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These are Prayers that SOLT Members Pray Daily with Special Devotion Prayer for Vocations Angelus Regina Coeli Magnificat Apostle's Creed Said in Common after Morning Prayer O God, who wills not the death of a sinner, but rather that he be converted and live, Grant, we beseech You, through the intercession of the Blessed Mary, ever Virgin, and all the Saints, an increase of laborers for Your Church, fellow laborers with Christ, to spend and consume themselves for souls, through that Jesus Christ Your Son, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, world without end. Amen. To be prayed at 6 AM, noon, and 6 PM V. The angel of the Lord declared unto Mary. R. And she conceived by the power of Holy Spirit. Hail Mary... V. Behold the handmaid of the Lord. R. Be it done unto me according to your Word. Hail Mary... V. And the Word was made flesh. R. And dwelt among us. Hail Mary... V. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God. R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Let us pray: Pour forth, we beseech thee, O Lord, Your grace into our hearts, that we to whom the incarnation of Christ Thy Son was made known by the message of an angel, may by His Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of His resurrection; through the same Christ our Lord. Amen. Glory Be...(3 Times) Prayed in place of the Angelus during the Easter season Queen of Heaven, rejoice, alleluia. For He whom you did merit to bear, alleluia. Has risen, as He said, alleluia. Pray for us to God, alleluia. V. Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia. R. For the Lord has truly risen, alleluia. Let us pray. O God, who gave joy to the world through the resurrection of Thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, grant we beseech Thee, that through the intercession of the Virgin Mary, His Mother, we may obtain the joys of everlasting life. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen. Prayed in union with the Heart of Mary to repair for ingratitude of men My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God my Savior for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant. From this day all generations will call me blessed: the Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his Name. He has mercy on those who fear him in every generation. He has shown the strength of his arm, he has scattered the proud in their conceit. He has cast down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty. He has come to the help of his servant Israel for he has remembered his promise of mercy, the promise he made to our fathers, to Abraham and his children for ever. Prayed to bring about a harvest of faith I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.
Seeking the intercession of the highly favored and powerful Saint Joseph O highly favored and powerful Saint Joseph, chosen to be the spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the foster father of Christ the Lord, you received many other special favors during your life on this earth, but the greatest of them all was your having lived in the company of Jesus and Mary for so many years and having known the mysteries of the relationship between them. We praise you for this greatest of favors which you received. We praise you also for all the other favors and privileges which you received from the Most Holy Trinity. We praise you, especially, for the seven great privileges granted to you on our behalf. O highly favored and powerful Saint Joseph, firmly believing that what you ask of the Lord in heaven is granted upon earth, we humbly seek your powerful intercession as we make our petitions to you in this novena in honor of your seven great privileges. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be... Top of Page Second Day Petition for attaining the virtue of purity and overcoming the sensual inclinations of the flesh O virtuous Joseph, before your marriage to the Immaculate Virgin Mary, the Holy Spirit infused in you perfect habits of all the virtues and gifts, balancing anew all your faculties and filling you with grace. He sanctified and inspired you with most chaste thoughts and desires in conformity with the mind and spirit of the Immaculate Virgin. In this perfection of chastity, never did an image of the impurities of our sensible nature engage any of your faculties, thus fitting you for the companionship and presence of the most Pure among all creatures. Without this excellence of virtues and gift of purity you would not have been worthy of so great a destiny and rare excellence of becoming the spouse of the Immaculate Virgin Mary. O virtuous Joseph, spouse of the Immaculate Virgin Mary, grant us your powerful intercession to attain the virtue of purity and to overcome all our sensual inclinations. