Traditional Catholic Novena
St. Gerard Majella Novena
A traditional Catholic novena to St. Gerard Majella for expectant mothers and childbirth. Traditionally prayed October 7 through October 15, or any time.
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About This Novena
This novena turns to St. Gerard Majella as one of the Church’s best-loved patrons for expectant mothers, asking for safety, peace, and God’s care over both mother and child.
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for expectant mothers, childbirth, unborn children, and mothers and families.
Usual timing
October 7 through October 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.
O great Saint Gerard, beloved servant of Jesus Christ, perfect imitator of your meek and humble Savior, and devoted child of the Mother of God, enkindle within my heart one spark of that heavenly fire of charity which glowed in your heart and made you an angel of love.
O glorious Saint Gerard, because when falsely accused of crime, you did bear, like your Divine Master, without murmur or complaint, the calumnies of wicked men, you have been raised up by God as the patron and protector of expectant mothers.
Preserve me from danger and from the excessive pains accompanying childbirth, and shield the child which I now carry, that it may see the light of day and receive the purifying and life-giving waters of baptism through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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Hail Mary x3
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. Gerard Majella as one of the Church’s best-loved patrons for expectant mothers, asking for safety, peace, and God’s care over both mother and child.
Traditionally invoked as patron of
expectant mothers, childbirth, unborn children, mothers and families
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for expectant mothers, childbirth, unborn children, and mothers and families.
Usual timing
October 7 through October 15, or any time
Saint Gerard Majella, devotional portrait