Traditional Catholic Novena
St. Aloysius Gonzaga Novena
A traditional Catholic novena to St. Aloysius Gonzaga for youth, students, and Catholic youth. Traditionally prayed June 12 through June 20, or any time.
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About This Novena
This novena turns to St. Aloysius Gonzaga as a young Jesuit saint whose purity, discipline, and love for Christ have made him a patron for the young.
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for youth, students, Catholic youth, purity, and young people in discernment.
Usual timing
June 12 through June 20, or any time
Day 1 of 9
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In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
St Aloysius, I, thy most unworthy client, commend to thee most earnestly the chastity of my mind and body.
I beseech thee, for the sake of thine angelic purity, to commend me to the immaculate Lamb, Christ Jesus, and to His most holy Mother, the Virgin of virgins, and to protect me from every grievous sin.
O most tender and gracious saint, permit me not to defile myself by any spot of impurity; nay, when thou seest me in temptation or in the danger of sin, banish far from my heart every unclean thought and desire.
Awaken in me the thought of eternity and of Jesus crucified; imprint deeply in my heart a lively sense of the holy fear of God; inflame me with divine love, so that, imitating thee here on earth, I may merit to enjoy God with thee in heaven.
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St Aloysius, adorned with angelic innocence and heroic self-mastery, pray for us, especially for the young, that we may serve Christ with a clean heart, firm will, and generous love.
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 Aloysius Gonzaga, 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. Aloysius Gonzaga as a young Jesuit saint whose purity, discipline, and love for Christ have made him a patron for the young.
Traditionally invoked as patron of
youth, students, Catholic youth, purity, young people in discernment
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for youth, students, Catholic youth, purity, and young people in discernment.
Usual timing
June 12 through June 20, or any time
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Heinrich P. Schultz