Novena To Saint Gregory of Nazianzen (Doctor of the Church (330-389 AD)) - All Powerful Prayers
 
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Novena To Saint Gregory of Nazianzen (Doctor of the Church (330-389 AD))

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



Prayer of Saint Gregory of Nazianzen

O All-Transcendent God
(and what other name could describe you?),
what words can hymn Your praises?
No word does You justice.
What mind can probe Your secret?
No mind can encompass You.
You are alone beyond the power of speech,
yet all that we speak stems from You.
You are alone beyond the power of thought,
yet all that we can conceive springs from You.
All things proclaim You,
those endowed with reason and those bereft of it.
All the expectation and pain of the world coalesces in You.
All things utter a prayer to You,
a silent hymn composed by You.
You sustain everything that exists,
and all things move together to Your orders.
You are the goal of all that exists.
You are one and You are all,
yet You are none of the things that exist,
neither a part nor the whole.
You can avail Yourself of any name;
how shall I call You,
the only unnameable?
All-transcendent God!
 

 

 

Prayer Of Praise

O God, You alone are unutterable,
from the time you created all things
that can be spoken of.

You alone are unknowable,
from the time you created all things
that can be known.

All things cry out about you,
those which speak,
and those which cannot speak.

All things honour you;
those which think,
and those which cannot think.
For there is one longing, one groaning,
that all things have for you.

All things pray to you that perceive your plan
and offer you a silent hymn.
In you, the One, all things abide,
and all things endlessly run to you
who are the end of all.
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Excerpt from a sermon by Saint Gregory Nazianzen

What is man, that you are mindful of him?
What is this new mystery surrounding me?
I am both small and great, both lowly and exalted,
mortal and immortal, earthly and heavenly.
I am to be buried with Christ and to rise again with him,
to become a co-heir with him,
a son of God, and indeed God himself.

This is what the great mystery means for us;
this is why God became man and became poor for our sake:
it was to raise up our flesh, to recover the divine image,
to re-create mankind, so that all of us
might become one in Christ who perfectly became in us
everything that he is himself.
So we are no longer to be male and female,
barbarian and Scythian, slave and free
distinctions deriving from the flesh
but are to bear within ourselves only the seal of God,
by whom and for whom we were created.
We are to be so formed and molded by him
that we are recognized as belonging to his one family.

If only we could be what we hope to be,
by the great kindness of our generous God!
He asks so little and gives so much,
in this life and in the next,
to those who love him sincerely.
In a spirit of hope and out of love for him,
let us then bear and endure all things
and give thanks for everything that befalls us,
since even reason can often recognize these things
as weapons to win salvation.
And meanwhile let us commend to God our own souls
and the souls of those who, being more ready for it,
have reached the place of rest before us
although they walked the same road as we do.

Lord and Creator of all,
and especially of your creature man,
you are the God and Father and ruler of your children;
you are the Lord of life and death,
you are the guardian and benefactor of our souls.
You fashion and transform all things
in their due season through your creative Word,
as you know to be best
in your deep wisdom and providence.
Receive now those who have gone ahead of us
in our journey from this life.

And receive us too at the proper time,
when you have guided us in our bodily life
as long as may be for our profit.
Receive us prepared indeed by fear of you,
but not troubled,
not shrinking back on that day of death
or uprooted by force
like those who are lovers of the world and the flesh.
Instead, may we set out eagerly
for that everlasting and blessed life
which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
To him be glory for ever and ever.

Amen.

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

Saint Gregory of Nazianzen,
Pray for us.

Saint Gregory of Nazianzen,
Pray for us.

Saint Gregory of Nazianzen,
Pray for us.

 

 

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