| Novena Starts: | July 23 |
| Feastday: | August 1 |
| Birth: | 1696 |
| Death: | 1787 |
Patron saint of arthritis, lawyers, confessors, lay apostolates, and vocations
St Alphonsus Liguori Novena
St Alphonsus Liguori was an Italian bishop, writer, musician, and philosopher who founded the Redemptorists and became a Doctor of the Church. Pray this novena for arthritis, lawyers, confessors, lay apostolates, and vocations.
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Day 1
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Glorious St Alphonsus, loving Father of the poor and sick, all your life you devoted yourself with a heroic charity, to lighten their spiritual and bodily miseries.
Full of confidence in your tender pity for the sick, since you yourself patiently bore the cross of illness, I come to you for help in my present needs
(mention request here…)
I place myself under your protection that you may always be my guide in the way of holiness and salvation.
Loving father of the suffering, St Alphonsus, look with compassion upon me in my suffering.
Ask God to give me good health of mind and body, and if not, give me great peace and joy in God’s will.
I unite my sufferings to Christ, in union with His great sufferings, and with those of Our Lady, Mother of Sorrows, for the salvation of souls on earth and in Purgatory, and in thanksgiving for the remission of my many sins.
Amen.
St Alphonsus, you said, that every saint became a saint through Mental Prayer.
Help me learn to do Mental Prayer each day and spend time quietly with Our Lord. Amen.
Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Answered Prayers from the Community
“My peace of mind gets interrupted, when I get caught up in all going on in the world. My health is good, and my faith grows every day. I talk w God every morning & night, he is good to me despite me being a sinner.”
Day 2
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Glorious St Alphonsus, loving Father of the poor and sick, all your life you devoted yourself with a heroic charity, to lighten their spiritual and bodily miseries.
Full of confidence in your tender pity for the sick, since you yourself patiently bore the cross of illness, I come to you for help in my present needs
(mention request here…)
I place myself under your protection that you may always be my guide in the way of holiness and salvation.
Loving father of the suffering, St Alphonsus, look with compassion upon me in my suffering.
Ask God to give me good health of mind and body, and if not, give me great peace and joy in God’s will.
I unite my sufferings to Christ, in union with His great sufferings, and with those of Our Lady, Mother of Sorrows, for the salvation of souls on earth and in Purgatory, and in thanksgiving for the remission of my many sins.
Amen.
St Alphonsus, you said, that every saint became a saint through Mental Prayer.
Help me learn to do Mental Prayer each day and spend time quietly with Our Lord. Amen.
Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Answered Prayers from the Community
“Thank you for your intercession 🙏🏼🙏🏼”
Day 3
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Glorious St Alphonsus, loving Father of the poor and sick, all your life you devoted yourself with a heroic charity, to lighten their spiritual and bodily miseries.
Full of confidence in your tender pity for the sick, since you yourself patiently bore the cross of illness, I come to you for help in my present needs
(mention request here…)
I place myself under your protection that you may always be my guide in the way of holiness and salvation.
Loving father of the suffering, St Alphonsus, look with compassion upon me in my suffering.
Ask God to give me good health of mind and body, and if not, give me great peace and joy in God’s will.
I unite my sufferings to Christ, in union with His great sufferings, and with those of Our Lady, Mother of Sorrows, for the salvation of souls on earth and in Purgatory, and in thanksgiving for the remission of my many sins.
Amen.
St Alphonsus, you said, that every saint became a saint through Mental Prayer.
Help me learn to do Mental Prayer each day and spend time quietly with Our Lord. Amen.
Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Answered Prayers from the Community
“St Alphonsus Liguori key saint for our time, thanking him for answering my prayers!”
Day 4
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Glorious St Alphonsus, loving Father of the poor and sick, all your life you devoted yourself with a heroic charity, to lighten their spiritual and bodily miseries.
Full of confidence in your tender pity for the sick, since you yourself patiently bore the cross of illness, I come to you for help in my present needs
(mention request here…)
I place myself under your protection that you may always be my guide in the way of holiness and salvation.
Loving father of the suffering, St Alphonsus, look with compassion upon me in my suffering.
Ask God to give me good health of mind and body, and if not, give me great peace and joy in God’s will.
I unite my sufferings to Christ, in union with His great sufferings, and with those of Our Lady, Mother of Sorrows, for the salvation of souls on earth and in Purgatory, and in thanksgiving for the remission of my many sins.
Amen.
St Alphonsus, you said, that every saint became a saint through Mental Prayer.
Help me learn to do Mental Prayer each day and spend time quietly with Our Lord. Amen.
Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Answered Prayers from the Community
“With God all my prayers will be answered and I wil come back to share my testimonies 🙏🏽through same Christ our Lord Amen 🙏🏽”
Day 5
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Glorious St Alphonsus, loving Father of the poor and sick, all your life you devoted yourself with a heroic charity, to lighten their spiritual and bodily miseries.
Full of confidence in your tender pity for the sick, since you yourself patiently bore the cross of illness, I come to you for help in my present needs
(mention request here…)
I place myself under your protection that you may always be my guide in the way of holiness and salvation.
Loving father of the suffering, St Alphonsus, look with compassion upon me in my suffering.
Ask God to give me good health of mind and body, and if not, give me great peace and joy in God’s will.
I unite my sufferings to Christ, in union with His great sufferings, and with those of Our Lady, Mother of Sorrows, for the salvation of souls on earth and in Purgatory, and in thanksgiving for the remission of my many sins.
