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TWO NOVENAS OF MASSES
Dec. 8 - 16 and Jan. 6- 14

First Novena to Infant of Prague



NOVENA TO THE

MIRACULOUS INFANT JESUS

OF PRAGUE

During the nine days of the Novena

—

or at any other time you may wish to
say one or more of these brief prayers.

They are arranged to make a complete
Novena, each day commemorating an

event in the life of the Infant Jesus.

First Day—THE INCARNATION
“And the Word was made flesh
and dwelt among us.” John I, 14

Jesus, sweetest Child, who didst come down
from the bosom of the Father for our salva-

tion, who wast conceived by the Holy
Ghost, who didst not abhor the Virgin’s
womb, and, Word made flesh, didst take
upon Thee the form of a servant; have

mercy upon us.

PRAYER

WE adore Thee, O Divine Infant, inthe moment of Thy Incarnation and,
overwhelmed by the thought of Thine ex-

ceeding great goodness, we humbly thank
Thee for the generous love which prompted

Thee to undertake our salvation. Assist us

by Thy grace that we may be made par-
takers of Thy divine nature, who didst,



with so great condescension, vouchsafe to

become partaker of our human nature.

Amen. Hail Mary, and Glory .

Second Day—THE SANCTIFICATION

OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST

“And it came to pass that when Elizabeth

heard the salutation of Mary, the infant

leaped in her womb Luke I, 41

Jesus, sweetest Child, who, through Thy

Virgin Mother, didst visit St. Elizabeth,

and fill Thy forerunner, the holy Baptist,

with the Holy Ghost, sanctifying him whilst

yet in his mother’s womb; have mercy

on us.

PRAYER

O INFANT God, all who approach Theewith simplicity feel the sanctifying in-
fluence of Thy presence and the warmth of

Thy love. Grant to us, we beseech Thee
through Thy Most Holy Mother, a tender

remembrance of Thy Infancy so that we
may experience more often the joy of Thy
companionship and the strength of Thy

virtue. Amen. Hail Mary, and Glory .

Third Day—THE NATIVITY

“And she brought forth her first-born son
and wrapped him in swaddling clothes

and laid him in a manger
”
Luke II, 7

Jesus, sweetest Child, born in Bethlehem

of Mary ever Virgin, wrapped in swaddling
clothes, laid in the manger, announced by



angels, visited by shepherds; have mercy

on us.

PRAYER

O LITTLE King, attraction of all hearts,we hail that blessed hour and moment
in which Thou wast bom of the most pure
Virgin Mary in the poverty of Bethlehem.
Thou didst not need earthly pomp or
riches, for they could add nothing to Thy
Infinite Majesty. Teach us that true riches

are within and that it is not what we have

but what we are that counts. Amen. Hail
Mary

,
and Glory.

Fourth Day—THE CIRCUMCISION
“And after eight days were accomplished that
the child should he circumcised, his name

was called Jesus.” Luke II, 21

Jesus, sweetest Child, wounded in Thy

Circumcision the eighth day, called by the

glorious Name of Jesus, and by Thy Name
and Thy Blood foreshown as the Saviour

of the world; have mercy on us.

PRAYER

O JESUS, Infant Saviour, thus early inThy life didst Thou will to suffer and
to spare Thyself no ignominy in testifying

Thy love for us. We adore Thee in this
first shedding of Thy Precious Blood, and

we humbly beseech Thee, by the power of

Thy Holy Name, to make us courageous

in breaking with every sinful affection and

every unlawful attachment. Amen. Hail

Mary
,
and Glory.



Fifth Day—THE ADORATION OF
THE MAGI

“They (the wise men from the east) found the

child with Mary his mother. And falling
down they adored him. And opening their
treasures, they offered him gifts: gold, frank-

incense and myrrh.
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Matthew II, 1

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Jesus, sweetest Child, made known to the
three Magi by a star, adored in the arms of

Thy Mother, presented with the mystic

gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh; have

mercy on us.

