Traditional Catholic Novena
St. Jerome Novena
A traditional Catholic novena to St. Jerome for Bible scholars, students, and translators. Traditionally prayed September 21 through September 29, or any time.
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About This Novena
This novena remembers St. Jerome as a tireless lover of Scripture who embraced study, hardship, and fidelity for the sake of divine truth.
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for Bible scholars, students, translators, librarians, and freedom from anger.
Usual timing
September 21 through September 29, 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.
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
O glorious Saint Jerome, devoted servant of God and lover of Sacred Scripture, you gave your life to studying, translating, and defending the Word of God. You pursued holiness with great zeal and bore every hardship for the sake of truth.
I come to you humbly, asking for your powerful intercession before our Lord Jesus Christ. As you spent your days immersed in prayer and the wisdom of God’s Word, help me to grow in love for Holy Scripture and to seek God’s truth in all things.
Pray for me in my present need
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that through God’s mercy and your intercession, I may receive what I ask, if it be according to His holy will.
Amen.
Saint Jerome, you were not afraid of difficulty, criticism, or hardship in your service to the Church. Obtain for me the courage to remain faithful, the wisdom to discern God’s will, and the perseverance to follow it.
Pray that I may one day join you and all the saints in eternal life, where we will praise God forever.
Amen.
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 Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Saint Jerome, pray for us!
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 remembers St. Jerome as a tireless lover of Scripture who embraced study, hardship, and fidelity for the sake of divine truth.
Traditionally invoked as patron of
Bible scholars, students, translators, librarians, freedom from anger
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for Bible scholars, students, translators, librarians, and freedom from anger.
Usual timing
September 21 through September 29, or any time
Saint Jerome in the wilderness