Traditional Catholic Novena
Fourteen Holy Helpers Novena
A traditional Catholic Fourteen Holy Helpers novena for plague and disease and grave affliction. Traditionally prayed July 30 through August 7, or any time.
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About This Novena
This novena gathers the Church’s traditional Holy Helpers as a united line of intercession for moments when ordinary burdens start feeling too heavy to carry alone.
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for plague and disease, grave affliction, temptation at death, and family troubles and urgent need.
Usual timing
July 30 through August 7, or any time
Day 1 of 9
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Principal Prayer for Each Day
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In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
O Fourteen Holy Helpers, select friends of God, I honor thee as mighty intercessors, and come with filial confidence to thee in my needs, for the relief of which I have undertaken to make in this novena.
Help me by thy intercession to placate God’s divine and just wrath, which I have provoked by my many sins, and aid me in amending my life and doing penance.
Because you persevered till death, you gained the crown of eternal life.
Remember the dangers that surround us in this vale of tears and intercede for us in all our needs and adversities.
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Great princes of heaven, Holy Helpers, who sacrificed to God all your earthly possessions, wealth, preferment, and even life, and who now are crowned in heaven in the secure enjoyment of eternal bliss and glory, have compassion on me, a poor sinner in this vale of tears, and obtain for me from God, for Whom you gave up all things and Who loves you as His servants, the strength to bear patiently all the trials of this life, to overcome all temptations, and to persevere in God’s service to the end, that one day I too may be received into your company, to praise and glorify Him, the supreme Lord, Whose beatific vision you enjoy, and Whom you praise and glorify forever. Amen.
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
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About this novena
Description
This novena gathers the Church’s traditional Holy Helpers as a united line of intercession for moments when ordinary burdens start feeling too heavy to carry alone.
Traditionally invoked as patron of
plague and disease, grave affliction, temptation at death, family troubles and urgent need
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for plague and disease, grave affliction, temptation at death, and family troubles and urgent need.
Usual timing
July 30 through August 7, or any time
The Fourteen Holy Helpers, devotional print, Wellcome Collection