O
Child Jesus, I have recourse to you by your holy mother; I
implore you to assist me in this necessity, for I firmly
believe your Divinity can assist me. I confidently hope to
obtain your holy grace. I love you with my whole heart and my
whole soul. I am heartily sorry for my sins, and entreat you,
O Good Jesus, to give me strength to overcome them.
I am
firmly resolved never to offend you again and to suffer
everything rather than displease you. Henceforth, I wish to
serve you faithfully. For love of you, O Divine Child, I will
love my neighbor as myself. O Jesus, Omnipotent Child, I
entreat you again to come to my assistance in this necessity:
(remember your petitions)
O
Divine Child, and still the great, omnipotent God, I implore
you through your most holy Mother's most powerful intercession
and through the boundless mercy of your omnipotence as God,
for a favorable answer to the intention I so earnestly ask for
in this novena.
Grant
me the grace of possessing you eternally with Mary and Joseph,
and of adoring you with your holy angels and saints.
O
Divine Infant of Prague
Hear my prayer and grant my petition
Let
us pray:
O
miraculous Infant Jesus, prostrate before your sacred image,
we beseech you to cast a merciful look on our troubled hearts.
Let your tender heart, so inclined to pity, be softened by our
prayers, and grant us that grace for which we ardently implore
you. Take from us all affliction and despair, all trials and
misfortunes with which we are laden. For your Sacred Infancy's
sake hear our prayers and send us consolation and aid, that we
may praise you with the Father and the Holy Spirit forever and
ever. Amen.
The
Novena consists of prayers for nine consecutive days.
The more we pray, the better off we are. Experience attests to
the fact that we can get ourselves to pray more faithfully
when we set a definite time and occasion for prayer. There
have been countless graces and favors bestowed on the faithful
who have made novenas to Christ, the Blessed Virgin Mary and
the Saints. Our Lord chooses to favor those who commit
themselves to fervent and persevering prayer. |