| Novena Starts: | October 20 |
| Feastday: | October 29 |
| Birth: | 1971 |
| Death: | 1990 |
Patron saint of young people, those suffering from cancer, the terminally ill and those who nurse them, and all who must accept what they did not choose
Blessed Chiara Badano Novena
Blessed Chiara Badano, called Chiara Luce (1971-1990), was an ordinary Italian girl who loved tennis and singing and her friends, until at seventeen a pain in her shoulder proved to be bone cancer. She refused morphine so that she could stay lucid and offer her suffering, and she met each stage of the illness with the same words, If you want it Jesus, so do I. She asked to be buried in a wedding dress, because her funeral was to be her wedding day, and she told her mother, Be happy, because I am. She died at eighteen and was beatified in 2010. This novena has a distinct prayer for each of the nine days. Pray it for young people, for the sick and those facing cancer, for hope in suffering, and for the favor you most need.
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Day 1
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
O Father, fount of everything good, we give You thanks for the wonderful testimony of Blessed Chiara Badano. Filled with the Holy Spirit and guided by the radiant light of Jesus, she believed firmly in Your infinite love, and wished to return it with all her strength, surrendering herself in complete trust to Your paternal will.
We humbly beseech You that You may also grant us the gift to live with You and for You, and ask You, if it be Your will, for the grace
(mention request here…)
through Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Amen.
Father of immense goodness, I am grateful for the great gift of faith. Aware of my imperfections, I beg you to grant me the grace to imitate more closely the examples of your Son Jesus, in accordance with the lives of the Saints.
Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be
Blessed Chiara Badano, pray for us!
Amen.
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Answered Prayers from the Community
“I received tremendous peace throughout as well as new understandings. On the last day I received a beautiful gift I didn’t ask for, a beautiful memory of my son. I’m so grateful and extremely happy! Thank you St Michael!! Glory to you O sweet God!!”
Day 2
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
O Father, fount of everything good, we give You thanks for the wonderful testimony of Blessed Chiara Badano. Filled with the Holy Spirit and guided by the radiant light of Jesus, she believed firmly in Your infinite love, and wished to return it with all her strength, surrendering herself in complete trust to Your paternal will.
We humbly beseech You that You may also grant us the gift to live with You and for You, and ask You, if it be Your will, for the grace
(mention request here…)
through Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Amen.
God our Father, source of all good, I thank you for loving us immensely to the point of giving us the gift of your Son. Help me, please, to love you back with all my strength, obeying your will and humbly accepting the provisions of your Providence, according to the example of Blessed Chiara: “If you want it Jesus, so do I”.
Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be
Blessed Chiara Badano, pray for us!
Amen.
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Answered Prayers from the Community
“I received tremendous peace throughout as well as new understandings. On the last day I received a beautiful gift I didn’t ask for, a beautiful memory of my son. I’m so grateful and extremely happy! Thank you St Michael!! Glory to you O sweet God!!”
Day 3
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
O Father, fount of everything good, we give You thanks for the wonderful testimony of Blessed Chiara Badano. Filled with the Holy Spirit and guided by the radiant light of Jesus, she believed firmly in Your infinite love, and wished to return it with all her strength, surrendering herself in complete trust to Your paternal will.
We humbly beseech You that You may also grant us the gift to live with You and for You, and ask You, if it be Your will, for the grace
(mention request here…)
through Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Amen.
Holy Father, you so loved humanity that you gave us your Son, who by the sacrifice of his life has given us the greatest good of salvation. Grant me the grace to imitate the generosity of his brotherly love, docile to his request: “As I have loved you, so you must love one another” (Jn 13:34). Make me therefore attentive to the needs and suffering of my neighbours, ready and willing to listen, comfort and help according to my possibilities.
Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be
Blessed Chiara Badano, pray for us!
Amen.
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Answered Prayers from the Community
“I received tremendous peace throughout as well as new understandings. On the last day I received a beautiful gift I didn’t ask for, a beautiful memory of my son. I’m so grateful and extremely happy! Thank you St Michael!! Glory to you O sweet God!!”
Day 4
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
O Father, fount of everything good, we give You thanks for the wonderful testimony of Blessed Chiara Badano. Filled with the Holy Spirit and guided by the radiant light of Jesus, she believed firmly in Your infinite love, and wished to return it with all her strength, surrendering herself in complete trust to Your paternal will.
We humbly beseech You that You may also grant us the gift to live with You and for You, and ask You, if it be Your will, for the grace
(mention request here…)
through Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Amen.
God, holy and almighty, I am aware of all the imperfections affecting my knowledge and my abilities, my will and my acts. I therefore commend myself to your infinite goodness so that you might grant me the grace to obey your commandments and accept the decisions of your Providence, in imitation of the docility of your Son Jesus: “Not my will, but yours be done” (Lk 22:42).
Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be
Blessed Chiara Badano, pray for us!
Amen.
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Answered Prayers from the Community
“I received tremendous peace throughout as well as new understandings. On the last day I received a beautiful gift I didn’t ask for, a beautiful memory of my son. I’m so grateful and extremely happy! Thank you St Michael!! Glory to you O sweet God!!”
Day 5
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
O Father, fount of everything good, we give You thanks for the wonderful testimony of Blessed Chiara Badano. Filled with the Holy Spirit and guided by the radiant light of Jesus, she believed firmly in Your infinite love, and wished to return it with all her strength, surrendering herself in complete trust to Your paternal will.
