Traditional Catholic Novena
Novena to Saint Peter the Apostle
A traditional Catholic novena to Saint Peter the Apostle for the papacy, faith, and hope. Traditionally prayed June 20 through June 28.
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About This Novena
Beginning on June 20, this novena asks for apostolic faith, humility, and perseverance to the end.
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for the papacy, faith, hope, charity, and perseverance.
Usual timing
June 20 through June 28
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.
O Holy Apostle, because you are the Rock upon which Almighty God has built His Church, obtain for me, I pray you, lively faith, firm hope, and burning love; complete detachment from myself, contempt of the world, patience in adversity, humility in prosperity, recollection in prayer, purity of heart, a right intention in all my works, diligence in fulfilling the duties of my state of life, constancy in my resolutions, resignation to the will of God, and perseverance in the grace of God even unto death; that so, by means of your intercession and your glorious merits, I may be worthy to appear before the chief and eternal Shepherd of souls, Jesus Christ, Who with the Father and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns for ever. Amen.
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About this novena
Description
Beginning on June 20, this novena asks for apostolic faith, humility, and perseverance to the end.
Traditionally invoked as patron of
the papacy, faith, hope, charity, perseverance
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for the papacy, faith, hope, charity, and perseverance.
Usual timing
June 20 through June 28
Saint Peter, El Greco