
Catholic novena
Novena to St. Dominic
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Prayer source
2026 nine-day arrangement of a complete public-domain prayer (1910)
The Raccolta, Ambrose St. John English translation, 1910 edition (Burns & Oates/Benziger Brothers), no.334, printed 302, 303. Nine-day use of the complete proper prayer arranged in 2026. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Theraccoltaorcol00unknuoft.djvu
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- The complete 1910 Raccolta edition of the three prayers to St. Dominic. This reader arranges that complete historical prayer for nine consecutive days; it is a different edition from the longer devotion previously shown.
- Often prayed for
- Zeal for souls, love of truth, compassion for the poor, endurance under trials, and devotion to the Holy Rosary.
- Suggested start
- July 26, 2027. You may also begin this novena at any time.
- Length
- 9 days
- Feast
- August 4
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About This Novena
St. Dominic appears here as a burning torch of divine love and a champion of the faith. The novena asks not only for truth and zeal, but for compassion, patience in labor, and fidelity under the maternal protection of Our Lady of the Rosary.
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for preachers, the Rosary, truth, and zeal for souls.
Usual timing
July 26 through August 3
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I MY LORD JESUS CHRIST, who didst found the Church with thy Precious Blood, and by the preaching of the Apostles didst establish, propagate and extend it throughout the whole world, and thereafter didst commission the holy Patriarch Dominic to adorn, illustrate, and defend it with the splendour of his merits and doctrine; graciously hear the prayers which this Apostolic man incessantly offers to Thee for the increase of her treasures, both spiritual and temporal.
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Pray one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be.
Our Father
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
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
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.
II MOST merciful REDEEMER, who didst choose as thy fellow labourer for the salvation of souls St Dominic, who by his zeal, aided by thy grace, gained over to the Church so many heretics who had been lost to her, and so many sinners who had grieved her by their obstinacy; send, O my GOD, ever fresh labourers into thy vineyard to work for thy glory, and gather in the fruits of eternal life.
Repeated prayer cue
Pray one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be.
Our Father
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
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
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.
III O GOOD JESUS, who didst delight to see St Dominic prostrate every night before thy altar, adoring Thee hidden in the most holy Sacrament with most lively faith, and offering up, now groans, now prayers, now penances on behalf of the Church, at that time persecuted by her enemies and profaned by her servants; defend this thy Spouse through the intercession of St Dominic from the outrages and plots of the infernal enemy of mankind.
Repeated prayer cue
Pray one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be.
Our Father
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
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
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.
V. Pray for us, St Dominic. R. . That we may be made worthy of the promises of CHRIST.
Let us pray.
GRANT, we beseech Thee, Almighty GOD, that we who are weighed down by the burden of our sins may be raised up by the patronage of thy blessed Confessor Dominic. Through CHRIST our LORD. Amen.
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The complete 1910 Raccolta edition of the three prayers to St. Dominic. This reader arranges that complete historical prayer for nine consecutive days; it is a different edition from the longer devotion previously shown.
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Description
St. Dominic appears here as a burning torch of divine love and a champion of the faith. The novena asks not only for truth and zeal, but for compassion, patience in labor, and fidelity under the maternal protection of Our Lady of the Rosary.
Traditionally invoked as patron of
preachers, the Rosary, truth, zeal for souls
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for preachers, the Rosary, truth, and zeal for souls.
Usual timing
July 26 through August 3

St. Dominic, Pieter Thijs
