Novena Prayer to Saint Gerard
October 7th to October 15th
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9
Day 1
Saint Gerard,
ever full of faith obtain for me that,
believing firmly all that the Church of
God proposes to my belief,
I may strive to secure through a holy
life the joys of eternal happiness.
Say nine Hail Mary’s
V. Pray for us,
O Saint Gerard.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises
of Christ.
Let us Pray.
O Almighty and everlasting God,
who didst draw to thyself Saint Gerard,
even from his tenderest years,
making him conformable to the
Image of Thy Crucified Son,
grant we beseech Thee,
that imitating his example,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Day 2
Saint Gerard,
most generous saint,
who from thy tenderest years didst
care so little for the goods of earth,
grant that I may place all my confidence
in Jesus Christ alone,
my true Treasure,
who alone can make me happy in time
and in eternity.
Say nine Hail Mary’s
V. Pray for us,
O Saint Gerard.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises
of Christ.
Day 3
Saint Gerard,
bright seraph of love,
who despising all earthly love,
didst consecrate thy life to the service
of God and thy neighbor,
promoting God’s glory in thy lowly state,
and ever ready to assist the distressed
and console the sorrowful,
obtain for me, I beseech thee,
that loving God the only God and
my neighbor for His sake,
I may be hereafter united to Him
for ever in glory.
Say nine Hail Mary’s
V. Pray for us,
O Saint Gerard.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises
of Christ.
Day 4
Saint Gerard,
spotless lily of purity,
by the angelic virtue and thy wonderful
innocence of life thou didst receive from
the Infant Jesus and His Immaculate Mother,
sweet pledges of tenderest love,
grant,
I beseech thee,
that I may ever strive in my life-long fight,
and thus win the crown that
awaits the brave and the true.
Say nine Hail Mary’s
V. Pray for us,
O Saint Gerard.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises
of Christ.
Day 5
Saint Gerard,
model of holy obedience,
who through thy life didst heroically
submit the judgment to those who
represent Jesus Christ to thee,
thus sanctifying thy lowliest actions,
obtain for me from God cheerful admission
to His Holy Will and the virtue of perfect obedience,
that I may be made comfortable to Jesus,
my Model,
who was obedient even to death.
Say nine Hail Mary’s
V. Pray for us,
O Saint Gerard.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises
of Christ.
Day 6
Saint Gerard,
most perfect imitator of
Jesus Christ our Redeemer,
do thou whose greatest glory was to
be humble and lowly,
obtain that I too,
knowing my littleness in God’s sight,
may be found worthy to enter the kingdom
that is promised to the humble
and lowly of heart.
Say nine Hail Mary’s
V. Pray for us,
O Saint Gerard.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises
of Christ.
Day 7
Saint Gerard,
unconquered hero,
most patient in suffering,
do thou who didst glory in infirmity,
and under slander and most cruel
ignominy didst rejoice to suffer with Christ,
obtain for me patience and
resignation in my sorrows,
that I may bravely bear the cross
that is to gain for me the
crown of everlasting
glory.
Say nine Hail Mary’s
V. Pray for us,
O Saint Gerard.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises
of Christ.
Day 8
Saint Gerard,
true lover of Jesus in the Blessed
Sacrament of the Altar,
do thou who didst kneel long
hours before the Tabernacle,
and there didst taste the joys of the Paradise.
Obtain for me,
I beseech thee,
the spirit of prayer and an undying love for the
Most Holy Sacrament,
that thus receiving frequently the Body and
Blood of Jesus,
I may daily grow in His holy
love and merit the priceless grace of loving
Him even to the end.
Say nine Hail Mary’s
V. Pray for us,
O Saint Gerard.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises
of Christ.
Day 9
Saint Gerard,
most favorite child of heaven,
to whom Mary gave the Infant Jesus in
the day of thy childhood,
to whom she sweetly came
before thou didst close thine eyes In death,
obtain for me I beseech thee,
so to seek and love my Blessed Mother
during life,
that she may be my joy and
consolation in this valley of tears,
until with thee,
before the throne of God,
I may praise her goodness for all eternity.
Amen.
Say nine Hail Mary’s
V. Pray for us,
O Saint Gerard.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises
of Christ.