Traditional Catholic Novena
Novena to St. Giles (Aegidius)
Humility, escape from vanity, sincere confession, peace of conscience, and a holy life to the end.
St. Giles is traditionally invoked as patron of the disabled, repentance, peace of conscience, a holy death.
Saint Giles, from a church wall painting in Stockholm
Pray This Novena
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Private intention
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Day 1: Flee Vanity and Praise
Begin by asking for freedom from human praise.
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Opening Prayer
Pray this same prayer each day after the day's meditation.
Almighty and eternal God! With lively faith and reverently worshiping Thy divine Majesty, I prostrate myself before Thee and invoke with filial trust Thy supreme bounty and mercy. Illumine the darkness of my intellect with a ray of Thy heavenly light and inflame my heart with the fire of Thy divine love.
O God, grant us through the merits and intercession of St. Giles to flee from the vanity and praise of this world, to avoid carefully all occasions of sin, to cleanse our hearts from all wickedness by a sincere confession, to leave this world in Thy love and rich in good works, and to find Thee gracious on the day of judgment. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Zealous follower of Christ, St. Giles, help me through thy mighty intercession to know the malice and multitude of my sins, confess them humbly and contritely, and receive pardon, tranquility of heart, and peace of conscience from God. Amen.
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