Traditional Catholic Novena
St. Adelaide Novena
A traditional Catholic novena to St. Adelaide for widows, step-parents, and families. Traditionally prayed December 7 through December 15, or any time.
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About This Novena
This novena turns to St. Adelaide as a queen who endured suffering and betrayal, asking for peace, family healing, and steadfast faith in hardship.
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for widows, step-parents, families, and those suffering abuse.
Usual timing
December 7 through December 15, 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.
St. Adelaide of Burgundy, please pray for us, that we may keep the Faith, especially when we have to endure difficult situations.
Obtain for us the graces to be able to fulfill our duties with generosity, in spite of these difficulties.
Please save my family from evil, turmoil, and betrayal, by placing our petitions before the Lord, especially for
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Amen.
Heavenly Father, please fill our hearts with love, peace, and charity for members of my family and extended family.
Expel from our hearts all divisive thoughts, and touch the hearts of our family through the intercession of Saint Adelaide, so that we can be whole, united, and dedicated to You.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, Who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.
Amen.
Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
St Adelaide, pray for us!
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 turns to St. Adelaide as a queen who endured suffering and betrayal, asking for peace, family healing, and steadfast faith in hardship.
Traditionally invoked as patron of
widows, step-parents, families, those suffering abuse
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for widows, step-parents, families, and those suffering abuse.
Usual timing
December 7 through December 15, or any time
Saint Adelaide, devotional portrait by Abel Terral