Novena to St. Charles Borromeo
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A Help to Devotion, 1853Source and notes
Source
| Printed in | A Help to Devotion; or, A Collection of Novenas |
|---|---|
| Imprint | London, Richardson and Son, 1853 |
| Pages | pp. 189–192 |
| Scan | leaf 204, leaf 205, leaf 206, leaf 207 |
| Approval | Title page dated 1853; no approbation printed. |
| Rights | Public domain in the United States. |
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- St. Charles Borromeo
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Day 1
November 4th.
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O glorious St. Charles, who, prevented by the choicest benedictions, found your joy in your earliest infancy in the most solid practices of piety: obtain for me, I pray, a holy abhorrence of all the pleasures of the world, and a constant and tender affection for all religious exercises. Gloria.
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O glorious St. Charles, who, after receiving the clerical habit, became a model for ecclesiastics, by your generous detachment from all worldly concerns, by the purest zeal for the glory of God, and by the most indefatigable solicitude for the relief of the poor: obtain for me, I pray, the grace to apply myself, like you, faithfully to all the duties which belong to the station in which it has pleased God to place me. Gloria.
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O glorious St. Charles, who raised to the highest dignity in the Church, wast also raised to the most intimate communications with God, by means of long meditations, fervent prayers, continual fasts, copious alms, and by the most exact performance of all your pastoral duties: obtain, I pray, for me the grace to grow every day in holiness and perfection, and to correspond worthily to the duties of my state. Gloria.
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O glorious St. Charles, whose sole study it was to observe in every thing the discipline of holy Church with the greatest perfection: obtain for me, I pray, the grace ever to love tenderly this most holy mother of all the faithful, and to fulfil exactly whatever she commands. Gloria.
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O glorious St. Charles, who, miraculously preserved from death, wast the first to take the defence of the man who so iniquitously launched the murderous weapon against you: obtain for me, I pray, the grace, that I may be, at all times, the first to offer peace to those who have injured me, and thus correspond to their ill treatment by returning them benefits. Gloria.
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O glorious St. Charles, who in the most critical situation of your diocese, frequently made the offer of your life for the sheep confided to your care: obtain for me, I pray, a zeal similar to yours for the spiritual good of my brethren, that, winning them by Christian charity, I may guide as many souls to Heaven as by my past conduct I have alienated from it. Gloria.
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O glorious St. Charles, who always preparedst for death by the sanctity of your life, and accepted it with holy joy when it overtook you in the midst of your most glorious career: obtain for me, I pray, the grace always to accept, with Christian resignation, all that is painful to the senses, which it shall please the Lord to send me; and that my life may be a continual preparation for death; so that when I arrive at my great passage, instead of feeling the terror of the sinner, I may enjoy the peace of the just, a prelude to eternal blessedness with the elect in Heaven. Gloria.