The Society of the Most Holy Redeemer is starting a novena in preparation for the Feast Day of our holy Founder and Patron, St. Alphonsus, on August 2. We encourage you to join us in honoring this great Saint over these nine days.
Novena Prayer
Great saint, illustrious Doctor of the Church, who on earth didst burn with so ardent a love of God, and who now in heaven art burning with a still more ardent and consuming fire; thou who didst always desire to see God loved by all men, obtain me, I pray thee, a spark of that celestial flame, so that it may consume in my soul all attachment to the world, to creatures, and to myself, and may turn all my thoughts, desires, and affections incessantly, in the time of trial as in that of consolation, to accomplishing the will of that Sovereign Good Who so infinitely merits obedience and love. Thou, great saint, canst, if thou wilt, obtain me the grace of being inflamed with divine love, even as thou wast. Following thine example, may I frequently make use of the beautiful words:
O Jesus, O Mary, sweet objects of my love, may I suffer for Thee, may I die for Thee, may I be all Thine and no longer mine own.
Litany of St. Alphonsus
V. Lord, have mercy on us.
R. Christ have mercy on us.
V. Lord, have mercy on us; Christ hear us.
R. Christ graciously us.
V. God the Father of heaven,
R. Have mercy on us.
V. God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
R. Have mercy on us.
V. God the Holy Ghost,
R. Have mercy on us.
V. Holy Trinity, one God,
R. Have mercy on us.
Holy Mary, conceived without sin, * pray for us.
St. Alphonsus, model of innocence and piety from thy very childhood, *
St. Alphonsus, despiser of the riches and vanities of the world, *
St. Alphonsus, always subject to the voice of Divine Providence, *
St. Alphonsus, rich in the treasures of Christian poverty, *
St. Alphonsus, model of patience in pains and afflictions, *
St. Alphonsus, model of meekness and of resignation in contradictions, *
St. Alphonsus, burning with a holy zeal for the salvation of souls, *
St. Alphonsus, scourge of heresies, *
St. Alphonsus, defender of the Catholic Faith, *
St. Alphonsus, always occupied in evangelizing the poor, *
St. Alphonsus, tender comforter of the afflicted, *
St. Alphonsus, instructed in the divine art of converting sinners, *
St. Alphonsus, enlightened guide in the path of perfection, *
St. Alphonsus, who became all things to all men, to gain all to Jesus Christ, *
St. Alphonsus, new ornament of religion, *
St. Alphonsus, full of solicitude to procure the common good of the Church, *
St. Alphonsus, glory of the Priesthood and of the Episcopate, *
St. Alphonsus, shining mirror of all virtues, *
St. Alphonsus, full of tenderest love for the Infant Jesus, *
St. Alphonsus, inflamed with divine love in offering the Holy Sacrifice, *
St. Alphonsus, fervent worshipper of Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist, *
St. Alphonsus, penetrated with lively grief at the meditation of the sufferings of our Divine Savior, *
St. Alphonsus, specially devoted to the veneration of Mary, *
St. Alphonsus, honored by the apparition of the Blessed Virgin, while preaching in her honor, *
St. Alphonsus, of angelic life and purity, *
St. Alphonsus, true patriarch in thy paternal solicitude for the people of God, *
St. Alphonsus, endowed with the gift of prophecy and miracles, *
St. Alphonsus, apostle by the extent and fruit of thy labors, *
St. Alphonsus, martyr through thy unheard-of austerities, *
St. Alphonsus, confessor by thy writings full of the Spirit of God, *
St. Alphonsus, virgin by purity of body and soul, *
St. Alphonsus, founder of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, *
St. Alphonsus, model of missionaries, *
St. Alphonsus, most zealous Doctor of the holy Roman Catholic Church, *
St. Alphonsus, our tender father and powerful protector, *
V. Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world,
R. Spare us, O Lord.
V. Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world
R. Graciously hear us, O Lord.
V. Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world,
R. Have mercy on us.
V. Christ hear us,
R. Christ graciously hear us.
V. Pray for us, St. Alphonsus,
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Recemos:
V. O God, Who, by means of the Blessed Alphonsus Mary, Thy Confessor and Pontiff, inflamed with zeal for souls, hast given true children to Thy Church, grant, we beseech Thee, that, taught by his salutary lessons and strengthened by his example, we may happily arrive with Thee. Through Jesus Christ, Our Lord.
R. Amen.
