Traditional Catholic Novena
Novena to Saint Francis Xavier
Prayed for a special grace, missionary zeal, perseverance in grace, and a holy death through St. Francis Xavier’s intercession.
St. Francis Xavier is traditionally invoked as patron of missions, holy death, grace, the Most Holy Trinity, special favors.
Saint Francis Xavier, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Pray This Novena
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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.
Principal Prayer for Each Day
Pray this same prayer each day after the day's meditation.
Most amiable and most loving St. Francis Xavier, in union with thee I reverently adore the Divine Majesty. The remembrance of the favors with which God blessed thee during life, and of thy glory after death, fills me with joy.
I implore thee to obtain for me, through thy powerful intercession, the blessing of living and dying in the state of grace. I also beseech thee to obtain the special favor I ask of this novena.
Pause here for the grace you are asking.
But, if what I ask is not for the glory of God and the good of my soul, I pray and desire that which is most conducive to both. Amen.
Pray for us, St. Francis Xavier. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray. O God, Who didst vouchsafe, by the preaching and miracles of Saint Francis Xavier, to join unto Thy Church the nations of the Indies, grant, we beseech Thee, that we who reverence his glorious merits may also imitate his example, through Jesus Christ, Our Lord. Amen.
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, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Glory Be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
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