Novena for the Circumcision

With the most sincere affection of my heart, I love, praise, and bless Thee, O adorable name of my Jesus! for Thou art a most holy and awful name, a name at which every knee in heaven, on earth, and in hell bows down; and it is in Thee alone that men find their salvation, angels their glory, and devils their defeat. Thou alone enlightened the ignorance, and healed the wounds by which mankind had been afflicted, and it is by Thee alone that the storm is hushed, the floods are calmed, misfortunes averted, and enemies subdued. Thou art the key which unlocks all treasures, the help of the distressed, the defender of the persecuted, the strength of the weak, and the support of the strong. Thou art as the taste of honey in the mouth of him who pronounces Thee, as the sound of sweet music in the ear of him who hears Thee, and a true and solid consolation to the heart of him who loves Thee. O name above every name; O name concealed from the Patriarchs of the Old Law, but expressing as in a compendium all the glorious titles by which the Prophets announced the Redeemer who was to bear thee. O all ye people of the world, O all ye creatures of Heaven and earth, praise with all your tongues this holy, this adorable, this powerful name! Cry without ceasing, like the angels in paradise, “Holy, holy, holy Lord God! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.” O Jesus! O adorable name! I would I could make reparation with my blood for all the insults which Thou dost receive from ungrateful men; and for this purpose I promise henceforward to do my utmost to procure for Thee the glory to which Thou art entitled: and I pray Thee to grant me this grace, that Thou mayest be my hope in life, my shield in death, and my joy and my blessedness in eternity. Glory be to the Father, (nine times) and afterwards the following ejaculations, to which Pope Pius has granted an indulgence of one hundred days.

1. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, I give you my heart and my soul.

2. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, assist me in my last agony.

3. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, let me breathe out my soul in peace with you.

4. Praised be Jesus Christ, praised for ever.