Novena to St. Thomas Aquinas
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A Help to Devotion, 1853Source and notes
NOVENA TO ST. THOMAS OF AQUIN
Source
| Printed in | A Help to Devotion; or, A Collection of Novenas |
|---|---|
| Imprint | London, Richardson and Son, 1853 |
| Pages | pp. 98–100 |
| Scan | leaf 113, leaf 114, leaf 115 |
| Approval | Title page dated 1853; no approbation printed. |
| Rights | Public domain in the United States. |
- Saints
- St. Thomas Aquinas
- Prayers for
- purity
Day 1
March 7th.
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O glorious St. Thomas, who, that you might obey the voice of God which called you to the religious state, endured with heroic meekness the most vehement persecution from your nearest relations, who even tore your habit to pieces, and kept you confined for two years in a tower: obtain, we pray you, for us, the grace to despise all the deceits and menaces of the world, that we may walk faithfully according to the Divine inspirations. Gloria.
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O glorious St. Thomas, who, in reward for your generosity in driving an impudent woman, who tempted you to stain your purity, from you with a firebrand; and who, by your perseverance in keeping inviolable the oath you had made to the Lord of perpetual virginity, obtained to be visited by a celestial spirit, and wast for ever freed from all rebellion of the flesh: obtain for us, we pray you, the grace to fly from all solicitations to evil, and courageously to resist whatever may threaten the purity of our body or souls: Gloria.
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O glorious St. Thomas, who by your wisdom threw light upon all the dogmas, precepts, and maxims of Christianity; and who, notwithstanding your multifarious occupations, never omitted to spend many hours of each day in prayer, and to mortify your flesh with all kinds of austerities and penances: obtain for us, we pray you, the grace to employ every moment of our lives in holy works, and never to relax in the practice of piety; but that we may increase every day in the way of justice. Gloria.
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O glorious St. Thomas, whose only joy was the practice of most fervent devotion to Jesus crucified, to the blessed Sacrament, and to the most Holy Virgin: obtain for us, we pray you, that we, putting our whole trust in Jesus and Mary, and professing a sincere devotion to them, may receive light in our doubts, help in our dangers, consolation in our sufferings, and succour in all our troubles. Gloria.
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O glorious St. Thomas, who, when asked by Jesus Christ what reward you desired for what you had so wisely written for His honour and glory, replied, that you wished for nothing but His love in this life, and the possession of Him in the other: obtain for us, we pray you, the grace to seek for no compensation for all our labours, but the grace of perseverance, and to increase in His love until death, that we may thus attain to the happiness of sharing His glory for all eternity. Gloria.