Traditional Catholic Novena
Novena to Saint Eustache
Prayed for patience in hardship, resignation to God’s will, trust in Providence, and perseverance in trial.
St. Eustache is traditionally invoked as patron of trials, poverty, patience, Providence, perseverance.
Saint Eustace, Albrecht Durer, c. 1500-1501
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.
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Principal Prayer for Each Day
Pray this same prayer each day after the day's meditation.
Almighty and eternal God, with lively faith and reverently worshipping Your Divine Majesty, I prostrate myself before You and invoke with filial trust Your supreme generosity and mercy. Illuminate my mind with Your heavenly light and inflame my heart with Your divine love, that I may contemplate the virtues and merits of Saint Eustache and imitate the life of Your Son.
O God, who led Your holy martyr Eustache safely through many trials and dangers to the glorious crown of martyrdom, enlighten and strengthen me through his intercession, that I may persevere in Your love amid the trials of this life and by resignation to Your holy will come at last into the light of Your eternal glory.
Heroic servant of God, Saint Eustache, help me to bear poverty, hardship, and all trials with patience, trusting in God's providence and remaining resigned to His holy will. Amen.
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