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be... Top of Page Third Day Petition for procuring powerful help to escape sin and return to the friendship of God O powerful Saint Joseph, you are highly favored for all eternity in God's presence. You have immense power to stay the arms of divine vengeance against sinners and to help men escape their sin and return to the friendship of God. On the last day, when all men shall be judged, do not let us be among the damned who will bewail their sins which prevented them from appreciating this powerful means of their salvation and of availing themselves of your intercession to gain the friendship of the just Judge. O powerful Saint Joseph, through your intercession help those who need to escape sin and to return to God's friendship, and help all of us to be saved and come to enjoy the eternal friendship of the Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be... Top of Page Fourth Day Petition for increasing our love and devotion to Mary Saint Joseph, most blessed of men! You were the one chosen by God to be espoused to Mary, Mother of God, and to live with her as her husband for many years. Great was Mary's love for you while you were on earth, for she loved you as her holy spouse. And you, Saint Joseph, for your part, loved Mary, your spouse, with reverence and veneration as the one full of light and grace, bearing within herself the Author of light in the great mystery of the Incarnation; as the one whom God looked upon and chose for his dwelling place; as the one in whom alone He fulfilled the ancient promises made to the Patriarchs and Prophets, and as the one who is Queen of heaven and earth. Blessed Saint Joseph, chosen by God to be spouse of Mary, the Mother of God and Queen of heaven and earth, grant us your intercession to increase our own reverence, love, and devotion to her, in imitation of you. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be... Top of Page Fifth Day Petition for securing the grace of a happy death and protection against the demons in that hour O most fortunate Saint Joseph, the objects of your love, Jesus and Mary, were always lovingly present with you during your life on earth, more closely bound to you than to any other human. Blessed be God, the Author of such a great wonder! And blessed be you, Saint Joseph, most fortunate of men who so worthily corresponded to their love. Jesus and Mary were also present during your last illness, O most fortunate Saint Joseph, caring for you as they prepared you to return to your heavenly Father. They were also present at the hour of your death, protecting you against the demons and assisting you in your happy death. Grant us, most fortunate Saint Joseph, through your powerful intercession, the presence of Jesus and Mary at our death, and secure for us the grace of a happy death and protection against the demons in that hour. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be... Top of Page Sixth Day Petition for inspiring the demons with terror at the mention of the name of Joseph by his clients Noble Saint Joseph, spouse of Mary, Mother of God and Queen of heaven and earth, you are the most noble among all the princes and saints of the heavenly Jerusalem. For your holiness on earth exceeded that of all other men, filling the demons with terror. While we are wayfarers on this earth we can not properly manifest your eminent sanctity, Saint Joseph, nor can we know it fully before we arrive at the vision of the Divinity. Then we will be filled with wonder and praise when the Most Holy Trinity makes us capable of understanding it. Noble Saint Joseph, grant us your powerful intercession, flowing from the holiness of your earthly life, in all our temptations to fill the demons with terror as we call on your holy name. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be... Top of Page Seventh Day Petition for gaining health of body and assistance in all kinds of difficulties Holy Joseph, you were divinely blessed by an even-tempered disposition which made your body a blessed earth fit for the abode of your exquisite soul and well-balanced mind (Wis 8: 19). During your life on earth, Holy Joseph, you also manifested dove-like patience and meekness in your illnesses and sufferings, never complaining of these sufferings nor of any of your other trials. Nor did you ever ask for relief in your needs and necessities, but bore all with equanimity and greatness of soul. By your powerful intercession, help us, Saint Joseph, to strive for balance in our own dispositions so that our bodies will become fit abodes for well-balanced minds and holy souls. We ask you, then, to help us gain health of body and assist us in our life's difficulties. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be... Top of Page Eighth Day Petition for securing the blessing of children in families Saint Joseph, you are the most fortunate of men for you were chosen as the worthy spouse of Mary whom the Son of God chose as his Mother. You are the most fortunate of men because you were privileged to live with Mary, the Mother of God, for many years and to be loved by her as her spouse and protector, preeminent in holiness and perfection. You are the most fortunate of men, Saint Joseph, because you were the foster father and intimate friend of Him who is the Son of God and the Son of Mary, Christ our Redeemer. You are worthy of our highest veneration and confidence. Saint Joseph, spouse of the Mother of God and foster father of Christ our Redeemer, by your powerful intercession secure for married couples the blessing of children in their families. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be... Top of Page Ninth Day Blessing God for the favors granted to Saint Joseph Blessed be the Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We bless You, O Most Holy Trinity, for having favored Saint Joseph with such great privileges during his lifetime, especially the privilege of having been chosen to be the spouse of Mary and the foster father of Jesus. We thank you for this favor and for all the favors You bestowed on Saint Joseph, and we thank You for giving us light and knowledge of these divine mysteries. Merciful Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we humbly ask you to bestow grace upon all who, with sincerity and love, seek the powerful intercession of Saint Joseph. We also humbly ask the spouse of Saint Joseph, the most holy Virgin Mary, Mother of God, Queen of heaven and earth, to help us to distinguish ourselves from this day forward in our devotion to Saint Joseph and to spread this devotion to others. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be... Top of Page
Meditation Ponder the Word of God speaking to us of God's works on the first day of Creation. "In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless wasteland, and darkness covered the abyss, while a mighty wind swept over the waters." "Then God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light. God saw how good the light was. God then separated the light from the darkness. God called the light 'day,' and the darkness he called 'night.' Thus evening came, and morning followed-the first day" (Genesis 1: 1-5). Prayer Offer thanks and praise to the Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, for all the divine blessings of the first day of Creation. Top of Page Second Day Meditation Ponder the Word of God speaking to us of God's works on the second day of Creation. "Then God said, 'Let there be a dome in the middle of the waters, to separate one body of water from the other.' And so it happened: God made the dome, and it separated the water above the dome from the water below it. God called the dome 'the sky.' Evening came, and morning followed-the second day" (Genesis 1: 6-8). Prayer Offer thanks and praise to the Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, for all the divine blessings of the second day of Creation. Third Day Meditation Ponder the Word of God speaking to us of God's works on the third day of Creation. "Then God said, 'Let the water under the sky be gathered into a single basin, so that the dry land may appear.' And so it happened: the water under the sky was gathered into its basin, and the dry land appeared. God called the dry land 'the earth,' and the basin of the water he called 'the sea.' God saw how good it was. "Then God said, 'Let the earth bring forth vegetation: every kind of plant that bears seed and every kind of fruit tree on earth that bears fruit with its seed in it.' And so it happened .... God saw how good it was. Evening came, and morning followed-the third day" (Genesis 1: 9-13). Prayer Offer thanks and praise to the Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, for all the divine blessings of the third day of Creation. Top of Page Fourth Day Meditation Ponder the Word of God speaking to us of God's works on the fourth day of Creation. "Then God said, 'Let there be lights in the dome of the sky, to separate day from night. Let them mark the fixed times, the days and the years, and serve as luminaries in the dome of the sky, to shed light upon the earth.' And so it happened. God made the two great lights, the greater one to govern the day, and the lesser one to govern the night; and he made the stars. God set them in the dome of the sky, to shed light upon the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. God saw how good it was. Evening came, and morning followed-the fourth day" (Genesis 1: 14-19). Prayer Offer thanks and praise to the Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, for all the divine blessings of the fourth day of Creation. Top of Page Fifth Day Meditation Ponder