Humility and poverty
St. Benedict Joseph Labre Novena
Pray this complete traditional prayer sequence each day for nine days, bringing your intention to God. The same words are repeated each day.
Public-domain prayer from The Raccolta (1910), entry 376. The prayer wording is historic; this nine-day arrangement is presented by Life of the Saints. About these texts.
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Day 1 of 9
Day 1
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Traditional prayer
Admirable example of Christian perfection, St Benedict Joseph! From the first use of reason till death thou didst preserve inviolate the immaculate stole of innocence, and abandoning all things, as a wanderer on the face of the earth, didst meet with nothing but suffering, privations and insults. I, a miserable sinner, prostrate at thy feet, return thanks to the infinite goodness of God for having impressed on thee so living an image of his crucified Son, while at the same time I am covered with confusion at the sight of my life, so different from thine. I beseech thee, dear Saint, have pity on me; present thy merits at the throne of God, and obtain for me the grace that, following thy example and regulating my actions by the precepts and teaching of thy divine Master, I may come to love his suffering and humiliations, and may hold in contempt the pleasures and honours of the world, so that neither the fear of the one nor the desire of the other may ever induce me to transgress his holy laws. And so may I merit one day to be acknowledged and numbered among the blessed of his Father.
Our Father Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Hail Mary Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Glory Be Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
V. Pray for us, St Benedict Joseph.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray.
God, who hast caused blessed Benedict Joseph, thy Confessor, by practising humility and loving poverty, to cling to Thee alone; grant through the power of his merits that we may despise all earthly things and ever seek after the things of Heaven. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Day 2 of 9
Day 2
Pray
Traditional prayer
Admirable example of Christian perfection, St Benedict Joseph! From the first use of reason till death thou didst preserve inviolate the immaculate stole of innocence, and abandoning all things, as a wanderer on the face of the earth, didst meet with nothing but suffering, privations and insults. I, a miserable sinner, prostrate at thy feet, return thanks to the infinite goodness of God for having impressed on thee so living an image of his crucified Son, while at the same time I am covered with confusion at the sight of my life, so different from thine. I beseech thee, dear Saint, have pity on me; present thy merits at the throne of God, and obtain for me the grace that, following thy example and regulating my actions by the precepts and teaching of thy divine Master, I may come to love his suffering and humiliations, and may hold in contempt the pleasures and honours of the world, so that neither the fear of the one nor the desire of the other may ever induce me to transgress his holy laws. And so may I merit one day to be acknowledged and numbered among the blessed of his Father.
Our Father Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Hail Mary Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Glory Be Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
V. Pray for us, St Benedict Joseph.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray.
God, who hast caused blessed Benedict Joseph, thy Confessor, by practising humility and loving poverty, to cling to Thee alone; grant through the power of his merits that we may despise all earthly things and ever seek after the things of Heaven. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Day 3 of 9
Day 3
Pray
Traditional prayer
Admirable example of Christian perfection, St Benedict Joseph! From the first use of reason till death thou didst preserve inviolate the immaculate stole of innocence, and abandoning all things, as a wanderer on the face of the earth, didst meet with nothing but suffering, privations and insults. I, a miserable sinner, prostrate at thy feet, return thanks to the infinite goodness of God for having impressed on thee so living an image of his crucified Son, while at the same time I am covered with confusion at the sight of my life, so different from thine. I beseech thee, dear Saint, have pity on me; present thy merits at the throne of God, and obtain for me the grace that, following thy example and regulating my actions by the precepts and teaching of thy divine Master, I may come to love his suffering and humiliations, and may hold in contempt the pleasures and honours of the world, so that neither the fear of the one nor the desire of the other may ever induce me to transgress his holy laws. And so may I merit one day to be acknowledged and numbered among the blessed of his Father.