We humbly beseech You that You may also grant us the gift to live with You and for You, and ask You, if it be Your will, for the grace
(mention request here…)
through Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Amen.
Father, source of all good, I am humbled by my infidelities. Instead of returning your immense love, I succumbed to the allure of selfishness and pride, the urges of pleasure, the pressure of bad examples. Pained by those faults, I turn to your infinite mercy to be forgiven thanks to Jesus’ sacrifice. Because sincere repentance requires the commitment of conversion, I implore your help in making prayer and habitual union with you more intense and more fervent.
Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be
Blessed Chiara Badano, pray for us!
Amen.
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Answered Prayers from the Community
“I received tremendous peace throughout as well as new understandings. On the last day I received a beautiful gift I didn’t ask for, a beautiful memory of my son. I’m so grateful and extremely happy! Thank you St Michael!! Glory to you O sweet God!!”
Day 6
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
O Father, fount of everything good, we give You thanks for the wonderful testimony of Blessed Chiara Badano. Filled with the Holy Spirit and guided by the radiant light of Jesus, she believed firmly in Your infinite love, and wished to return it with all her strength, surrendering herself in complete trust to Your paternal will.
We humbly beseech You that You may also grant us the gift to live with You and for You, and ask You, if it be Your will, for the grace
(mention request here…)
through Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Amen.
God of paternal benevolence, you exhort us to listen to your Son, admirable example of generosity in dedicating plenty of time to dialogue with you. It is right that I also imitate him in order to thank you for your immense love, to meditate on your Word, to implore for light and support to fulfill my duties and to intercede for the needs of my brothers: “Lord, teach us to pray” (Luke 11:1).
Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be
Blessed Chiara Badano, pray for us!
Amen.
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Answered Prayers from the Community
“I received tremendous peace throughout as well as new understandings. On the last day I received a beautiful gift I didn’t ask for, a beautiful memory of my son. I’m so grateful and extremely happy! Thank you St Michael!! Glory to you O sweet God!!”
Day 7
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
O Father, fount of everything good, we give You thanks for the wonderful testimony of Blessed Chiara Badano. Filled with the Holy Spirit and guided by the radiant light of Jesus, she believed firmly in Your infinite love, and wished to return it with all her strength, surrendering herself in complete trust to Your paternal will.
We humbly beseech You that You may also grant us the gift to live with You and for You, and ask You, if it be Your will, for the grace
(mention request here…)
through Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Amen.
Father of infinite benevolence, I beseech your grace to learn how to turn often to you in the course of my days, in order to confide spontaneously my moods to you: thoughts and feelings, intentions and decisions, joys and sorrows. Teach me to consult you, from time to time, for proper enlightenment on the way forward; teach me to promptly recognize mistakes and faults; to thank you for your love and your gifts.
Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be
Blessed Chiara Badano, pray for us!
Amen.
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Answered Prayers from the Community
“I received tremendous peace throughout as well as new understandings. On the last day I received a beautiful gift I didn’t ask for, a beautiful memory of my son. I’m so grateful and extremely happy! Thank you St Michael!! Glory to you O sweet God!!”
Day 8
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
O Father, fount of everything good, we give You thanks for the wonderful testimony of Blessed Chiara Badano. Filled with the Holy Spirit and guided by the radiant light of Jesus, she believed firmly in Your infinite love, and wished to return it with all her strength, surrendering herself in complete trust to Your paternal will.
We humbly beseech You that You may also grant us the gift to live with You and for You, and ask You, if it be Your will, for the grace
(mention request here…)
through Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Amen.
Father, fortress of those who hope in you, you have revealed the perfection of your holiness and love, so that I have a firm and unwavering confidence in your faithfulness to promises. You have given me the assurance that I will not be tried beyond my strength and that, together with Jesus, you will always be with me to support me in any trouble. I implore, in particular, your grace to hope firmly in eternal life: that full, perennial and happy communion with you. With your help, therefore, I join the exhortation of Blessed Chiara: “Trust in God!”.
Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be
Blessed Chiara Badano, pray for us!
Amen.
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Answered Prayers from the Community
“I received tremendous peace throughout as well as new understandings. On the last day I received a beautiful gift I didn’t ask for, a beautiful memory of my son. I’m so grateful and extremely happy! Thank you St Michael!! Glory to you O sweet God!!”
Day 9
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
O Father, fount of everything good, we give You thanks for the wonderful testimony of Blessed Chiara Badano. Filled with the Holy Spirit and guided by the radiant light of Jesus, she believed firmly in Your infinite love, and wished to return it with all her strength, surrendering herself in complete trust to Your paternal will.
We humbly beseech You that You may also grant us the gift to live with You and for You, and ask You, if it be Your will, for the grace
(mention request here…)
through Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Amen.
God, source of all good, your Son Jesus asks us to take part in his mission: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you” (Mt 28:19). I must have at heart the good of every person: therefore, you ask me to help others with my example and words in getting to know Jesus and his teaching, so that I can accept the gifts of your grace, share your friendship and attain salvation. In particular, I dare to ask you for a grace that is so close to my heart, through the intercession of the Saints and in particular of Blessed Chiara Badano.
Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be
Blessed Chiara Badano, pray for us!
Amen.
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Answered Prayers from the Community
“I received tremendous peace throughout as well as new understandings. On the last day I received a beautiful gift I didn’t ask for, a beautiful memory of my son. I’m so grateful and extremely happy! Thank you St Michael!! Glory to you O sweet God!!”
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