of Jesus by Pompeo Batoni

Sacred Heart of Jesus, after Pompeo Batoni (1767)

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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.

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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 St Margaret Mary, through you, Jesus pours out His abundant graces to all mankind.

Help us to put aside personal interests and abandon ourselves entirely and lovingly to His Adorable Heart.

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St Margaret Mary, we implore you, to whom the Sacred Heart of Jesus manifested His Divine treasures, to obtain the graces we seek from His Adorable Heart.

With unlimited confidence, we ask

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O Glorious St Margaret Mary, through your intercession, may the Divine Heart of Jesus continue to be glorified and loved.

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 Margaret Mary Alacoque, Pray for Us.

Blessed apostle, ardent adorer, and most fervent disciple of the Sacred Heart of Jesus! listen to my prayer.

An appeal from you to that merciful Heart you loved so well, must surely be irresistible.

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Pray for us, O Blessed Margaret Mary, that we may ardently love the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Let us pray:

We thank You, O Lord Jesus, for having established in these our days, a most special and tender devotion towards Your loving Heart, by means of Your humble servant, Blessed Margaret Mary, and may we so feel the benefit of her favor in Your sight, as to receive through her powerful prayers whatever we ask for, or do now stand most in need of, to Your honor and glory, who with the Father, and the Holy Ghost, lives and reign forever and ever.

Amen.

Sacred Heart of Jesus, Immaculate Heart of Mary, and Noble Heart of Joseph, bless and protect the Church.

Amen.

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Often said for

devotees of the Sacred Heartthose suffering with poliothose grieving the loss of parents