Our Father Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Hail Mary Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Glory Be Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
V. Pray for us, St Benedict Joseph.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray.
God, who hast caused blessed Benedict Joseph, thy Confessor, by practising humility and loving poverty, to cling to Thee alone; grant through the power of his merits that we may despise all earthly things and ever seek after the things of Heaven. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Day 4 of 9
Day 4
Pray
Traditional prayer
Admirable example of Christian perfection, St Benedict Joseph! From the first use of reason till death thou didst preserve inviolate the immaculate stole of innocence, and abandoning all things, as a wanderer on the face of the earth, didst meet with nothing but suffering, privations and insults. I, a miserable sinner, prostrate at thy feet, return thanks to the infinite goodness of God for having impressed on thee so living an image of his crucified Son, while at the same time I am covered with confusion at the sight of my life, so different from thine. I beseech thee, dear Saint, have pity on me; present thy merits at the throne of God, and obtain for me the grace that, following thy example and regulating my actions by the precepts and teaching of thy divine Master, I may come to love his suffering and humiliations, and may hold in contempt the pleasures and honours of the world, so that neither the fear of the one nor the desire of the other may ever induce me to transgress his holy laws. And so may I merit one day to be acknowledged and numbered among the blessed of his Father.
Our Father Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Hail Mary Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Glory Be Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
V. Pray for us, St Benedict Joseph.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray.
God, who hast caused blessed Benedict Joseph, thy Confessor, by practising humility and loving poverty, to cling to Thee alone; grant through the power of his merits that we may despise all earthly things and ever seek after the things of Heaven. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Day 5 of 9
Day 5
Pray
Traditional prayer
Admirable example of Christian perfection, St Benedict Joseph! From the first use of reason till death thou didst preserve inviolate the immaculate stole of innocence, and abandoning all things, as a wanderer on the face of the earth, didst meet with nothing but suffering, privations and insults. I, a miserable sinner, prostrate at thy feet, return thanks to the infinite goodness of God for having impressed on thee so living an image of his crucified Son, while at the same time I am covered with confusion at the sight of my life, so different from thine. I beseech thee, dear Saint, have pity on me; present thy merits at the throne of God, and obtain for me the grace that, following thy example and regulating my actions by the precepts and teaching of thy divine Master, I may come to love his suffering and humiliations, and may hold in contempt the pleasures and honours of the world, so that neither the fear of the one nor the desire of the other may ever induce me to transgress his holy laws. And so may I merit one day to be acknowledged and numbered among the blessed of his Father.
Our Father Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Hail Mary Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Glory Be Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
V. Pray for us, St Benedict Joseph.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray.
God, who hast caused blessed Benedict Joseph, thy Confessor, by practising humility and loving poverty, to cling to Thee alone; grant through the power of his merits that we may despise all earthly things and ever seek after the things of Heaven. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Day 6 of 9
Day 6
Pray
Traditional prayer
Admirable example of Christian perfection, St Benedict Joseph! From the first use of reason till death thou didst preserve inviolate the immaculate stole of innocence, and abandoning all things, as a wanderer on the face of the earth, didst meet with nothing but suffering, privations and insults. I, a miserable sinner, prostrate at thy feet, return thanks to the infinite goodness of God for having impressed on thee so living an image of his crucified Son, while at the same time I am covered with confusion at the sight of my life, so different from thine. I beseech thee, dear Saint, have pity on me; present thy merits at the throne of God, and obtain for me the grace that, following thy example and regulating my actions by the precepts and teaching of thy divine Master, I may come to love his suffering and humiliations, and may hold in contempt the pleasures and honours of the world, so that neither the fear of the one nor the desire of the other may ever induce me to transgress his holy laws. And so may I merit one day to be acknowledged and numbered among the blessed of his Father.
