Traditional Catholic Novena
Novena to St. Margaret of Antioch
A traditional Catholic novena to St. Margaret of Antioch for pregnant mothers, childbirth, and nurses. Traditionally prayed July 11 through July 19.
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About This Novena
St. Margaret appears here as both virgin and martyr, a witness whose purity was defended under pressure. The novena is direct about the battle against temptation and the need for perseverance to the end.
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for pregnant mothers, childbirth, nurses, and women in labor.
Usual timing
July 11 through July 19
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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, that I may contemplate the great virtues and merits of the Saint in whose honor I make this novena, and following her example imitate, like her, the life of Thy Divine Son.
Moreover, I beseech Thee to grant graciously, through the merits and intercession of this most powerful and holy Helper, St. Margaret, the petition which through her I humbly place before Thee, devoutly saying, "Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven." Vouchsafe graciously to hear it, if it redounds to Thy greater glory and to the salvation of my soul. Amen.
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O God, grant us through the intercession of Thy holy Virgin and Martyr Margaret, undauntedly to confess the Faith, carefully to observe the chastity of our state of life, and to overcome the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil, and thereby escape the punishments of eternal damnation. Amen.
O glorious St. Margaret, holy Virgin and Martyr, thou didst faithfully preserve the robe of holy innocence and purity, valiantly resisting all the blandishments and allurements of the world for the love of thy Divine Spouse, Jesus Christ; help me to overcome all temptations against the choicest of all virtues, holy purity, and to remain steadfast in the love of Christ, in order to preserve this great gift of God. Implore for me the grace of perseverance in prayer, distrust of myself, and flight from the occasions of sin, and finally the grace of a good death, so that in Heaven I may follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth. Amen.
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About this novena
Description
St. Margaret appears here as both virgin and martyr, a witness whose purity was defended under pressure. The novena is direct about the battle against temptation and the need for perseverance to the end.
Traditionally invoked as patron of
pregnant mothers, childbirth, nurses, women in labor
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for pregnant mothers, childbirth, nurses, and women in labor.
Usual timing
July 11 through July 19
Saint Margaret of Antioch, illuminated manuscript, c. 1440