Traditional Catholic Novena
St. Martin of Tours Novena
A traditional Catholic novena to St. Martin of Tours for against poverty and against alcoholism. Traditionally prayed November 2 through November 10, or any time.
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About This Novena
This novena turns to St. Martin of Tours, the soldier who shared his cloak with Christ in the poor, asking for generosity, courage, and mercy.
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for against poverty, against alcoholism, beggars, horses, soldiers, and reformed alcoholics.
Usual timing
November 2 through November 10, or any time
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In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Blessed Saint Martin of Tours, full of the Spirit of the Lord, always having inexhaustible charity for the needy. You, who full of love and generosity when you saw the beggar that was freezing from cold, without knowing that in truth he was Christ, did not hesitate to give him half of your cape.
You, who did not seek recognition but only to favor your neighbor, found glory before the Lord.
Help me to imitate your generosity, your courage, and your love for Christ in the poor.
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Saint Martin’s Charity Teach us to see Christ in the poor and to give without counting the cost.
Saint Martin’s Faith Ask God to make us faithful when the world grows cold or confused.
Saint Martin’s Courage Help us to choose God’s will over comfort, fear, or human respect.
Saint Martin’s Poverty of Spirit Pray for those who struggle with material poverty, addiction, discouragement, and instability.
Saint Martin’s Final Perseverance Obtain for us the grace to persevere in God’s friendship until the end.
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.
St. Martin of Tours, 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 turns to St. Martin of Tours, the soldier who shared his cloak with Christ in the poor, asking for generosity, courage, and mercy.
Traditionally invoked as patron of
against poverty, against alcoholism, beggars, horses, soldiers, reformed alcoholics
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for against poverty, against alcoholism, beggars, horses, soldiers, and reformed alcoholics.
Usual timing
November 2 through November 10, or any time
Saint Martin Dividing His Cloak, National Gallery of Art