Amen.
St Alphonsus, you said, that every saint became a saint through Mental Prayer.
Help me learn to do Mental Prayer each day and spend time quietly with Our Lord. Amen.
Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Answered Prayers from the Community
“Someone helped me discern life.”
Day 6
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Glorious St Alphonsus, loving Father of the poor and sick, all your life you devoted yourself with a heroic charity, to lighten their spiritual and bodily miseries.
Full of confidence in your tender pity for the sick, since you yourself patiently bore the cross of illness, I come to you for help in my present needs
(mention request here…)
I place myself under your protection that you may always be my guide in the way of holiness and salvation.
Loving father of the suffering, St Alphonsus, look with compassion upon me in my suffering.
Ask God to give me good health of mind and body, and if not, give me great peace and joy in God’s will.
I unite my sufferings to Christ, in union with His great sufferings, and with those of Our Lady, Mother of Sorrows, for the salvation of souls on earth and in Purgatory, and in thanksgiving for the remission of my many sins.
Amen.
St Alphonsus, you said, that every saint became a saint through Mental Prayer.
Help me learn to do Mental Prayer each day and spend time quietly with Our Lord. Amen.
Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Answered Prayers from the Community
“I will continue to ask for his intercession through Mary Jesus Christ and God the Father and Holy Ghost. I might not know it but thankful for all the blessings bestowed on me.”
Day 7
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Glorious St Alphonsus, loving Father of the poor and sick, all your life you devoted yourself with a heroic charity, to lighten their spiritual and bodily miseries.
Full of confidence in your tender pity for the sick, since you yourself patiently bore the cross of illness, I come to you for help in my present needs
(mention request here…)
I place myself under your protection that you may always be my guide in the way of holiness and salvation.
Loving father of the suffering, St Alphonsus, look with compassion upon me in my suffering.
Ask God to give me good health of mind and body, and if not, give me great peace and joy in God’s will.
I unite my sufferings to Christ, in union with His great sufferings, and with those of Our Lady, Mother of Sorrows, for the salvation of souls on earth and in Purgatory, and in thanksgiving for the remission of my many sins.
Amen.
St Alphonsus, you said, that every saint became a saint through Mental Prayer.
Help me learn to do Mental Prayer each day and spend time quietly with Our Lord. Amen.
Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Answered Prayers from the Community
“I'm in good health thanks 🙏🏿”
Day 8
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Glorious St Alphonsus, loving Father of the poor and sick, all your life you devoted yourself with a heroic charity, to lighten their spiritual and bodily miseries.
Full of confidence in your tender pity for the sick, since you yourself patiently bore the cross of illness, I come to you for help in my present needs
(mention request here…)
I place myself under your protection that you may always be my guide in the way of holiness and salvation.
Loving father of the suffering, St Alphonsus, look with compassion upon me in my suffering.
Ask God to give me good health of mind and body, and if not, give me great peace and joy in God’s will.
I unite my sufferings to Christ, in union with His great sufferings, and with those of Our Lady, Mother of Sorrows, for the salvation of souls on earth and in Purgatory, and in thanksgiving for the remission of my many sins.
Amen.
St Alphonsus, you said, that every saint became a saint through Mental Prayer.
Help me learn to do Mental Prayer each day and spend time quietly with Our Lord. Amen.
Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Answered Prayers from the Community
“Trusting God for answered prayers 🙏”
Day 9
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Glorious St Alphonsus, loving Father of the poor and sick, all your life you devoted yourself with a heroic charity, to lighten their spiritual and bodily miseries.
Full of confidence in your tender pity for the sick, since you yourself patiently bore the cross of illness, I come to you for help in my present needs
(mention request here…)
I place myself under your protection that you may always be my guide in the way of holiness and salvation.
Loving father of the suffering, St Alphonsus, look with compassion upon me in my suffering.
Ask God to give me good health of mind and body, and if not, give me great peace and joy in God’s will.
I unite my sufferings to Christ, in union with His great sufferings, and with those of Our Lady, Mother of Sorrows, for the salvation of souls on earth and in Purgatory, and in thanksgiving for the remission of my many sins.
Amen.
St Alphonsus, you said, that every saint became a saint through Mental Prayer.
Help me learn to do Mental Prayer each day and spend time quietly with Our Lord. Amen.
Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Answered Prayers from the Community
“I found an orthopedic surgeon who is starting with injections and it has brought welcome relief! Thank you St. Alphonsus Ligouri!”
Answered Prayers from the Community
Shared by people who prayed with the Intercede app and saw their prayers answered.
“My peace of mind gets interrupted, when I get caught up in all going on in the world. My health is good, and my faith grows every day. I talk w God every morning & night, he is good to me despite me being a sinner.”
“Thank you for your intercession 🙏🏼🙏🏼”
“St Alphonsus Liguori key saint for our time, thanking him for answering my prayers!”
“With God all my prayers will be answered and I wil come back to share my testimonies 🙏🏽through same Christ our Lord Amen 🙏🏽”
“Someone helped me discern life.”
“I will continue to ask for his intercession through Mary Jesus Christ and God the Father and Holy Ghost. I might not know it but thankful for all the blessings bestowed on me.”
“I'm in good health thanks 🙏🏿”
“Trusting God for answered prayers 🙏”
“I found an orthopedic surgeon who is starting with injections and it has brought welcome relief! Thank you St. Alphonsus Ligouri!”
“Diligence”
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