Our Father Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Hail Mary Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Glory Be Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
V. Pray for us, St Benedict Joseph.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray.
God, who hast caused blessed Benedict Joseph, thy Confessor, by practising humility and loving poverty, to cling to Thee alone; grant through the power of his merits that we may despise all earthly things and ever seek after the things of Heaven. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Day 7 of 9
Day 7
Pray
Traditional prayer
Admirable example of Christian perfection, St Benedict Joseph! From the first use of reason till death thou didst preserve inviolate the immaculate stole of innocence, and abandoning all things, as a wanderer on the face of the earth, didst meet with nothing but suffering, privations and insults. I, a miserable sinner, prostrate at thy feet, return thanks to the infinite goodness of God for having impressed on thee so living an image of his crucified Son, while at the same time I am covered with confusion at the sight of my life, so different from thine. I beseech thee, dear Saint, have pity on me; present thy merits at the throne of God, and obtain for me the grace that, following thy example and regulating my actions by the precepts and teaching of thy divine Master, I may come to love his suffering and humiliations, and may hold in contempt the pleasures and honours of the world, so that neither the fear of the one nor the desire of the other may ever induce me to transgress his holy laws. And so may I merit one day to be acknowledged and numbered among the blessed of his Father.
Our Father Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Hail Mary Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Glory Be Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
V. Pray for us, St Benedict Joseph.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray.
God, who hast caused blessed Benedict Joseph, thy Confessor, by practising humility and loving poverty, to cling to Thee alone; grant through the power of his merits that we may despise all earthly things and ever seek after the things of Heaven. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Day 8 of 9
Day 8
Pray
Traditional prayer
Admirable example of Christian perfection, St Benedict Joseph! From the first use of reason till death thou didst preserve inviolate the immaculate stole of innocence, and abandoning all things, as a wanderer on the face of the earth, didst meet with nothing but suffering, privations and insults. I, a miserable sinner, prostrate at thy feet, return thanks to the infinite goodness of God for having impressed on thee so living an image of his crucified Son, while at the same time I am covered with confusion at the sight of my life, so different from thine. I beseech thee, dear Saint, have pity on me; present thy merits at the throne of God, and obtain for me the grace that, following thy example and regulating my actions by the precepts and teaching of thy divine Master, I may come to love his suffering and humiliations, and may hold in contempt the pleasures and honours of the world, so that neither the fear of the one nor the desire of the other may ever induce me to transgress his holy laws. And so may I merit one day to be acknowledged and numbered among the blessed of his Father.
Our Father Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Hail Mary Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Glory Be Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
V. Pray for us, St Benedict Joseph.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray.
God, who hast caused blessed Benedict Joseph, thy Confessor, by practising humility and loving poverty, to cling to Thee alone; grant through the power of his merits that we may despise all earthly things and ever seek after the things of Heaven. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Day 9 of 9
Day 9
Pray
Traditional prayer
Admirable example of Christian perfection, St Benedict Joseph! From the first use of reason till death thou didst preserve inviolate the immaculate stole of innocence, and abandoning all things, as a wanderer on the face of the earth, didst meet with nothing but suffering, privations and insults. I, a miserable sinner, prostrate at thy feet, return thanks to the infinite goodness of God for having impressed on thee so living an image of his crucified Son, while at the same time I am covered with confusion at the sight of my life, so different from thine. I beseech thee, dear Saint, have pity on me; present thy merits at the throne of God, and obtain for me the grace that, following thy example and regulating my actions by the precepts and teaching of thy divine Master, I may come to love his suffering and humiliations, and may hold in contempt the pleasures and honours of the world, so that neither the fear of the one nor the desire of the other may ever induce me to transgress his holy laws. And so may I merit one day to be acknowledged and numbered among the blessed of his Father.
Our Father Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Hail Mary Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Glory Be Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
V. Pray for us, St Benedict Joseph.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray.
God, who hast caused blessed Benedict Joseph, thy Confessor, by practising humility and loving poverty, to cling to Thee alone; grant through the power of his merits that we may despise all earthly things and ever seek after the things of Heaven. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
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