Traditional Catholic Novena
Novena to Saint John Gualbert
Prayed for peace, pardon, forgiveness of enemies, and strength to return good for evil.
St. John Gualbert is traditionally invoked as patron of forgiveness, peace, reconciliation, mercy, the Cross.
Saints Michael and John Gualbert, Andrea del Sarto
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 of 9
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Day 1
Pray the principal prayer below for this day of the novena.
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Principal Prayer for Each Day
Pray this same prayer each day after the day's meditation.
May the intercession of Blessed Abbot John commend us, we beseech You, O Lord, so that what we do not deserve by any merits of our own we may obtain by his patronage. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Almighty and ever-living God, source of peace and lover of concord, establish us in Your love, that by the example of blessed John Gualbert we may render good for evil and blessings for curses, and so obtain from You both pardon and peace. Amen.
O true disciple of the New Law, Saint John Gualbert, who knew how to spare an enemy for the love of the Holy Cross, teach us to forgive as we ourselves hope to be forgiven, and help us to become true children of our heavenly Father. Amen.
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