PRAYER

O BABE of Bethlehem, with the wisemen we acknowledge Thee to be our
Sovereign Lord. Our faith penetrates the

disguise of Thy weakness, Thy humility

and poverty, and we behold with great de-

light the new light of Thy glory. Permit us,

O Little Lord, to open the treasury of our
hearts before Thee, that we may offer

Thee the gold of our love, the frankincense

of our prayer, and the myrrh of our willing

sacrifices in Thy service. Amen. Hail Mary ,
and Glory .

Sixth Day—THE PRESENTATION

“And after the days of herpurification, accord-

ing to the law of Moses, were accomplished,

they carried him to Jerusalem, to present

him to the Lord.
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Luke II, 2 2

Jesus, sweetest Child, who wast presented

in the Temple by Thy Virgin Mother, who

wast embraced by Simeon, and revealed

to Israel by Anna the prophetess; have

mercy on us.



PRAYER

KING of Love, by that perfect con-
formity to the will of Thy Father,

which moved Thee to fulfill perfectly the

prescriptions of the Jewish law in Thy

Presentation in the Temple, help us to

make the Divine Will our guide in life,

that we may as willingly accept humiliating

tasks as those that flatter our pride. Amen.

Hail Mary, and Glory.

Seventh Day—THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT

“And behold an angel of the Lord appeared

in sleep to Joseph, saying: Arise, and take

the child and his mother and fly into

Egypt.” Matthew II, 13

Jesus, sweetest Child, whom wicked Herod
sought to slay, whom Joseph carried with

Mary into Egypt, who wast snatched from

a cruel death and glorified by the blood of

the Holy Innocents; have mercy on us.

PRAYER

DIVINE Infant, we envy the lot of

the infant Martyrs of Bethlehem,

whose privilege it was to shed their blood

as a pure oblation to Thee, the Lamb with-

out spot. Let us always remember the pain

Herod caused Thee by this persecution and

gladly suffer for love of Thee the trials and

persecutions of men. Amen. Hail Mary,

and Glory .



Eighth Day—THE HIDDEN LIFE

“They returned into Galilee, to their city

Nazareth. And the Child grew and waxed
strong, full of wisdom: and the grace of

God was in him.” Luke II, 39-40

Jesus, sweetest Child, who in the holy

house at Nazareth didst remain subject

to Mary and Joseph, didst dwell there

most holily, wast wearied by poverty and

labors, and didst advance in wisdom, age,

and grace; have mercy on us.

PRAYER

DIVINE Exemplar, from the inex-
haustible treasure of Thy hidden life

in Nazareth, we draw the pearls of perfect

obedience, profound humility, and child-

like simplicity, and beg thee to assist us in

adorning our souls with these precious

virtues, so that having imitated Thy In-

fancy we too may advance in wisdom,
and age, and grace with God and men.
Amen. Hail Mary

,
and Glory.

Ninth Day—THE FINDING OF THE
CHILD JESUS

“And it came to pass that, after three days,
they found htm in the temple, sitting in the

midst of the doctors, hearing them and

asking them questions Luke II, 46

Jesus, sweetest Child, at the age of twelve

brought to Jerusalem, sought for by Mary
and Joseph with sorrow, and found with

joy after three days amongst the doctors;

have mercy on us.



PRAYER

JESUS, our Saviour, Thy love for

Thy most holy Mother and St. Joseph

could not have been greater, and yet Thou

didst not hesitate to inflict upon them the

suffering of Thy absence. Thus wouldst

Thou teach us that we cannot have Thy

love without Thy cross, and that the price

of Thy friendship is the pain of Thy ap-

parent rebuff. Grant us light, O Lord, to
understand Thy ways. Amen. Hail Mary

,

and Glory.

