Traditional Catholic Novena
Novena to Our Lady of Knock
A traditional Catholic novena to Our Lady of Knock for healing, family intentions, and Ireland. Traditionally prayed August 14 through August 22.
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About This Novena
The Knock novena carries a quiet, pilgrim-like spirit. It asks not only for help in sorrow, but for deeper love of the Mass, stronger charity at home, and a more Eucharistic life. That gives it a beautiful depth for ordinary Catholics trying to remain faithful through loneliness, illness, or pressure.
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for healing, family intentions, Ireland, and quiet trust in suffering.
Usual timing
August 14 through August 22
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Turn to Our Lady of Knock for hope in a time of distress and ask her to steady your heart.
Litany and Companions
Main novena prayer
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Give praise to the Father Almighty, to His Son, Jesus Christ the Lord, to the Spirit Who lives in our hearts, both now and forever. Amen.
Our Lady of Knock, Queen of Ireland, you gave hope to your people in a time of distress, and comforted them in sorrow. You have inspired countless pilgrims to pray with confidence to your divine Son, remembering His promise, "Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find." Help me to remember that we are all pilgrims on the road to heaven. Fill me with love and concern for my brothers and sisters in Christ, especially those who live with me. Comfort me when I am sick, lonely or depressed. Teach me how to take part ever more reverently in the Holy Mass. Give me a greater love of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. Pray for me now, and at the hour of my death. Amen.
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With the Angels and Saints let us pray: Give praise to the Father Almighty, to His Son, Jesus Christ the Lord, to the Spirit who lives in our hearts, both now and forever. Amen.
Lamb of God
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world; have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world; have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world; grant us peace.
St. Joseph
Chosen by God to be the Husband of Mary,
The Protector of the Holy Family,
The Guardian of the Church.
Protect our families
In their work and recreation
And guard us on our journey through life.
St. John
Beloved Disciple of the Lord,
Faithful priest,
Teacher of the Word of God.
Help us to hunger for the Word.
To be loyal to the Mass
And to love one another.
Invocations
Our Lady of Knock, pray for us.
Refuge of Sinners, pray for us.
Queen Assumed into Heaven, pray for us.
Mother of Nazareth, pray for us.
Queen of Virgins, pray for us.
Help of Christians, pray for us.
Health of the Sick, pray for us.
Queen of Peace, pray for us.
Our Lady, Queen and Mother, pray for us.
Our Lady, Mother of the Church, pray for us.
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Our Lady
The Story of Our Lady of Knock
Our Lady of Knock is one of the quietest of the approved Marian apparitions. On the evening of August 21, 1879, in the village of Knock in County Mayo, witnesses reported seeing a heavenly scene at the gable wall of the parish church. There was no spoken message and no secret. The figures stood in silence: Our Lady, St. Joseph, St. John the Evangelist, and an altar with the Lamb before a cross, surrounded by angels. Rain fell, but the witnesses remained. The apparition lasted long enough for people of different ages and temperaments to see and describe what was before them.
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About this novena
Description
The Knock novena carries a quiet, pilgrim-like spirit. It asks not only for help in sorrow, but for deeper love of the Mass, stronger charity at home, and a more Eucharistic life. That gives it a beautiful depth for ordinary Catholics trying to remain faithful through loneliness, illness, or pressure.
Traditionally invoked as patron of
healing, family intentions, Ireland, quiet trust in suffering
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for healing, family intentions, Ireland, and quiet trust in suffering.
Usual timing
August 14 through August 22
Statue of Our Lady in the Apparition Chapel, Knock Shrine