A novena is nine days of prayer for a particular intention. Pray the chosen prayer once each day for nine days.
Novena to the Holy Spirit
Traditionally prayed in the nine days before Pentecost.
Daily Prayer
Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful and kindle in them the fire of Your love. Send forth Your Spirit and they shall be created, and You shall renew the face of the earth. O God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit instructed the hearts of the faithful, grant us by the same Spirit to be truly wise and ever to rejoice in His consolation. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Daily Prayer
O most holy Heart of Jesus, fountain of every blessing, I adore You, I love You, and with lively sorrow for my sins I offer You this poor heart of mine. Make me humble, patient, pure, and wholly obedient to Your will. Grant, good Jesus, that I may live in You and for You. Protect me in the midst of danger; comfort me in my afflictions; give me health of body, assistance in my temporal needs, Your blessing on all that I do, and the grace of a holy death. Amen.
Novena to Saint Joseph
Daily Prayer
O glorious Saint Joseph, faithful follower of Jesus Christ, to you I raise my heart and hands to implore your powerful intercession. Obtain for me from the kind Heart of Jesus the help and graces necessary for my spiritual and temporal welfare, and the grace I particularly ask of you now. Guardian of the Word Incarnate, pray for me. Amen.
Novena to Saint Jude
Patron of difficult and desperate causes.
Daily Prayer
Most holy Apostle Saint Jude, faithful servant and friend of Jesus, the Church honours and invokes you universally as the patron of hopeless cases and of things almost despaired of. Pray for me, who am so helpless and alone. Make use, I implore you, of that particular privilege given to you to bring visible and speedy help where help is almost despaired of. Come to my assistance in this great need, that I may receive the consolation and help of heaven in all my necessities, and that I may praise God with you always. Amen.