Novena to St. Denis
Ended 8 October. Next from 30 September 2027.
Novena to St. Denis by email
Receive one prayer each day for 9 days. You can cancel reminders at any time.
Check your inbox
Confirm from the email we sent.
Mary, Help of Christians, and the Fourteen Saints Invoked as Holy Helpers, 1909Source and notes
Novena in Honor of St. Dionysius
Source
| Printed in | Mary, Help of Christians, and the Fourteen Saints Invoked as Holy Helpers |
|---|---|
| Imprint | New York, Cincinnati, Chicago, Benziger Brothers, 1909 |
| Pages | pp. 219, 221, 227–228 |
| Scan | leaf 251, leaf 253, leaf 261, leaf 262 of the Internet Archive copy |
| Approval | Imprimi permittitur, Cincinnati, 30 March 1908; Imprimatur, ✠ John M. Farley, Archbishop of New York, March 4, 1909 Copyright, 1909, by Benziger Brothers |
| Transcription | The Preparatory Prayer (printed once, on p. 219) and the closing Prayer (printed once, on p. 221, in the novena to St. George) serve all fourteen novenas; the book points back to them, and they are set here in praying order. |
| Rights | Public domain in the United States. |
- Prayers for
- a special favour
Day 1
PREPARATORY PRAYER
ALMIGHTY and eternal God! With lively faith and reverently worshiping Thy divine Majesty, I prostrate myself before Thee and invoke with filial trust Thy supreme bounty and mercy. Illumine the darkness of my intellect with a ray of Thy heavenly light and inflame my heart with the fire of Thy divine love, that I may contemplate the great virtues and merits of the saint in whose honor I make this novena, and following his example imitate, like him, the life of Thy divine Son.
Moreover, I beseech Thee to grant graciously, through the merits and intercession of this powerful Helper, the petition which through him I humbly place before Thee, devoutly saying, “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” Vouchsafe graciously to hear it, if it redounds to Thy greater glory and to the salvation of my soul. Amen.
PRAYER IN HONOR OF ST. DIONYSIUS
O GOD, who didst confer Thy saving faith on the people of France through Thy holy bishop and martyr Dionysius, and didst glorify him before and after his martyrdom by many miracles; grant us through his intercession that the Faith practised and preached by him be our light on the way of life, so that we may be preserved from all anxieties of conscience, and if by human frailty we have sinned, we may return to Thee speedily by true penance. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
INVOCATION OF ST. DIONYSIUS
GLORIOUS servant of God, St. Dionysius, with intense love thou didst devote thyself to Christ after learning to know Him through the apostle St. Paul, and didst preach His saving name to the nations, to bring whom to His knowledge and love thou didst not shrink from martyrdom; implore for me a continual growth in the knowledge and love of Jesus, so that my restless heart may experience that peace which He alone can give. Help me by thy powerful intercession with God to serve Him with a willing heart, to devote myself with abiding love to His service, and thereby to attain the eternal bliss of heaven. Amen.
Prayer
MY LORD and my God! I offer up to Thee my petition in union with the bitter passion and death of Jesus Christ, Thy Son, together with the merits of His immaculate and blessed Mother, Mary ever virgin, and of all the saints, particularly with those of the holy Helper in whose honor I make this novena.
Look down upon me, merciful Lord! Grant me Thy grace and Thy love, and graciously hear my prayer. Amen.