Traditional Catholic Novena
St. Christina the Astonishing Novena
A traditional Catholic novena to St. Christina the Astonishing for mental illness and mental anguish. Traditionally prayed July 15 through July 23, or any time.
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About This Novena
This unusually intense novena remembers St. Christina’s startling mystical witness and turns it into a prayer for patient suffering, detachment from sin, and mercy for the souls in Purgatory.
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for mental illness, mental anguish, those troubled by evil spirits, and the holy souls in purgatory.
Usual timing
July 15 through July 23, 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.
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O God, who didst grant to Thy servant Saint Christina the Astonishing extraordinary graces, calling her back from the gates of death to do penance for the souls in Purgatory, grant that through her intercession we may obtain the grace we now ask
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and learn to bear our sufferings patiently for the love of Thee and for the relief of the holy souls. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
O glorious Saint Christina, who after beholding the torments of the damned, the sufferings of the souls in Purgatory, and the joys of the blessed, didst willingly return to this life to suffer for sinners and the holy souls, obtain for me the grace to detach my heart from the things of this world. Teach me to love penance, to fly from sin as thou didst, and to offer all my trials in union with the sufferings of Christ.
Dear Saint Christina, astonishing in thy life and in thy works, intercede for me before the throne of God. Obtain for me these graces, and especially the grace of a holy death, perseverance in faith, and the deliverance of the souls in Purgatory most dear to me.
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 Christina the Astonishing, 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 unusually intense novena remembers St. Christina’s startling mystical witness and turns it into a prayer for patient suffering, detachment from sin, and mercy for the souls in Purgatory.
Traditionally invoked as patron of
mental illness, mental anguish, those troubled by evil spirits, the holy souls in purgatory
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for mental illness, mental anguish, those troubled by evil spirits, and the holy souls in purgatory.
Usual timing
July 15 through July 23, or any time
Saint Christina the Astonishing, devotional portrait