Novena To Blessed Charles de Foucauld (Priest, hermit, martyr) (November 23 - December 1)

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

Prayer of Abandonment

Father, I abandon myself into your hands;
do with me what you will.
Whatever you may do, I thank you:
I am ready for all, I accept all.

Let only your will be done in me,
and in all your creatures —
I wish no more than this, O Lord.

Into your hands I commend my soul:
I offer it to you with all the love of my heart,
for I love you, Lord, and so need to give myself,
to surrender myself into your hands without reserve,
and with boundless confidence, for you are my Father.

Placing all my trust in your Divine Will
and accepting with confidence
you will ever sustain us, still I ask,
through the Sacred Heart of Jesus,
for the grace of...

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

Amen.

Say 1 Our Father...

Say 1 Hail Mary...

Say 1 Glory Be...

Come Holy Spirit

Come, creator Spirit,
You give life,
You strengthen our faith,
You sustain our hope.

Come, Spirit of love,
You unite Christians in love,
You teach them to live in peace,
You put each one at the service of others.

Come Spirit of forgiveness,
You reconcile us,
You help us to understand one another,
You remove all barriers.

Come Spirit of power,
You give courage in combat,
You make us love the truth,
You invite us to look for God.

Come Spirit of light,
Teach us to know the Father.
Help us to know who the Son is,
And make us always believe in you,

You who unite the Father and the Son
In a unique love.

Amen.

Let us bless the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

The Angelus Prayer

The Angel of the Lord declared to Mary:
And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.

Say 1 Hail Mary...

Amen.

Behold the handmaid of the Lord:
Be it done unto me according to Thy word.

Say 1 Hail Mary...

And the Word was made Flesh:
And dwelt among us.

Say 1 Hail Mary...

Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God,
that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray:

Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy 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.