Side altar of Saint Peregrine in a Servite church

Traditional Catholic Novena

St. Peregrine Novena

A traditional Catholic novena to St. Peregrine for cancer patients and the sick. Traditionally prayed April 22 through April 30, or any time.

9 daysFeast: May 10 of 9 complete

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Day 1: Conversion of Life

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O great St. Peregrine, who were yourself converted from a violent and sinful life, grant that those who have strayed from the way of Christ may, like you, be given the grace to repent and amend their ways. Amen. St. Peregrine, pray for us.

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Opening Petition

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

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O good St. Peregrine, patron of those suffering from foot ailments, cancer, and incurable diseases, grant, we beseech you, relief from suffering to (name the names of the persons who are ill).

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In your compassion, we beg you to intercede with Our Lord Jesus Christ that mankind may soon find a cure for the dreaded disease of physical cancer as well as for the moral cancer which grips so much of our world today. Amen.

Concluding Prayer

Glorious wonder-worker, St. Peregrine, you answered the divine call with a ready spirit, and forsook all the comforts of a life of ease and all the empty honors of the world to dedicate yourself to God in the Order of His holy Mother.

You labored manfully for the salvation of souls.

In union with Jesus crucified, you endured painful sufferings with such patience as to deserve to be healed miraculously of an incurable cancer in your leg by a touch of His divine Hand. Obtain for me the grace to answer every call of God and to fulfill His will in all the events of life.

Enkindle in my heart a consuming zeal for the salvation of all men. Deliver me from the infirmities that afflict my body, especially (name any ailments you may have).

Obtain for me also a perfect resignation to the sufferings it may please God to send me, so that, imitating our crucified Saviour and His sorrowful Mother, I may merit eternal glory in heaven. Amen.

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. Peregrine as one of the Church’s best-known patrons for cancer and grave illness, asking for relief, courage, and a Christian spirit in bodily suffering.

Traditionally invoked as patron of

cancer patients, the sick, those with incurable illness, those suffering in body

Traditionally prayed for

Often prayed for cancer patients, the sick, those with incurable illness, and those suffering in body.

Usual timing

April 22 through April 30, or any time

9 daysFeast: May 1cancer patientsthe sickthose with incurable illnessthose suffering in body
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Side altar of Saint Peregrine in a Servite church

Side altar of St. Peregrine, Servite church in Budapest