Traditional Catholic Novena
Novena to St. Giles (Aegidius)
A traditional Catholic novena to St. Giles (Aegidius) for the disabled, repentance, and peace of conscience. Traditionally prayed August 23 through August 31.
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About This Novena
The St. Giles novena has the feel of an honest examination of conscience. It asks to flee praise, face sin truthfully, confess it well, and die with a heart at peace before God.
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for the disabled, repentance, peace of conscience, and a holy death.
Usual timing
August 23 through August 31
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Almighty and eternal God! With lively faith and reverently worshiping Thy divine Majesty, I prostrate myself before Thee and invoke with filial trust Thy supreme bounty and mercy. Illumine the darkness of my intellect with a ray of Thy heavenly light and inflame my heart with the fire of Thy divine love.
O God, grant us through the merits and intercession of St. Giles to flee from the vanity and praise of this world, to avoid carefully all occasions of sin, to cleanse our hearts from all wickedness by a sincere confession, to leave this world in Thy love and rich in good works, and to find Thee gracious on the day of judgment. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Zealous follower of Christ, St. Giles, help me through thy mighty intercession to know the malice and multitude of my sins, confess them humbly and contritely, and receive pardon, tranquility of heart, and peace of conscience from God. Amen.
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About this novena
Description
The St. Giles novena has the feel of an honest examination of conscience. It asks to flee praise, face sin truthfully, confess it well, and die with a heart at peace before God.
Traditionally invoked as patron of
the disabled, repentance, peace of conscience, a holy death
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for the disabled, repentance, peace of conscience, and a holy death.
Usual timing
August 23 through August 31
Saint Giles, from a church wall painting in Stockholm