ST. CLARE OF ASSISIPATRONESS OF T.V.

NOVENA TO ST. CLARE OF ASSISI:  8/2–8/11 (new) or 8/3–8/12 (trad.):

(Nove­nas are prayed once a day for nine days)

Opening Prayer

(said each day)

O Most Holy Trin­i­ty,
Father, Son and Holy Spir­it,
we praise Thy Holy Name
and the won­ders of grace
Thou workedst in Thy ser­vant, Saint Clare.
Through her pow­er­ful intercession
grant us the favors we beg in this novena,
above all the grace to live and die
as she did in Thy Most Holy Love.

Amen.

Closing Prayer

(said each day)

V. Pray for us, Saint Clare.
R. That we may be made wor­thy of The Promis­es of  Christ.

let us pray:

We Pray Thee, Lord,
Grant us Thy servants,
who cel­e­brate the fes­ti­val of Blessed Clare, Thy Vir­gin, by her intercession,
to be par­tak­ers of the joys of Heaven
and co-heirs with Thine Only-Begot­ten Son,

Who being God, liveth and reigneth for­ev­er and ever. Amen.

Day One

O Seraph­ic Saint Clare, first dis­ci­ple of the Poor Man of Assisi, who aban­donedest all rich­es and hon­ors for a life of sac­ri­fice and of high­est pover­ty, obtain from God for us the grace we ask (State Your Inten­tion), that of always sub­mit­ting to The Divine Will and of liv­ing con­fi­dent­ly in The Prov­i­dence of our Heav­en­ly Father.  Amen.

Day Two

O Seraph­ic Saint Clare who, notwith­stand­ing liv­ing sep­a­rat­ed from the world, hast not for­got­ten the poor and the afflict­ed, but hast become a moth­er to them, sac­ri­fic­ing for them Thy rich­es and work­ing for them innu­mer­able mir­a­cles; obtain from God for us the grace, which we implore (State Your Inten­tion),  Chris­t­ian Char­i­ty towards our brethren in all of their spir­i­tu­al and tem­po­ral needs.  Amen.

Day Three

O Seraph­ic Saint Clare, light of Thy coun­try, who deliv­eredst Italy from bar­barous invaders; obtain from God for us the grace, which we implore (State Your Inten­tion), that of over­com­ing all of the attacks of the world against faith and morals thus pre­serv­ing in our fam­i­lies true Chris­t­ian peace with a holy fear of God and a devo­tion to The Blessed Sacra­ment. Amen.

Day Four

Blessed Saint Clare, whose very name means light, illu­mine the dark­ness of our minds and hearts, so that we might see what God wish­es us to do and per­form it with a will­ing and joy­ful heart.  Before Thy birth, a Heav­en­ly Voice fore­told that Thou wouldst be a light illu­mi­nat­ing the world.  Be a light to us in the  sor­rows and anx­i­eties of this earth­ly life, and lead us into the eter­nal light of our home in Heav­en. Amen.

Day Five

O Seraph­ic Saint Clare, whose vir­ginal heart was great enough  to love the whole world, take our peti­tions into Thy pure hands and present them to God.  Pray for us that we may one day enter joy­ous­ly before The Throne of God.  Let the light of Thy per­fect puri­ty con­sume the shad­ows of sin and cor­rup­tion that dark­ens the world.  Inter­cede by Thine inno­cence for our youth.  Safe­guard the peace of our homes and the uni­ty of our fam­i­ly.  Plead with Thy chaste love for all in per­il. Amen.

Day Six

Gen­er­ous Saint Clare, who left wealth and plea­sure and all earth­ly goods to become the first spir­i­tu­al daugh­ter of Saint Fran­cis and to serve God in the clois­ter, help us to com­mit our lives to God with­out lim­it or mea­sure  so that He may live in us and shine forth from us to all, whose lives touch ours.  You, who loved souls so much as to make your life a con­tin­u­al sac­ri­fice for them, obtain for us the graces, which we now implore, and win for us the strength to praise God in suf­fer­ing, as well as in joy. Amen.

Day Seven

Faith­ful Saint Clare, loy­al daugh­ter of The Church, friend and con­fi­dante of popes, inter­cede for The Holy Church and look gra­cious­ly from Heav­en on our holy Father, Pope ____.  Enlight­en us to remove from our souls all, that hin­ders the progress of The Church on earth.  Grant that we may share  Thy great love for The Church of God and spread His King­dom on earth by a holy life.  Thou, who worked mir­a­cles in the pres­ence of the Pope on earth, obtain for us the graces, which we need, now that Thou stand­est in The Pres­ence of The Most High God in Heav­en. Amen.

Day Eight

Valiant Saint Clare, who fear­less­ly stood alone against the bar­barous Sara­cens, trust­ing in The Blessed Sacra­ment, as Thine only pro­tec­tion, enkin­dle in us a ten­der love for Jesus Christ; help us to live Eucharis­tic lives.  Thou, who saved Thy city of Assisi from plun­der and ruin, pro­tect our city and [arch]diocese, plead for our beloved coun­try, and the suf­fer­ing world.  A Voice from The Sacred Host reward­ed Thy trust with a Promise:  ‘I will always take care of you.”  Glo­ri­ous Saint Clare, from Thy high place in Heav­en, take care of us nowin our earth­ly needs, and guide us by Thy light to Heav­en. Amen.

Day Nine

Gra­cious Saint Clare, who ful­filled Thy wom­an­hood by a life of love in prayer and penance, help us to ful­fill our des­tiny that we may one day greet you in Heav­en.  Thou, who wert con­soled at death, by a vision of Christ and His Moth­er, obtain for us the grace that we may die under the Spe­cial Pro­tec­tion of God and enter into the life and bliss, which Thou  now enjoyest.  Have pity on us, who strug­gle, on us, who mourn, and win for us the favors of God, so that after this life we may come home to Him, who liveth and reigneth for­ev­er and ever. Amen.

(tak­en from: http://newapologia.com/novena-saint-clare-assisi/)

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