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| St. Francis Xavier, ora pro nobis |
March 4th—March 12th and November 25th—December 3rd
St. Francis Xavier Novena Prayer
O most kind and loving saint, in union with you I adore the Divine Majesty. The remembrance of the favors with which God blessed you during life, and of your glory after death, fills me with joy; and I unite with you in offering to God my humble tribute of thanksgiving and of praise. I implore of you to secure for me, through your powerful intercession, the all important blessing of living and dying in the state of grace. I also beseech you to obtain the favor I ask in this Novena (state your intensions here), but if what I ask is not for the glory of God or for the good of my soul, obtain for me what is most conducive to both. Amen.
Concluding Prayer
O God, who was pleased to gather unto your Church the people of the East by the preaching and miracles of blessed Francis, mercifully grant that we who honor his glorious merits, may also imitate the example of his virtues, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
* Photo, courtesy of Anthony Scillia, was taken at Saint Francis Xavier Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
