Traditional Catholic Novena
St. Matthew Novena
Prayed for conversion, financial wisdom, bankers, tax workers, and grace to answer Christ’s call faithfully.
St. Matthew is traditionally invoked as patron of accountants, bankers, tax collectors, civil servants, financial wisdom.
Saint Matthew, Jusepe de Ribera (1632)
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.
God of mercy, you chose a tax collector, Saint Matthew, to share the dignity of the Apostles.
In doing so, You showed us that with you, all things are possible, and that though we are sinners, we too can answer Your noble call to evangelize the world.
By St Matthew’s example and prayers help us to follow Christ and remain faithful in Your service.
In particular we ask, through his intercession, for
Pause here for the grace you are asking.
Amen.
Dear Saint Matthew, in your Gospel you portray Jesus as the longed-for Messiah who fulfilled the Prophets of the Old Covenant and as the new Lawgiver who founded the Church of the New Covenant.
Obtain for us the grace to see Jesus living in His Church and to follow His teachings in our lives on earth, so that we may live forever with Him in heaven.
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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