LMIGHTY and everlasting God, Lord
of heaven and earth, who dost reveal

Thyself to little ones; grant, we beseech

Thee, that we, duly honoring the holy

mysteries of Thy Son, the Infant Jesus,

and daily imitating Him in our lives, may

come to the kingdom of heaven promised

by Thee to little children. Through the

same Jesus Christ Thy Son, our Lord,

who livest and reignest with Thee in the

unity of the Holy Ghost, world without

end. Amen.

PRAYER

FOR EVERY DAY



NOVENA TO

SAINT PHILOMENA
AS USED AT HER SHRINE

IN ST. GERVAIS, PARIS

O ST. PHILOMENA, behold me beforethe bright throne whereon the August
Trinity hath set thee, wearing thy double

crown of virginity and martyrdom; behold,

I lift suppliant hands to thee. What a

spectacle of strength and of constancy thou

wert made to Heaven, to Earth, to angels

and to men in the days when the Caesars

persecuted the Saviour’s flock and em-

purpled the Church with the blood of so

many millions of Martyrs! Even the most

cruel sufferings could not diminish the de-

votion of thy generous heart to the Celestial

Lover Who was thy joy. And now thy
Lord, to recompense those sufferings, wills

to glorify thee by the mightiness of thine

intercession. From the dawn until the set

of day, from north to south, everywhere

the fame of thy miracles is noised abrdad;

nations come thronging to take refuge be-

neath the wings of thy protection.

THEREFORE it is to thee, O illustriousMartyr, that I address myself; to thee
I lift my suppliant hands. Ah! from the



heights of the heavenly country, deign to

cast a glance upon me, thy humble client.

O pure Virgin, O Holy Martyr, solace me
in suffering and temptation, sustain me in
trial and persecution, assist me in danger,
and above all at the awful hour of death,

when I shall have to combat all the powers

of Hell, pray for me in that final moment

upon which my eternity hangs.

PRAYER TO

THE VIRGIN-MARTYR

f \ GLORIOUS Virgin and Martyr, be-
^ loved of God, St. Philomena! I re-

joice with thee in the power which God

gave thee for the glory of His Name, for

the edification of His Church, and to re-

ward the merits of thy life and death. I

rejoice to see thee so great, so pure, so

generous, so faithful to Jesus Christ and

to His Gospel, and so splendidly rewarded

in Heaven and on earth. Attracted by thy

example to the practice of solid virtue, full

of hope at the sight of the recompense

granted to thy merits, I resolve to follow

thee in avoiding all evil and in fully obey-

ing what God commands. Help me, O Great

Saint, by thy powerful intercession. Obtain

for me particularly a purity inviolable for-

ever, a strength of soul always invincible

in every kind of assault, a generosity which



denies no sacrifice to God, and a love as

strong as death for the Faith of Jesus Christ,

for the Holy Roman Church and for Our
Holy Father, the Father of all the Faithful,

the Shepherd of shepherds and of their

flocks, the Vicar of Jesus Christ over all

the world.

With all the fervour of my soul, I implore
these graces from thee and, in addition, I

ask these other benefits from thee, with

equal confidence in obtaining them through

thy powerful intercession. (Here tell the

Saint what you need, with simplicity, con-

fidence and humility.)

S
URELY that God so good for whom
thou didst give thy blood and thy life,

that God so good Who is so generous to
thee and, through thy mediation, so gen-

erous with gifts and favours to us, that

God so good Who has loved me even unto
dying for me, even unto giving me Himself
under the Eucharistic appearances, surely

He will never be deaf to thy prayers, nor
to my appeals, unless it be that He Him-
self is in some different way seeking to

do me good. Full of confidence, I place all
my trust in Him and in thee. Amen.

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ALL PRAYERS ARE FROM APPROVED SOURCES

HOLY TRINITY FATHERS
Sacred 'Zteart 'Wtona&tercf

PIKESVILLE, BALTIMORE B, MD.



SAINT PHILOMENA

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TWO NOVENAS OF MASSES
Dec. $-\6 and Jan. 6-14

Second Novena to St. Philomena