the Word of God speaking to us of God's works on the fifth day of Creation. "Then God said, 'Let the water teem with an abundance of living creatures, and on the earth let birds fly beneath the dome of the sky.' And so it happened: God created the great sea monsters and all kinds of swimming creatures with which the water teems, and all kinds of winged birds. God saw how good it was, and God blessed them, saying, 'Be fertile, multiply, and fill the water of the seas; and let the birds multiply on the earth.' Evening came, and morning followed-the fifth day" (Genesis 1: 20-23). Prayer Offer thanks and praise to the Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, for all the divine blessings of the fifth day of Creation. Top of Page Sixth Day Meditation Ponder the Word of God speaking to us of God's works on the sixth day of Creation. "Then God said, 'Let the earth bring forth all kinds of living creatures: cattle, creeping things, and wild animals of all kinds.' And so it happened....God saw how good it was. Then God said, 'Let us make men in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and the cattle, and over all the wild animals and all the creatures that crawl on the ground.'" "God created man in his image; in the divine image he created him; male and female he created them." "God blessed them, saying: 'Be fertile, and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and all the living things that move on the earth.' God also said, 'See, I give you every seed-bearing plant, and every tree that has seed-bearing fruit on it to be your food.' And so it happened. God looked on everything he had made, and he found it very good. Evening came, and morning followed-the sixth day" (Genesis 1: 24-31). Prayer Offer thanks and praise to the Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, for all the divine blessings of the sixth day of Creation. Top of Page Seventh Day Meditation Ponder the Word of God speaking to us of God's rest on the seventh day of Creation. "Thus the heavens and the earth and all their array were completed. Since on the seventh day God was finished with the work he had been doing, he rested on the seventh day from all the work he had undertaken. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work he had done in creation." "Such is the story of the heavens and the earth at their creation" (Genesis 2: 1- 4). Prayer Offer thanks and praise to the Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, for all the blessings of the seventh day of Creation when God rested from all the work He had done. Top of Page Eighth Day Meditation Spend the eighth day in adoration of Jesus present in the Blessed Sacrament, meditating on the Eternal Word becoming man as the goal and purpose of all Creation. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through him, and without him nothing came to be. And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us... John 1: 1-3, 14 Prayer Offer thanks and praise to the Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit for the Eternal Word becoming flesh in the womb of the Virgin Mary as the goal and purpose of all Creation. Top of Page Ninth Day Meditation Spend this ninth day in adoration of Jesus present in the Blessed Sacrament, meditating on the Eternal Word becoming man as the beginning of our Redemption. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through him, and without him nothing came to be. And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us... John 1: 1-3, 14 "The Word became flesh and dwelt among us; he suffered death in the flesh in order to give all men life" (St. Cyril of Alexandria, bishop, from his commentary on 2 Corinthians). Prayer Offer thanks and praise to the Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, for the Eternal Word becoming flesh in the womb of the Virgin Mary for our Redemption, and pray for the salvation of His people. Top of Page
Spirit of the Father and the Son; Spirit-Counselor; Spirit-Gift Response after each invocation: (R.) We adore and glorify You with the Father and the Son. Holy Spirit: Spirit of the Father and the Son; R. Holy Spirit: Breath of the divine life; R. Holy Spirit: Divine Person, adored and glorified with the Father and the Son; R. Holy Spirit: Person-love of the Father and the Son; R. Holy Spirit: Union of the Father and the Son; R. Holy Spirit: Transcendent God, Infinite Spirit; R. Holy Spirit: Eternal Spirit; R. Holy Spirit: Spirit of Love; R. Holy Spirit: Spirit of Life; R. Holy Spirit: Spirit of Truth; R. Holy Spirit: Spirit of saving grace; R. Holy Spirit: Vital principle of the Church; R. Holy Spirit: Source and dynamic power of the Church's renewal; R. Holy Spirit: Center of the Christian faith; R. Holy Spirit: Supreme source of Christian unity; R. Holy Spirit: Lord and giver of life; Rivers of living water flowing