2017 NOVENA SCHEDULE

Monday, June 5, 2017

8:30 a.m. Mass, Novena After Mass

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

8:30 a.m. Mass, Novena After Mass

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

8:30 a.m. Mass, Novena After Mass

Thursday, June 8, 2017

8:30 a.m. Mass, Novena After Mass

Friday, June 9, 2017

9:00 a.m. Novena Only

Saturday, June 10, 2017

9:00 a.m. Novena Only

Sunday, June 11, 2017

10:30 a.m. Mass, Novena After Mass

Monday, June 12, 2017

8:30 a.m. Mass, Novena After Mass

Tuesday, June 13, 2017 THE CHAPLET TO

8:30 a.m. Mass, Closing of the Novena
ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA
 THE MIRACULOUS RESPONSORY CONCLUDING DAILY PRAYER

Priest: May the divine assistance remain always with us.

Priest: Were one to search for miracles: Reprieve me from death’s
Response: Amen.
captivity, Disease and demons both retreat, Good health
succeeds infirmity.
Priest: May the souls of the faithful departed, through the
mercy of God, rest in peace.
All: At your request the seas obey and lifeless limbs grow strong
and new: As things long lost are found again, when faithful Response: Amen.
hearts pray to you.
All: O God, may the votive commemoration of
Priest: All dangers vanish at your prayer and deep distress quick to blessed Anthony, your confessor, be a source of
flee. Let those who know your power well all rightly praise your joy to your Church, that she may always be
charity. fortified with spiritual assistance, and deserve to
enjoy eternal rewards. Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
All: At your request, etc.

Priest: All praise and love unceasingly be to the Father and the Son
and to the Holy Paraclete: In persons three, in essence one.

All: At your request, etc.

Priest: Pray for us Saint Anthony.

All: That we may be worthy of the promises of Christ.

Priest: Let us pray: O God, may honoring the memory of St. Anthony,
your confessor and doctor, be a source of joy to your church, that
she may be always fortified with spiritual assistance and deserve to
enjoy eternal reward. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

All: I greet you with all my heart. I greet you a thousand times,
O St. Anthony. You are a chosen vessel of divine grace. You
are blessed as the most humble, and the most admirable son
of your seraphic Father, St. Francis. Remember, O
remember, miraculous saint, that you never fail to help and
console those who invoke you in need. Animated with great
confidence and the certitude of not praying in vain, I have
recourse to you who are so rich in grace and a most
fortunate friend of our Lord.
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 BLESSING WITH THE RELIC O, St. Anthony, saint of miracles, saint of help. I also have
need of your assistance. I have need of this special favor.
(Ask here the special favor desired.) Therefore, console me in
Priest: By the intercession of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Peter, St. my present necessity, and give me the help that with full
Paul, St. Anthony, and all the saints, and through the boundless confidence I beg of you. Bless me, O great saint + in the
mercy of God, may He deliver you from your present ailment and Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
from all harm of mind and body, in the name of the Father +, Amen.
and of the Son +, and of the Holy + Spirit.
Great St. Anthony, who has received from God special power
to recover lost things, help me that I may find that which I
May the Power of God be with you that He may heal and defend
am now seeking. Obtain for me also, an active faith, perfect
you! May He before you that He may guide you! May He be about
docility to the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, detachment
you that He may protect you! May He be above you that He may
from the vain pleasures of the world, and an ardent desire for
bless you, heal you, and sanctify you, who with the Son and the
the imperishable good of an everlasting happiness.
Holy Spirit loves and reigns, world without end. Amen.
Look down, glorious St. Anthony from the High Court of
By your grace, O God, we make these prayers with one accord, Heaven and pray for us sinners, and obtain for us the
holding to the promise of Your Son, that whatever two or more particular favor we ask in this Novena, if it be for the honor
are gathered in His name, You will grant their requests. Fulfill and glory of God, the salvation of our souls, and the welfare
now, O God, these petitions of your people as may be most of those for whom we pray. Amen.
expedient for them, granting us in this world knowledge of Your
Truth and in the world to come life everlasting, for all glory,
honor and worship are yours, O Most Blessed Trinity, Father,
THE CHAPLET OF ST. ANTHONY
Son and Holy Spirit, now and unto all ages.
Priest: St. Anthony of Padua, friend of Jesus, pray for us!
Let us pray: Give ear we beseech you, O Lord, our God, to our
All: Amen. With all these witnesses to faith around us like a prayers which we offer St. Anthony, and by the interceding merits
cloud, we must throw off every encumbrance, every sin to of him who had the grace to serve you worthily, free us from all
which we cling, and run with resolution the race for which our sins. Through Christ our Lord. Amen
we are entered, our eyes are fixed on Jesus, on whom faith
depends from start to finish. Jesus, who, for the sake of the (Extending hands over the congregation)
joy that lay ahead of Him, endured the cross, making light
of its shame, and has taken His seat at the right hand of They shall lay their hands upon the sick and they shall recover.
God! May Jesus, the Son of God, the Lord and Savior of the World,
through the intercession of Blessed Anthony, show you favor and
mercy.

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May every infirmity be allayed by the imposition of my hands, and DAY NINE
by calling upon all the Holy Angels, archangels, patriarchs,
prophets, apostles, martyrs, confessors, virgins, widows, together
with all the saints, may we all be assisted by their merits and Saint Anthony, servant of Mary, glory of the Church, pray for our
prayers. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen. Holy Father, our bishops, our priests, our Religious Orders, that,
through their pious zeal and apostolic labors, all may be united in
PSALM 86 faith and give greater glory to God. St. Anthony, helper of all who
Recited together. invoke you, pray for me and intercede for me before the throne of
Almighty God that I be granted the favor I so earnestly seek in this
novena.
O Lord, listen to me and answer me, because I am weak and
helpless. Save me because I am your servant and trust in (State your intention)
you.

