Traditional Catholic Novena
Novena to St. Maria Goretti
Purity, courage, forgiveness, love of God and neighbor, and grace to consent to God's holy will.
St. Maria Goretti is traditionally invoked as patron of purity, young women, forgiveness, victims of assault.
Saint Maria Goretti 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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Private intention
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Day 1 of 9
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Day 1: Life's Harshness and Toil
Begin by remembering holiness in ordinary hardship.
Opening Prayer
Pray this same prayer each day after the day's meditation.
Child of God, you who at an early age knew life's harshness and toil, its sorrows and brief joys; you who were poor, an orphan, who loved your neighbour tirelessly, making yourself a humble and attentive servant; you who were kind and good, without pride, who loved Love above all else; you who shed your blood so as not to betray the Lord; you who forgave your assassin wishing him in Paradise: Intercede and pray for us to the Father, so that we may consent to His holy will for us.
You who are God's friend and see Him face to face obtain the grace we are seeking from you.
Pause here for your intention.
We thank you Maria, for the love of God and neighbour that you have sown in our hearts. Amen.
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