from the believer's heart; R. Holy Spirit: Spring of water welling up to eternal life. R. Holy Spirit: Counselor, coming after Jesus the first Counselor, bearing and giving the Good News; R. Holy Spirit: Bearing witness to Jesus; R. Holy Spirit: Man's supreme guide; R. Holy Spirit: Light of the human spirit; R. Holy Spirit: In whom the glory of Christ shines forth; R. Holy Spirit: Continuing the Redeemer's historical presence and saving work; R. Holy Spirit: Taking what is Christ's and declaring it to us; R. Holy Spirit: Continuing to manifest, as invisible Counselor in the Church, the supreme and complete self-revelation of God accomplished in Christ; R. Holy Spirit: Convincing the world of sin and righteousness and judgment. R. Holy Spirit: Spirit-Gift; Source of all giving of gifts; R. Holy Spirit: Source of the gift of existence to all things; R. Holy Spirit: Source of the gift to man of a special image and likeness to God; R. Holy Spirit: Source of the gift of man to have a personal relationship with God, a covenant communion with God; R. Holy Spirit: Source of man's call to friendship with God; R. Holy Spirit: Present in Creation, moving over the face of the waters, manifesting God's salvific self-giving; R. Holy Spirit: In Whom is transmitted the new salvific self-giving of God linked with the mystery of Redemption. R. Second Day Hidden in the Old Testament; Inspiring John the Baptist; In whom Jesus is exalted Response after each invocation: (R.) We adore and glorify You with the Father and the Son. Holy Spirit: Hidden in the Old Testament's revelation of the one God and the foretelling of the future Messiah; R. Holy Spirit: Received in fullness by Jesus of Nazareth as a gift of God for his person and for the Chosen People of God and for the whole of humanity; R. Holy Spirit: With whom Jesus is anointed by God to bring the good tidings to the afflicted, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, to open the prison to those who are bound and to proclaim the Lord's favor; R. Holy Spirit: With whom Jesus, the Anointed One, is sent to bear for all humanity the true fruits of salvation. R. Holy Spirit: Inspiring John the Baptist to reveal the Messiah's coming in You: "I baptize you with water; he who is mightier than I is coming ... he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire"; R. Holy Spirit: Inspiring John the Baptist to reveal the Messiah-Christ as the one who also "brings" You, the Holy Spirit; R. Holy Spirit: Inspiring John the Baptist to bear witness to the fulfillment of Isaiah's prophesy, as he proclaims Jesus of Nazareth the Lamb of God: "Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world"; R. Holy Spirit: Inspiring John the Baptist to confess his faith in the redeeming mission of Jesus of Nazareth. R. Holy Spirit: In whom Jesus of Nazareth is exalted before the eyes of Israel as the Messiah, "the One Anointed"; R. Holy Spirit: Bearing witness with the Father to the exaltation of the mystery of Jesus' Person - that He is the Messiah, the beloved Son of the Father; R. Holy Spirit: In whom Jesus rejoices, expressing his union with You and his rejoicing at the fatherhood of God and its outpouring on the "little ones"; R. Holy Spirit: In whose active presence the entire salvific activity of Jesus was carried out; R. Holy Spirit: From whose fullness Jesus speaks of his own divinity: "No one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son ...". R. Third Day Source of Jesus' life and activity; Sent to sanctify the Church; Permeating the Church as her soul Response after each invocation: (R.) We adore and glorify You with the Father and the Son. Holy Spirit: Intimate source of Jesus' life and messianic activity; R. Holy Spirit: Completing the work of the Son, thus fulfilling the new era in the history of salvation; R. Holy Spirit: In whom the power of the Risen Christ is manifested in his fulfilling the Father's promise: "A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you ... my spirit"; R. Holy Spirit: In whom the power of the Risen Christ is also manifested in his fulfilling his own promise to the Apostles: "If I go, I will send him to you"; R. Holy Spirit: "Spirit of truth," "Paraclete," sent by the Risen Christ to transform us into his own risen image. R. Holy Spirit: Sent on the day of Pentecost to sanctify the Church forever; R. Holy Spirit: Enabling believers to have access to the Father through Christ; R. Holy Spirit: Guiding, invisibly but perceptibly, the Lord's disciples after his departure; R. Holy Spirit: Continuing to work in the Church through the successors of the Apostles; R. Holy Spirit: Dwelling in the Church and in the hearts of the faithful as in a temple; R. Holy Spirit: Furnishing and directing the Church with various gifts and adorning her with the fruits of your grace; R. Holy Spirit: Making the Church