Traditional Catholic Novena
Novena to Saint Jean-Baptiste de LaSalle
A traditional Catholic novena to Saint Jean-Baptiste de LaSalle for teachers, educators, and students. Traditionally prayed March 29 through April 6, or any time.
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About This Novena
This novena remembers St. John Baptist de La Salle as a father of Christian education, asking for holy teachers, well-formed students, and zeal for the salvation of souls.
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for teachers, educators, students, Christian schools, and youth formation.
Usual timing
March 29 through April 6, or any time
Day 1 of 9
The same principal prayer is used each day. Choose the day you are on, pray the main prayer, and mark the day complete when you finish.
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Day 1
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Principal Prayer for Each Day
Pray this same prayer each day after the day's meditation.
Father, You chose Saint John Baptist de la Salle to give young people a Christian education. Give your Church teachers who will devote themselves to helping your children grow as Christian men and women. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
O God, You chose your blessed confessor Jean-Baptiste to give Christian education to the poor and to confirm young people in the way of truth, and through him You established a new religious congregation in your Church; grant that through his intercession and example, we may be inspired with zeal for Your glory and the salvation of souls, and be found worthy to share his reward in heaven. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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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 Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Saint Jean-Baptiste de LaSalle, Pray for us. Saint Jean-Baptiste de LaSalle, Pray for us. Saint Jean-Baptiste de LaSalle, Pray for us.
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About this novena
Description
This novena remembers St. John Baptist de La Salle as a father of Christian education, asking for holy teachers, well-formed students, and zeal for the salvation of souls.
Traditionally invoked as patron of
teachers, educators, students, Christian schools, youth formation
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for teachers, educators, students, Christian schools, and youth formation.
Usual timing
March 29 through April 6, or any time
Saint John Baptist de La Salle, devotional portrait