Novena in Honor of St. Blase
PREPARATORY PRAYER
Almighty and eternal God! With lively faith and reverently
worshiping Thy divine Majesty, I prostrate myself before Thee and
invoke with filial trust Thy supreme bounty and mercy. Illumine
the darkness of my intellect with a ray of Thy heavenly light and
inflame my heart with the fire of Thy divine love, that I may
contemplate the great virtues and merits of the saint in whose
honor I make this novena, and following his example imitate, like
him, the life of Thy divine Son.
Moreover, I beseech Thee to grant graciously, through the merits
and intercession of this powerful Helper, the petition which
through him I humbly place before Thee, devoutly saving, "Thy will
be done on earth as it is in heaven." Vouchsafe graciously to hear
it, if it redounds to Thy greater glory and to the salvation of my
soul. Amen.
PRAYER IN HONOR OF ST. BLASE
O GOD, deliver us through the intercession of Thy holy bishop and
martyr Blase, from all evil of soul and body, especially from all
ills of the throat; and grant us the grace to make a good
confession in the confident hope of obtaining Thy pardon, and ever
to praise with worthy lips Thy most holy name. Through Christ our
Lord. Amen.
INVOCATION OF ST. BLASE
St. BLASE, gracious benefactor of mankind and faithful servant of
God, who for the love of our Saviour didst suffer so many tortures
with patience and resignation; I invoke thy powerful intercession.
Preserve me from all evils of soul and body. Because of thy great
merits God endowed thee with the special grace to help those that
suffer from ills of the throat; relieve and preserve me from them,
so that I may always be able to fulfil my duties, and with the aid
of God's grace perform good works. I invoke thy help as special
physician of souls, that I may confess my sins sincerely in the
holy sacrament of Penance and obtain their forgiveness. I-
recommend to thy merciful intercession also those who
unfortunately concealed a sin in confession. Obtain for them the
grace to accuse themselves sincerely and contritely of the sin
they concealed, of the sacrilegious confessions and communions
they made, and of all the sins they committed since then, so that
they may receive pardon, the grace of God, and the remission of
the eternal punishment. Amen.
Prayer
My LORD and my God! I offer up to Thee my petition in union with
the bitter passion and death of Jesus Christ, Thy Son, together
with the merits of His immaculate and blessed Mother, Mary ever
virgin, and of all the saints, particularly with those of the holy
Helper in whose honor I make this novena.
Look down upon me, merciful Lord! Grant me Thy grace and Thy love,
and graciously hear my prayer. Amen.
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