grow by the power of the Gospel, perpetually renewing her and leading her to perfect union with her Spouse. R. Holy Spirit: Permeating the Church with your presence as her soul, as it continues down the centuries and generations; R. Holy Spirit: Teaching the Successors of the Apostles all that "the Spirit says to the Churches"; R. Holy Spirit: Ensuring through the Successors of the Apostles that the fruits of truth and love, yourauthentic fruits, become a lasting treasure for the People of God in its earthly pilgrimage; R. Holy Spirit: Leading the disciples of Christ who have welcomed the news of salvation in their journey to the kingdom of their Father; R. Holy Spirit: Directing the unfolding of time and renewing the face of the earth with a marvelous providence. R. Fourth Day Foretold by Jesus in the Upper Room; Confirming Jesus' prophesy; Convincing of sin Response after each invocation: (R.) We adore and glorify You with the Father and the Son. Holy Spirit: Whose coming was foretold by Jesus in the Upper Room: "And when he comes, he will convince the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment"; R. Holy Spirit: "Convincing concerning sin" by showing man his guilt in condemning Jesus to death on the Cross; R. Holy Spirit: Showing man the permanent reference of the "convincing of sin" to "righteousness" and, at the center of righteousness, the crucified and glorified Christ; R. Holy Spirit: Enabling man to understand the salvific economy of God that removes him from "judgment" which has been inflicted on the sin of satan. R. Holy Spirit: Confirming on the day of Pentecost Jesus' prophesy regarding his sending You, the Counselor, who will "convince concerning sin"; R. Holy Spirit: Coming down on the day of Pentecost upon the Apostles gathered in prayer together with Mary, the Mother of Jesus, in the Upper Room; R. Holy Spirit: Bringing back to unity the scattered races, and offering to the Father the first-fruits of all the nations; R. "Convincing" the world, beginning from the initial witness at Pentecost, concerning the sin of the rejection of Christ crucified and risen; R. Holy Spirit: "Convincing" of sin, not for accusing the world and condemning it, but for the purpose of its salvation: "Jesus came to save the world." R. Holy Spirit: "Convincing concerning sin," concerning the remission of sins in your power; In whose work of "convincing concerning sin" is present a double gift - the truth of conscience and the certainty of redemption; R. Holy Spirit: Convincing the world, man, and the human conscience, of the ineffable truth of sin - its relationship to Christ crucified and risen; R. Holy Spirit: Enabling man to know and be "convinced" of the full dimension of evil hidden within sin in its relationship to the Cross of Christ; R. Holy Spirit: Drawing God's response to man's sin, closing the process of "convincing concerning sin." R. Fifth Day Witnessing the beginning of sin; Knowing sin in its fullness; Present in Christ's redemptive sacrifice Response after each invocation: (R.) We adore and glorify You with the Father and the Son. Holy Spirit: Witnessing concerning "the beginning," the original reality of sin, the principle and root of all other sins; R. Holy Spirit: Witnessing concerning the mysterium iniquitatis as having its beginning in the disobedience of the first Adam; R. Holy Spirit: Witnessing the redemptive power of the mysterium pietatis in the obedience unto death of Christ, the second Adam; R. Holy Spirit: Knowing the original reality of the sin caused in man's will by the "father of all lies," who has already been judged; R. Holy Spirit: Convincing concerning the sin of the beginning, that sin of untruthfulness and rejection of the gift and the love of the Father and the Son. R. Holy Spirit: Knowing in all its fullness this dimension of sin - man's rejection of the divine source of deciding what is evil and what is good; R. Holy Spirit: Showing the evil that sin contains, the mysterium iniquitatis, as an act of the will of the creature-man contrary to God's salvific will; R. Holy Spirit: Speaking to us, in the language of the Bible, of the suffering of sin - the pain in the "depths of God," in the very heart of the ineffable Trinity, because of sin; R. Holy Spirit: Speaking to us of the inscrutable fatherly "pain" of God which will bring about the mysterium pietatis love of Jesus, which is stronger than sin. R. Holy Spirit: Present in the redemptive sacrifice of the Son of God as He offers himself without blemish to God; R. Holy Spirit: Present in Christ's redemptive sacrifice as in his conception, his coming into the world, and his public ministry; R. Holy Spirit: Through whom the absolute self-giving of the Son of God, Jesus Christ, is offered, transforming suffering into redemptive love; R. Holy Spirit: Coming down as Love and Gift into