Novena To Saint Augustine Of Canterbury (Bishop and Confessor)

Repeat the following Novena prayers every day for 9 consecutive days.

A short prayer for healing by Saint Augustine

Watch O Lord, with those
who cannot sleep or weep tonight.
Tend your sick ones.
Rest your weary ones.
Bless your dying ones.
Soothe your suffering ones.
Pity your afflicted ones.
Shield your joyous ones.

Amen.
 

Collect on the Feast of Saint Augustine

O Lord our God, who by your Son Jesus Christ called your Apostles
and sent them forth to preach the Gospel to the nations:

We bless your holy name for your servant Augustine,
first Archbishop of Canterbury,
whose labors in propagating your Church
among the English people we commemorate today.

And we pray that all whom you call and send may do your will,
and bide your time, and see your glory;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.

A Prayer for Christian Unity

Holy Father,
You have given us in Saint Augustine of Canterbury,
a great witness of Christian faith,
grant through his intercession
a renewed Christian unity among people
of all Christian communities
and in a particular way bless the relationship
between the Anglican Church and Roman Catholic Church.
Grant this through our one Lord, Jesus Christ.

Amen.

Prayer

O converter of peoples,
called from the quiet of cloister walls
you went obediently over seas to preach
to the souls to whom you were sent,
and the Lord worked through your obedience,
spoke through the words you uttered to the nations...
and so the light of holy faith banished the darkness of error
and souls indeed were gathered into Christ’s fold.
Pray, O shepherd, obedience shall be ours, too,
and all whom the Father would hold unto His breast
shall come indeed to that sacred place
and there find their rest.
May God’s will be accomplished in His Church
and we bear fruit in His name.

[Mention your need(s) here...]

Lord, may it be done according to Thy Will, not mine.
If for any reason, my request is denied
because such a request would not benefit my salvation,
then I thank you for considering my humble desire.

Saint Augustine of Canterbury,
Pray for us.

Saint Augustine of Canterbury,
Pray for us.

Saint Augustine of Canterbury,
Pray for us.