Catholic novena
Holy Family Prayers (1925 Edition, Nine-Day Practice)
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Public-domain 1925 Holy Family prayers; 2026 nine-day application
Charles J. Callan and John A. McHugh, Blessed Be God (New York: P. J. Kenedy & Sons,copyright 1925), pp. 270-272, February: The Holy Family: https://archive.org/details/blessedbegodcomp00call. Scan: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Blessedbegodcomp00call.pdf. Rights: https://commons.ptsem.edu/id/blessedbegodcomp00call. The complete section is included through the Prayer in Honor of the Holy Family, preserving its full Marian and St. Joseph petitions. The nine-day schedule is an editorial application made in 2026,not prescribed by the 1925 section. This different historical prayer practice replaces the shorter modern Intercede arrangement. Obsolete indulgence accounting is not represented as a current grant; no extra ending is invented.
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- The complete Holy Family section from Blessed Be God (1925), including the antiphon and collect, three short invocations, full family prayer and closing prayer. The app offers these historical prayers as a nine-day practice; the printed section itself does not prescribe a novena term.
- Often prayed for
- Prayed for family harmony, love of the Church, courage in faith, charity at home, and perseverance in Christian family life.
- Length
- 9 days
- Feast
- Feast of the Holy Family
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About This Novena
The 1925 prayer book gathers these prayers under its February dedication to the Holy Family. This edition retains the complete section and openly uses it as a nine-day prayer practice, rather than claiming to reproduce the modern novena previously cited.
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for holy families, family harmony, domestic peace, and love of the Church.
Usual timing
Nine days before the Feast of the Holy Family, or any time
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Complete Historical Holy Family Prayers
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Ant. Jesus went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them.
V. Blessed are they that dwell in Thy house, O Lord. R. They shall praise Thee forever and ever.
Let us pray.
O Lord Jesus Christ, Who, becoming subject to Mary and Joseph, didst hallow the life of the home by singular virtues, grant by the help of both that we may be instructed by the example of Thy Holy Family, and have fellowship with it forever. Who livest and reignest for all ages of ages. Amen.
Ejaculations
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, I give you my heart and my soul.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, assist me in my last agony.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, may I breathe out my soul in peace with you!
Daily Prayer before a Picture of the Holy Family
O most loving Jesus, Who by Thy surpassing virtues and the example of Thy home life didst hallow the household in which Thou didst choose to live while on earth, mercifully look down upon this family, whose members, humbly prostrate before Thee, implore Thy protection. Remember that we are Thine, bound and consecrated to Thee by a special devotion. Protect us in Thy mercy, deliver us from danger, help us in our necessities, and impart to us strength to persevere always in the imitation of Thy Holy Family, so that, by serving Thee and loving Thee faithfully during this mortal life, we may at length give Thee eternal praise in heaven.
O Mary, dearest Mother, we implore thy assistance, knowing that thy divine Son will hearken to thy petitions.
And do thou, most glorious patriarch, St. Joseph, help us with thy powerful patronage, and place our petitions in Mary's hands, that she may offer them to Jesus Christ.
Prayer in Honor of the Holy Family
Grant us, O Lord Jesus, faithfully to imitate the examples of Thy Holy Family, so that in the hour of our death, in the company of Thy glorious Virgin Mother and St. Joseph, we may deserve to be received by Thee into eternal tabernacles.
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The complete Holy Family section from Blessed Be God (1925), including the antiphon and collect, three short invocations, full family prayer and closing prayer. The app offers these historical prayers as a nine-day practice; the printed section itself does not prescribe a novena term.
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Description
The 1925 prayer book gathers these prayers under its February dedication to the Holy Family. This edition retains the complete section and openly uses it as a nine-day prayer practice, rather than claiming to reproduce the modern novena previously cited.
Traditionally invoked as patron of
holy families, family harmony, domestic peace, love of the Church
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for holy families, family harmony, domestic peace, and love of the Church.
Usual timing
Nine days before the Feast of the Holy Family, or any time
The Holy Family with a Little Bird, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (c. 1650)