You are my God, be merciful to me because I pray to you all One Our Father, one Hail Mary, and Glory Be to the Father, in honor of Saint Anthony.
day long: Lord, you are good and forgiving, full of constant
love to all who call upon you.
Saint Anthony, pray for us!
Listen Lord, to my prayer, hear my cries for help, I call to
you in times of trouble because you answer my prayer.

Teach me O Lord to do Your Will, and I will obey you

faithfully. Teach me to search You with complete devotion.
Then I will praise You with all my heart. Turn to me and
have mercy on me. Strengthen me and save me, because I
serve you just as my mother did, show me a proof in your
goodness O Lord, so that my enemies will see that you have
given me comfort and help.

(Please Bow) Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the
Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall
be world without end, Amen!

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 DAY SEVEN
DAILY PRAYERS
O renowned champion of the faith of Christ, most holy St. Anthony,
glorious for your many miracles, obtain for me from the bounty of DAY ONE
my Lord and God the grace which I ardently seek in this novena
(State your intention) . O holy St. Anthony, ever attentive to those who O holy St. Anthony, gentlest of saints, your love for God and charity
invoke you, grant me that aid of your powerful intercession. for his creatures made you worthy while on earth to possess
miraculous powers. Miracles waited your word, which you were ever
One Our Father, one Hail Mary, and Glory Be to the Father, in honor of Saint Anthony. ready to speak for those in trouble or anxiety. Encouraged by this
thought, I implore you to obtain for me the favor I seek in this
Saint Anthony, pray for us! novena (State your intention).

DAY EIGHT The answer to my prayer may require a miracle; even so, you are the
saint of miracles. O gentle and loving Saint Anthony, whose heart
O holy St. Anthony, you have shown yourself so powerful in your was ever full of human sympathy, whisper my petition into the ears
intercession, so tender and so compassionate towards those who of the Infant Jesus, who loved to be folded in your arms, and the
honor you and invoke you in suffering and distress. I beseech you gratitude of my heart will always be yours.
most humbly and earnestly to take me under your protection in my
present necessities and to obtain for me the favor I desire (State your
One Our Father, one Hail Mary, and Glory Be to the Father, in honor of Saint Anthony.
intention). Recommend my request to the merciful Queen of Heaven,
that she may plead my cause with you before the throne of her
Saint Anthony, pray for us!
Divine Son.

One Our Father, one Hail Mary, and Glory Be to the Father, in honor of Saint Anthony.
DAY TWO
Saint Anthony, pray for us!
O miracle-working St. Anthony, remember that it never has been
heard that you left without help or relief anyone who in his need had
recourse to you. Animated now with the most lively confidence,
even with full conviction of not being refused, I fly for refuge to
thee, O most favored friend of the Infant Jesus. O eloquent preacher
of the divine mercy, despise not my supplications but, bringing
them before the throne of God, strengthen them by your
intercession and obtain for me the favor I seek in this novena.

(State your intention)

One Our Father, one Hail Mary, and Glory Be to the Father, in honor of Saint Anthony.

Saint Anthony, pray for us!

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 DAY THREE DAY FIVE

O purest St. Anthony, who through your angelic virtue was made I salute you, St. Anthony, lily of purity, ornament and glory of
worthy to be caressed by the Divine Child Jesus, to hold him in your Christianity. I salute you, great Saint, cherub of wisdom and seraph
arms and press him to your heart. I entreat you to cast a benevolent of divine love. I rejoice at the favors our Lord has so liberally
glance upon me. O glorious St. Anthony, born under the protection bestowed upon you. In humility and confidence I entreat you to
of Mary Immaculate, on the Feast of her Assumption into Heaven, help me, for I know that God has given you charity and pity, as well
and consecrated to her and now so powerful an intercessor in as power. I ask you by the love you did feel toward the Infant Jesus
Heaven, I beseech you to obtain for me the favor I ask in this as you held him in your arms to tell Him now of the favor I seek
novena (State your intention). O great wonder-worker, intercede for me through your intercession in this novena (State your intention).
that God may grant my request.
One Our Father, one Hail Mary, and Glory Be to the Father, in honor of Saint Anthony.
One Our Father, one Hail Mary, and Glory Be to the Father, in honor of Saint Anthony.
Saint Anthony, pray for us!
Saint Anthony, pray for us!
DAY SIX
DAY FOUR
O glorious St. Anthony, chosen by God to preach his Word, you
received from Him the gift of tongues and the power of working the
I salute and honor you, O powerful helper, St. Anthony. The most extraordinary miracles. O good St. Anthony, pray that I may
Christian world confidently turns to you and experiences your fulfill the will of God in all things so that I may love Him, with you,
tender compassion and powerful assistance in so many necessities for all eternity. O kind St. Anthony, I beseech you, obtain for me the
and sufferings that I am encouraged in my need to seek your help in grace that I desire, the favor I seek in this novena (State your intention).
obtaining a favorable answer to my request for the favor I seek in
this novena (State your intention). O holy St. Anthony, I beseech you, One Our Father, one Hail Mary, and Glory Be to the Father, in honor of Saint Anthony.
obtain for me the grace that I desire.
Saint Anthony, pray for us!
One Our Father, one Hail Mary, and Glory Be to the Father, in honor of Saint Anthony.

Saint Anthony, pray for us!

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