Traditional Catholic Novena
Novena to Saint Bonaventure
Prayed for humility, sincere prayer, devotion to Christ’s wounds, love of Our Lady, and salvation of souls.
St. Bonaventure is traditionally invoked as patron of theology, humility, prayer, Our Lady, salvation of souls.
Saint Bonaventure holding the tree of redemption
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.
Your prayer progress and private intention stay only on this device unless you clear them. How to pray a novena.
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 of 9
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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.
Dear St. Bonaventure, Cardinal, Bishop, and Doctor of the Church, you chose a life that embraced mortification and great humility. Choosing to serve the rejected and the sick, you risked illness for yourself. You made your life a continuous prayer and spent hours meditating on the wounds of Christ.
Please pray for us that we may have a sincere and humble heart. Pray that we may not lose sight of Jesus’ wounds and thus walk on the straight path to eternal salvation. May we take many souls with us to Our Heavenly Father.
You taught that we should carefully beware of decreasing, even in the slightest, the honor due to Mary. May we strive as you did to love our Blessed Mother and be carriers of her peace in this world.
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in the loving hands of Our Blessed Mother, as we know they will be warmly received by her Son. Amen.
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