Courage in trials
St. Paul 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 324. 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
Pray
Traditional prayer
Glorious St Paul, who from a persecutor of the Christian name didst become an Apostle of burning zeal, and who, in order that Jesus Christ might be known to the furthermost bounds of the earth, didst joyfully suffer imprisonment, scourging, stoning, shipwreck, and every kind of persecution, and who didst finally shed thy blood to the last drop; obtain for us the grace of accepting, as divine favours, the infirmities, torments and calamities of this life, so that we may not be drawn from the service of God by the vicissitudes of this our exile, but on the contrary may prove ourselves more and more faithful and fervent. Amen.
Day 2 of 9
Day 2
Pray
Traditional prayer
Glorious St Paul, who from a persecutor of the Christian name didst become an Apostle of burning zeal, and who, in order that Jesus Christ might be known to the furthermost bounds of the earth, didst joyfully suffer imprisonment, scourging, stoning, shipwreck, and every kind of persecution, and who didst finally shed thy blood to the last drop; obtain for us the grace of accepting, as divine favours, the infirmities, torments and calamities of this life, so that we may not be drawn from the service of God by the vicissitudes of this our exile, but on the contrary may prove ourselves more and more faithful and fervent. Amen.
Day 3 of 9
Day 3
Pray
Traditional prayer
Glorious St Paul, who from a persecutor of the Christian name didst become an Apostle of burning zeal, and who, in order that Jesus Christ might be known to the furthermost bounds of the earth, didst joyfully suffer imprisonment, scourging, stoning, shipwreck, and every kind of persecution, and who didst finally shed thy blood to the last drop; obtain for us the grace of accepting, as divine favours, the infirmities, torments and calamities of this life, so that we may not be drawn from the service of God by the vicissitudes of this our exile, but on the contrary may prove ourselves more and more faithful and fervent. Amen.
Day 4 of 9
Day 4
Pray
Traditional prayer
Glorious St Paul, who from a persecutor of the Christian name didst become an Apostle of burning zeal, and who, in order that Jesus Christ might be known to the furthermost bounds of the earth, didst joyfully suffer imprisonment, scourging, stoning, shipwreck, and every kind of persecution, and who didst finally shed thy blood to the last drop; obtain for us the grace of accepting, as divine favours, the infirmities, torments and calamities of this life, so that we may not be drawn from the service of God by the vicissitudes of this our exile, but on the contrary may prove ourselves more and more faithful and fervent. Amen.
Day 5 of 9
Day 5
Pray
Traditional prayer
Glorious St Paul, who from a persecutor of the Christian name didst become an Apostle of burning zeal, and who, in order that Jesus Christ might be known to the furthermost bounds of the earth, didst joyfully suffer imprisonment, scourging, stoning, shipwreck, and every kind of persecution, and who didst finally shed thy blood to the last drop; obtain for us the grace of accepting, as divine favours, the infirmities, torments and calamities of this life, so that we may not be drawn from the service of God by the vicissitudes of this our exile, but on the contrary may prove ourselves more and more faithful and fervent. Amen.
Day 6 of 9
Day 6
Pray
Traditional prayer
Glorious St Paul, who from a persecutor of the Christian name didst become an Apostle of burning zeal, and who, in order that Jesus Christ might be known to the furthermost bounds of the earth, didst joyfully suffer imprisonment, scourging, stoning, shipwreck, and every kind of persecution, and who didst finally shed thy blood to the last drop; obtain for us the grace of accepting, as divine favours, the infirmities, torments and calamities of this life, so that we may not be drawn from the service of God by the vicissitudes of this our exile, but on the contrary may prove ourselves more and more faithful and fervent. Amen.
Day 7 of 9
Day 7
Pray
Traditional prayer
Glorious St Paul, who from a persecutor of the Christian name didst become an Apostle of burning zeal, and who, in order that Jesus Christ might be known to the furthermost bounds of the earth, didst joyfully suffer imprisonment, scourging, stoning, shipwreck, and every kind of persecution, and who didst finally shed thy blood to the last drop; obtain for us the grace of accepting, as divine favours, the infirmities, torments and calamities of this life, so that we may not be drawn from the service of God by the vicissitudes of this our exile, but on the contrary may prove ourselves more and more faithful and fervent. Amen.
Day 8 of 9
Day 8
Pray
Traditional prayer
Glorious St Paul, who from a persecutor of the Christian name didst become an Apostle of burning zeal, and who, in order that Jesus Christ might be known to the furthermost bounds of the earth, didst joyfully suffer imprisonment, scourging, stoning, shipwreck, and every kind of persecution, and who didst finally shed thy blood to the last drop; obtain for us the grace of accepting, as divine favours, the infirmities, torments and calamities of this life, so that we may not be drawn from the service of God by the vicissitudes of this our exile, but on the contrary may prove ourselves more and more faithful and fervent. Amen.
Day 9 of 9
Day 9
Pray
Traditional prayer
Glorious St Paul, who from a persecutor of the Christian name didst become an Apostle of burning zeal, and who, in order that Jesus Christ might be known to the furthermost bounds of the earth, didst joyfully suffer imprisonment, scourging, stoning, shipwreck, and every kind of persecution, and who didst finally shed thy blood to the last drop; obtain for us the grace of accepting, as divine favours, the infirmities, torments and calamities of this life, so that we may not be drawn from the service of God by the vicissitudes of this our exile, but on the contrary may prove ourselves more and more faithful and fervent. Amen.
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