
Catholic novena
Holy Family Novena (1910 Edition)
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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 This complete Holy Family devotion was selected in 2026 as a different edition for the former Powerful Hand (Mano Poderosa) route.
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- The complete five prayers to the Holy Family from the 1910 Raccolta, arranged for nine days in 2026. This is a different devotion selected for the former Powerful Hand (Mano Poderosa) route; it does not reproduce or claim to restore that proper prayer.
- Often prayed for
- Help in despair and anguish, pardon, strength, wisdom, and peace through God's helping hand.
- Length
- 9 days
- Feast
- Any time
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About This Novena
This is a very direct cry for help. It is less ornate than some older devotions and feels more like a soul in real anguish reaching for God's hand and Christ's mercy at once.
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for urgent help, family protection, deliverance, and trust in Christ’s power.
Usual timing
Any time
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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
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The complete five prayers to the Holy Family from the 1910 Raccolta, arranged for nine days in 2026. This is a different devotion selected for the former Powerful Hand (Mano Poderosa) route; it does not reproduce or claim to restore that proper prayer.
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About this novena
Description
This is a very direct cry for help. It is less ornate than some older devotions and feels more like a soul in real anguish reaching for God's hand and Christ's mercy at once.
Traditionally invoked as patron of
urgent help, family protection, deliverance, trust in Christ’s power
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for urgent help, family protection, deliverance, and trust in Christ’s power.
Usual timing
Any time

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