
Catholic novena
Novena to the Holy Family
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Prayer source
2026 nine-day arrangement of a complete public-domain prayer (1910)
The Raccolta, Ambrose St. John English translation, 1910 edition (Burns & Oates/Benziger Brothers), no.458, printed 394, 395. Nine-day use of the complete proper prayer arranged in 2026. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Theraccoltaorcol00unknuoft.djvu
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- The complete 1910 Raccolta edition of the five prayers to the Holy Family. This reader arranges that complete historical prayer for nine consecutive days; it is a different edition from the longer devotion previously shown.
- Often prayed for
- Family harmony, fidelity to the Faith, love of the Church, courage in Christian witness, and peace in the home.
- Length
- 9 days
- Feast
- Feast of the Holy Family
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About This Novena
Devotion to the Holy Family gives Catholics a simple and steady way to pray for the life of the home: love of the Church, courage in confessing the Faith, mutual charity, obedience to God, and peace under rightful guidance. It fits especially well with the everyday burdens and hopes of family life, where holiness is often worked out in ordinary duties.
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for families, peace in the home, marriage, and children.
Usual timing
Nine days before the Feast of the Holy Family, or anytime for family harmony and fidelity
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JESUS, Mary and Joseph, bless us and grant us the grace to love the Church, as we ought, above every other earthly thing, and always to show forth our love by deeds.
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Pray one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be.
Our Father
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
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
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.
JESUS, Mary and Joseph, bless us and grant us the grace without fear or human respect openly to profess, as we ought, the faith which was given to us in baptism.
Repeated prayer cue
Pray one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be.
Our Father
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
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
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.
JESUS, Mary and Joseph, bless us and grant us the grace to share, as we ought, in the defence and propagation of the Faith, when duty calls, whether by word or by the sacrifice of our fortunes and our lives.
Repeated prayer cue
Pray one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be.
Our Father
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
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
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.
JESUS, Mary and Joseph, bless us and grant us the grace to love one another, as we ought, and to live together in perfect harmony of thought, will and action, under the rule and guidance of our pastors.
Repeated prayer cue
Pray one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be.
Our Father
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
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
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.
JESUS, Mary and Joseph, bless us and grant us the grace to conform our lives, as we ought, to the precepts of GOD and of the Church, so as to live always in that charity which they set forth.
Repeated prayer cue
Pray one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be.
Our Father
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
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
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.
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About this devotion
Which edition is shown here?
The complete 1910 Raccolta edition of the five prayers to the Holy Family. This reader arranges that complete historical prayer for nine consecutive days; it is a different edition from the longer devotion previously shown.
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About this novena
Description
Devotion to the Holy Family gives Catholics a simple and steady way to pray for the life of the home: love of the Church, courage in confessing the Faith, mutual charity, obedience to God, and peace under rightful guidance. It fits especially well with the everyday burdens and hopes of family life, where holiness is often worked out in ordinary duties.
Traditionally invoked as patron of
families, peace in the home, marriage, children
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for families, peace in the home, marriage, and children.
Usual timing
Nine days before the Feast of the Holy Family, or anytime for family harmony and fidelity

The Holy Family with a Little Bird, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (c. 1650)
