Today it is common to pray to Saint Benedict to protect us from evil or to ward off the negative. First of all, we must know that San Benito he is a great saint who dedicated his life to trying to get away from the vices of his time, and who did everything possible to get closer to God. In fact, he is a model for many people who want to feel in the presence of God at every moment.
Every year, many believers pray a Novena to Saint Benedict, which includes all the necessary aspects to remain each day in the loving presence of God. Although we can pray it at any time of the year, this novena is usually done in summer: starts on July 3 and ends on July 11day of the Solemnity of Saint Benedict. Next, he discovers this wonderful novena to Saint Benedict.
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Pray the novena to Saint Benedict
Structure of the ninth
Begin each day with the following prayer:
“We greet you with filial affection, oh glorious Father Saint Benedict, worker of wonders, cooperator of Christ in the work of salvation of souls. O Patriarch of the monks! Look from heaven at the vineyard that your hand planted. Multiply the number of your children, and sanctify them. Protect in a special way those of us who put ourselves with filial affection under your protection and filial protection. Pray for the sick, for the tempted, for the afflicted, for the poor, and for us who are devoted to you. Obtain for us all a peaceful and holy death like yours. Take away from us in that supreme hour the snares of the enemy, and encourage us with your sweet presence. Now, obtain for us the special grace that we ask of you in this novena.”
Then pray the specific prayer for each day of the novena. Later you will find the text of each day.
Finally, end the novena each day with an Our Father, three Hail Marys, and a Glory be to the Father.
Specific prayer for each day of the novena.
First day
“Oh glorious Saint Benedict, who from your childhood recognized the vanity of the world and only desired eternal goods! Reach us a lively desire for heaven and that we frequently remember God our last end, and order our whole life towards Him so that He may be glorified in everything! Saint Benedict, pray for us.”
second day
“Oh glorious Saint Benedict, humble of heart, who knew how to disdain the praises of men! Reach us humility, you who loved God above all things and gave him your heart without reserve, also get us the love of God. Saint Benedict, pray for us.”
third day
“Oh glorious Saint Benedict, who consecrated your lips to prayer and sang the divine praises night and day! Reach us the spirit of prayer, you, who like a lily among thorns, kept an angelic chastity through humility, continuous vigilance, prayer and mortification of the senses, get us the gift of purity. Saint Benedict, pray for us.”
fourth day
“Oh glorious Saint Benedict who defeated the devil and triumphed over his tricks! Obtain for us the grace to resist his suggestions and to flee from every occasion of sin. You who, teaching an austere life of renunciation and work, abhorred idleness, inspire us with love for work and self-sacrifice to follow Christ. Saint Benedict, pray for us.”
fifth day
“Oh glorious Saint Benedict, who loved silence, and never opened your mouth to light and impure words, to complaints, gossip, and judgments against love of neighbor! Obtain for us the grace to never say impure words, and against charity, to forgive from the heart and guard our tongue from all sin. Saint Benedict, pray for us.”
sixth day
“Oh glorious Saint Benedict, who was the target of persecution and kept the peace of your soul through gentleness and patience! Obtain for us the gift of patience and the grace to forgive offenses, you who forgave those who attempted against your life and expelled you from your country, and who mercifully asked the Lord to forgive them, mourning their blindness and terrible end. Saint Benedict, pray for us.”
seventh day
“Oh glorious Saint Benedict, who, animated by an ardent zeal to assist others in their needs, instructed the ignorant, helped the poor, healed the sick, raised the dead, freed the captives of the devil and his passions, you consoled the afflicted and converted sinners! Obtain for us the grace to love our neighbor and to do works of mercy with him. Saint Benedict, pray for us.”
eighth day
“Oh glorious Saint Benedict, who flooded the heart of your sister Saint Scholastica with consolation, filling it with the love of God and the beatitudes of heaven! Grant us the grace to sanctify our dearest affections. Saint Benedict, pray for us.”
ninth day
“Oh glorious Saint Benedict, whose soul in your happy death was raised to heaven in the midst of angels and saints, your disciples being consoled by the revelation of your glory! Grant us from the Lord, the grace of final perseverance, of a good death, and of your assistance and intercession on our last day. Saint Benedict, pray for us.”
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In you will find various prayer communities in which novenas are prayed to different saints, for example:
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This novena with Carlo Acutis, the youngest blessed in heaven, who also knew how to distance himself from any occasion of dependency in his time.
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