Novena to St. Roch

O glorious St. Roch, who always professed the greatest devotion to Mary, and endeavoured with all your power to imitate her heavenly virtues: obtain for us at all times a sincere devotion to her, which is so beneficial in procuring eternal salvation.. Gloria.

Glorious St. Roch, who gave the greatest portion of your wealth in alms, and abandoned the remainder that you might live in poverty and pilgrimage in foreign lands: obtain for us all that we may keep our hearts always detached from the fading things of earth, and seek only to conform our lives to the holy example of Jesus Christ. Gloria.

Glorious St. Roch, who by your generosity in consecrating yourself to the service of the infected, and by your devout prayers caused the pestilence to abate, and the sick to be cured: obtain for us all the grace, that we may be preserved by your intercession from the infection of sin. Gloria.

Glorious St. Roch, who, struck with the pestilence whilst in the act of serving the infected and afflicted, asked and obtained to be exposed on the road, that you might die outside the town; when visited by an angel you were healed of your sickness: obtain for us the grace to suffer with unutterable resignation, all the maladies and troubles to which we are exposed in this life, always expecting from heaven whatever help is needful for us. Gloria.

Glorious St. Roch, who, that you might always be conformed to the example of your crucified Redeemer, endured, without justifying yourself, the most calumnious accusations and the most cruel imprisonment, in which you sighed until death: obtain for us all the grace to live always hidden from the eyes of men, increasing every day in merit before God, that He may at length be pleased to translate us from labour to rest, from humiliation to glory, and from this our exile to the blessedness of His elect for all eternity. Gloria.