Novena To Saint Christopher (1 of the 14 Holy Helpers) (Western Feast Day July 25; Eastern Feast Day May 9)

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

PREPARATORY PRAYER

Almighty and eternal God!
With lively faith and reverently worshipping
Your Divine Majesty,
I prostrate myself before You
and invoke with filial trust
Your supreme generosity and mercy.
Illuminate the darkness of my intellect
with a ray of Your Heavenly light
and inflame my heart
with the fire of Your Divine Love,
that I may contemplate the great virtues
and merits of the Saint
in whose honor I make this novena,
and following their example imitate,
as they did, the life of Your Divine Son.

Moreover, I beseech You to graciously grant me,
through the merits and intercession of this powerful Helper,
the petition which through them
I humbly place before You, devoutly saying,
"Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven."

Vouchsafe graciously to hear it,
if it is to Your greater glory and the salvation of my soul.

Amen.
 

PRAYER IN HONOR OF SAINT CHRISTOPHER

O God, Who did make Saint Christopher a true Christ-bearer,
who converted multitudes to the Christian faith,
and Who gave him the grace to suffer for Your sake
the most cruel torments,
through the intercession of this Saint,
we implore You to protect us from sin,
the only real evil.
Preserve us also against the harmful forces of nature,
such as earthquake, lightning, fire, and flood.

Amen.

INVOCATION OF SAINT CHRISTOPHER

Great Saint Christopher,
seeking and mightiest master which you found in Jesus Christ,
the Almighty God of Heaven and earth.
Faithfully serving Him with all your power
to the end of Your life,
gaining for Him countless souls
and finally shedding your blood for Him,
obtain for me the grace to bear Christ always in my heart,
as you once did, bearing Him on your shoulder.
So that by this I may be strengthened
to overcome victoriously all temptations
and resist all enticements of the world,
the devil, and the flesh,
and that the powers of darkness
may not prevail against me.

Amen.

PRAYER

My Lord and my God!
I offer up to You my petition
in union with the bitter passion
and death of Jesus Christ, Your Son,
together with the merits
of His Immaculate and Blessed Mother,
Mary ever Virgin,
and of all the Saints,
particularly with those of the Holy Helper, Saint Christopher,
in whose honor I make this novena.
Look down upon me, merciful Lord!
Grant me Your Grace and Your Love,
and graciously hear my prayer.

Amen.