Traditional Catholic Novena
Novena to St. Benedict
A traditional Catholic novena to St. Benedict for protection from evil, monks, and students. Traditionally prayed March 12 through March 20.
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About This Novena
St. Benedict has long been invoked by Catholics as a fatherly protector in spiritual conflict and a guide into ordered, faithful Christian living. This novena reflects that older instinct by asking both for protection from danger and for a more disciplined, obedient, and holy life.
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for protection from evil, monks, students, and a holy death.
Usual timing
March 12 through March 20
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Day 1: Protection
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Ask St. Benedict to shield you from the dangers that daily surround the soul.
Opening Prayer
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O glorious St. Benedict, sublime model of all virtues, pure vessel of God's grace! Behold me, humbly kneeling at thy feet. I implore thy loving heart to pray for me before the throne of God. To thee I have recourse in all the dangers which daily surround me. Shield me against my enemies, inspire me to imitate thee in all things. May thy blessing be with me always, so that I may shun whatever God forbids and avoid the occasions of sin.
Graciously obtain for me from God those favors and graces of which I stand so much in need, in the trials, miseries and afflictions of life. Thy heart was always so full of love, compassion, and mercy toward those who were afflicted or troubled in any way. Thou didst never dismiss without consolation and assistance anyone who had recourse to thee. I therefore invoke thy powerful intercession, in the confident hope that thou wilt hear my prayers and obtain for me the special grace and favor I so earnestly implore
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, if it be for the greater glory of God and the welfare of my soul.
Help me, O great St. Benedict, to live and die as a faithful child of God, to be ever submissive to His holy will, and to attain the eternal happiness of heaven. Amen.
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Description
St. Benedict has long been invoked by Catholics as a fatherly protector in spiritual conflict and a guide into ordered, faithful Christian living. This novena reflects that older instinct by asking both for protection from danger and for a more disciplined, obedient, and holy life.
Traditionally invoked as patron of
protection from evil, monks, students, a holy death
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for protection from evil, monks, students, and a holy death.
Usual timing
March 12 through March 20
A Miracle of Saint Benedict, Sano di Pietro