Traditional Catholic Novena
Novena to Saint Januarius
Prayed for strong faith, protection in calamity, perseverance, and help in urgent trouble through St. Januarius.
St. Januarius (San Gennaro) is traditionally invoked as patron of Naples, blood donors, volcanic eruptions, protection in calamity, strong faith.
Saint Januarius, devotional portrait
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.
Principal Prayer for Each Day
Pray this same prayer each day after the day's meditation.
O Gennaro, brave in faith in Jesus Christ, glorious patron of Catholic Naples, look upon us benignly and accept our vows, that today we lay at your feet with total confidence in your powerful patronage.
How many times have you run to help your fellow citizens, now stopping the path of destructive lava, now saving from plague, earthquakes, famine, and many other punishments that terrify us. The perpetual miracle of the liquefaction of your blood is a sure and eloquent sign that you live among us, that you know our needs, and that you protect us in a singular way.
O we pray you to pray for us, sure that we will be answered and saved from all the evils that oppress us from all directions.
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Save us from unbelief, and you will see that the faith by which you generously sacrificed your life always produces fertile fruits of saints among us. 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.
St. Januarius, pray for us.
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