the very heart of the sacrifice offered on the Cross; R. Holy Spirit: Consuming the sacrifice with the fire of the love which unites the Son with the Father in the Trinitarian communion. R. Sixth Day Dwelling with and in man; Encountering rejection; Leading away from judgment those "convinced concerning sin" and converted Response after each invocation: (R.) We adore and glorify You with the Father and the Son. Holy Spirit: Ever fulfilling the words in Sacred Scripture: "You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you"; R. Holy Spirit: Whose voice echoes in the depths of man, in his most secret core and sanctuary, his conscience, where he is alone with You, Spirit of truth; R. Holy Spirit: Coming in contact with man's laborious effort of conscience in recognizing his evil; R. Holy Spirit: Permitting man's interior suffering for his sins and enabling these sufferings to be salvific - to be translated by eternal love into Christ's suffering unto death; R. Holy Spirit: Continuing the salvific mission of Jesus in the "unfathomable depths" of man, the wonderful dynamism of conversion-forgiveness. R. Holy Spirit: Whoever rejects the "convincing concerning sin" remains in sin, guilty of blasphemy against Youand the Blood that "purifies the conscience from dead works"; R. Holy Spirit: Whoever blasphemes against You remains in the radical refusal to accept the forgiveness of which You are the intimate giver; R. Holy Spirit: Encountering in the blasphemous person an interior resistance, an impenetrability of conscience, a state of mind fixed by free choice and a "hardness of heart"; R. Holy Spirit: In whom the Church repeats the exhortations of St. Paul: "Do not stifle the Spirit," "Do not grieve the Holy Spirit." R. Holy Spirit: Leading those "convinced concerning sin" and converted out of the range of that "judgment" by which "the ruler of this world is judged"; R. Holy Spirit: Converting us in the depths of this divine-human mystery, breaking every fetter by which sin binds us to the whole of the mystery of iniquity; R. Holy Spirit: Introducing those "convinced concerning sin" into that righteousness which is in Christ Jesus, received from the Father as a reflection of the holiness of the Trinity; R. Holy Spirit: Teaching us that this is the righteousness of the Gospel and the Redemption - the righteousness of the Sermon on the Mount and of the Cross. R. Seventh Day Conceiving Christ in the "Fullness of Time"; Completing creation by the redemptive Incarnation; Offering to all the treasures of Redemption Response after each invocation: (R.) We adore and glorify You with the Father and the Son. Holy Spirit: By whose power Christ was conceived in the "fullness of time," a transcendent presence of the "eternal now"; R. By whose power He became man whom the Church professes to be the Son, of the same substance as the Father: "God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten not made"; R. Holy Spirit: By whose power was accomplished the Incarnation - the climax of God's giving, the supreme grace, "the grace of union," the source of every other grace. R. Holy Spirit: Completing creation by the Incarnation, permeated by the powers of the Redemption which fills humanity and all creation; R. Holy Spirit: Overshadowing the virginal body of Mary and making her heart perfectly obedient to God's self-giving, bringing about in her the beginning of her divine Motherhood; R. Holy Spirit: Enabling Mary to enter the history of the world's salvation as she "who believed" through the obedience of faith, her heart's openness to God's gift; R. Holy Spirit: By whose power "The Word became flesh" in whom was life, and the life was the light of men. R. Holy Spirit: Drawing from the treasures of the Redemption down through the centuries, bringing us new life and sanctifying us; R. Holy Spirit: Acting also "outside the visible body of the Church" in "all people of good will in whose hearts grace works in an unseen way," for "the wind blows where it wills"; R. Holy Spirit: Offering to every man, in a manner known only to God, the possibility of being associated with Christ's Paschal Mystery, since Christ died for all; R. Holy Spirit: Present in the intimacy of man's being, mind, conscience, and heart, "closer than my inmost being"; R. Holy Spirit: Invisible God, "hidden God," to whom the entire life of the Church consists in going to meet. R. Eighth Day Present in man's inner conflict; Giver of life; Enabling man to enter the divine life Response after each invocation: (R.) We adore and glorify You with the Father and the Son. Holy Spirit: Present in man's inner conflict between the flesh and the Spirit; R. Holy Spirit: "Spirit of Jesus," meeting with resistance and opposition in our human reality as foretold by Simeon; R. Holy Spirit: "Spirit of Jesus," meeting with conflict and rebellion