Traditional Catholic Novena
Novena to the Infant of Prague
A traditional Catholic novena to the Infant of Prague for impossible needs, families, and children. Traditionally prayed Any time.
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About This Novena
The Infant of Prague devotion emphasizes childlike trust rather than spiritual complexity. It rests on Christ's own words about asking, seeking, and knocking, and turns that confidence into gratitude and witness.
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for impossible needs, families, children, and trust in God.
Usual timing
Any time
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O Jesus, who has said ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you, through the intercession of Mary, Thy Most Holy Mother, I knock, I seek and I ask that my prayer may be granted.
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O Jesus, who has said all that you ask of the Father in My Name, He will grant you, through the intercession of Mary, Thy Most Holy Mother, I humbly and urgently ask Thy Father in Thy Name, that my prayer be granted.
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O Jesus, who has said "Heaven and Earth shall pass away, but My word shall not pass", through the intercession of Mary, Thy Most Holy Mother, I feel confident that my prayer will be granted.
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I prostrate myself before Thy holy image, O most gracious Infant Jesus, to offer Thee my most fervent thanks for the blessings Thou has bestowed upon me. I shall incessantly praise Thine ineffable mercy and confess that Thou alone art my God, my Helper, and my Protector. Henceforth my entire confidence shall be placed in Thee. Everywhere I shall proclaim aloud Thy mercy and generosity so that Thy great love and the great deeds which Thou dos perform through this miraculous image may be acknowledged by all. May devotion to Thy Holy Infancy increase more and more in the hearts of all Christians, and may all who experience Thine assistance persevere with me in showing increasing gratitude to Thy most holy infancy, to which be praise and glory forever. Amen.
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About this novena
Description
The Infant of Prague devotion emphasizes childlike trust rather than spiritual complexity. It rests on Christ's own words about asking, seeking, and knocking, and turns that confidence into gratitude and witness.
Traditionally invoked as patron of
impossible needs, families, children, trust in God
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for impossible needs, families, children, and trust in God.
Usual timing
Any time
Original statue of the Infant Jesus of Prague