Traditional Catholic Novena
St. Gertrude the Great Novena
A traditional Catholic novena to St. Gertrude the Great for the holy souls in purgatory. Traditionally prayed November 7 through November 15, or any time.
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About This Novena
This novena turns to St. Gertrude as a mystic of the Sacred Heart whose prayers are especially linked with mercy for sinners and relief for the holy souls.
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for the holy souls in purgatory, sinners, families, and those seeking mercy.
Usual timing
November 7 through November 15, or any time
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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.
Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood of Thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the Masses said throughout the world today, for all the holy souls in Purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal Church, those in my own home and within my family. Amen.
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Accept, O compassionate Jesus, this my prayer with that exceeding love wherewith Thou didst endure a bitter Death, and didst offer it, together with all the fruit of Thy most sacred Humanity, to God the Father on the day of Thine Ascension; and by the depth of those Wounds which scarred Thy Flesh and pierced Thy Hands and Feet and Heart, I beseech Thee, raise me up, who am steeped and sunk in sin, and render me well-pleasing to Thee in all things. Amen.
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. Gertrude as a mystic of the Sacred Heart whose prayers are especially linked with mercy for sinners and relief for the holy souls.
Traditionally invoked as patron of
the holy souls in purgatory, sinners, families, those seeking mercy
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for the holy souls in purgatory, sinners, families, and those seeking mercy.
Usual timing
November 7 through November 15, or any time
Saint Gertrude, Miguel Cabrera (1763), Dallas Museum of Art