because of that sin wherein "the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh"; R. Holy Spirit: Present in a salvific self-giving, a salvific coming, and a salvific "convincing concerning sin" in this meeting between the "spirit and the flesh," between life and death. R. Holy Spirit: Revealing yourself as He who gives life: "He who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit which dwells in you"; R. Holy Spirit: "Life which is stronger than death" proclaimed by the Church in the name of the Resurrection of Christ; R. Holy Spirit: "Spirit, the Giver of Life" proclaimed by the Church with whom She cooperates in giving life; R. Holy Spirit: Grafting the "roots of immortality" at the deepest and most essential level in man from which the new life springs; R. Holy Spirit: By whose action only can man's life in God develop and flourish. R. Holy Spirit: Enabling man to enter a "new life," the divine life itself, and to become your dwelling-place, a living temple of God; R. Holy Spirit: Through whom the Father and the Son come to man and take up their abode with him; R. Holy Spirit: Enabling man in his intimate relationship with God to understand himself, his own humanity, in a new way and to fully realize in himself the original image and likeness of God; R. Holy Spirit: In whom the Kingdom develops through human hearts and minds; In whom man rediscovers the reason for "full self-discovery through a sincere gift of himself" to others. R. Ninth Day Accomplishing the sacramental reality; Enabling the Church to be a sign and instrument of salvation; Present as the living breath of prayer Response after each invocation: (R.) We adore and glorify You with the Father and the Son. Holy Spirit: By whose power the new coming of Christ and his constant presence and action in the spiritual life are accomplished in the sacramental reality; R. Holy Spirit: Through whose power the Church lives, works and grows "to the close of the age" by the sacramental presence and actions of Christ in her as his own Body; R. Holy Spirit: By whose power is accomplished the Eucharist, the most complete sacramental expression of the "departure" of Christ," the mystery of the Cross and Resurrection; R. Holy Spirit: By whose power the "strengthening of the inner man" is accomplished, especially through the Eucharist. R. Holy Spirit: Through whose power the Church is a sign and instrument of communion with God in Christ, accomplished as a salvific reality; R. Holy Spirit: Through whose action the Church is also a sign and sacrament of the unity of the whole human race rooted in God in the mysteries of Creation and Redemption; R. Holy Spirit: Through whose action man and, through him, all creation redeemed by Christ draw near to their ultimate destinies in God; R. Holy Spirit: Through whose action all creation, all history, flows together to its last end in the infinite ocean of God. R. Holy Spirit: Present as the living breath of prayer whenever people are praying in the world, enabling us to pray and guiding us "from within"; R. Holy Spirit: In whom the Church continues to persevere in prayer with Mary as part of the mystery of the Church from the beginning; R. Holy Spirit: In whom the Church, united with the Virgin Mother, prays unceasingly as the Bride to her divine Spouse: "The Spirit and the bride say to the Lord Jesus Christ: Come." R. Novena of Praise to The Most Holy Trinity in honor of Our Lady's Life
he Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity is one of the great feasts of the Church's Year and one of the principle feasts of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity. To celebrate, every year SOLT prays a novena that begins 4 days before the actual feast in petition to God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and ends in thanksgiving for 4 days after the feast. Much of it has been taken from the City of God by Venerable Maria of Agreda. Novena Prayer Blessed be God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit;
FIRST DAY- Praise to the Most Holy Trinity for Our Lady in the Divine Mind before Creation SECOND DAY- Praise to the Most Holy Trinity for Our Lady's Immaculate Conception and Wonderful Birth THIRD DAY- Praise to the Most Holy Trinity for Our Lady's Childhood and Youth FOURTH DAY- Praise to the Most Holy Trinity for Our Lady's Preparation for the Coming of the Redeemer FIFTH DAY- Praise to the Most Holy Trinity for Our Lady at the Incarnation of the Word SIXTH DAY- Praise to the Most Holy Trinity for Our Lady's Hidden Life with Jesus SEVENTH DAY- Praise to the Most Holy Trinity for Our Lady in the Paschal Mystery EIGTH DAY- Praise to the Most Holy Trinity for Our Lady in the Early Church NINTH DAY- Praise to the Most Holy Trinity for Our Lady's Assumption and Coronation |
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