St Gemma Galgani Novena

You can pray the full St Gemma Galgani Novena below.

Day 1 Prayer

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Intro Prayer

St Gemma, patroness of all students, pharmacists, those who have lost their parents, those suffering back injury or back pain, those suffering from headaches or migraines, and those struggling with temptations to impurity, we turn to you in this novena and trust in thy intercession.

Lord, we humbly prostrate ourselves before Thy Majesty, and we adore Thee and dedicate to Thy glory the devout prayers which we now present to Thee, as an act of devotion to your servant, St Gemma Galgani, whose intercession we are now imploring.

Most compassionate virgin, St. Gemma, during thy short life on earth, you gave a most beautiful example of angelic innocence and seraphic love and was found worthy to bear in thy flesh the marks of our Lord’s Passion.

Have pity on us who are so much in need of God’s Mercy, and obtain for us through thy merits and intercession, the special favor which we now fervently implore.

(Mention your intention here)

Concluding Prayer

Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be

Pray for us, Saint Gemma,
that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray:

O God, Who fashioned thy servant Saint Gemma into a likeness of Thy Crucified Son, grant us through her intercession the favor that we humbly request, and through the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Thy Son, may we be united with You for all eternity.

We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Day 2 Prayer

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Intro Prayer

St Gemma, patroness of all students, pharmacists, those who have lost their parents, those suffering back injury or back pain, those suffering from headaches or migraines, and those struggling with temptations to impurity, we turn to you in this novena and trust in thy intercession.

Lord, we humbly prostrate ourselves before Thy Majesty, and we adore Thee and dedicate to Thy glory the devout prayers which we now present to Thee, as an act of devotion to your servant, St Gemma Galgani, whose intercession we are now imploring.

Most compassionate virgin, St. Gemma, during thy short life on earth, you gave a most beautiful example of angelic innocence and seraphic love and was found worthy to bear in thy flesh the marks of our Lord’s Passion.

Have pity on us who are so much in need of God’s Mercy, and obtain for us through thy merits and intercession, the special favor which we now fervently implore.

(Mention your intention here)

Concluding Prayer

Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be

Pray for us, Saint Gemma,
that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray:

O God, Who fashioned thy servant Saint Gemma into a likeness of Thy Crucified Son, grant us through her intercession the favor that we humbly request, and through the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Thy Son, may we be united with You for all eternity.

We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Day 3 Prayer

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Intro Prayer

St Gemma, patroness of all students, pharmacists, those who have lost their parents, those suffering back injury or back pain, those suffering from headaches or migraines, and those struggling with temptations to impurity, we turn to you in this novena and trust in thy intercession.

Lord, we humbly prostrate ourselves before Thy Majesty, and we adore Thee and dedicate to Thy glory the devout prayers which we now present to Thee, as an act of devotion to your servant, St Gemma Galgani, whose intercession we are now imploring.

Most compassionate virgin, St. Gemma, during thy short life on earth, you gave a most beautiful example of angelic innocence and seraphic love and was found worthy to bear in thy flesh the marks of our Lord’s Passion.

Have pity on us who are so much in need of God’s Mercy, and obtain for us through thy merits and intercession, the special favor which we now fervently implore.

(Mention your intention here)

Concluding Prayer

Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be

Pray for us, Saint Gemma,
that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray:

O God, Who fashioned thy servant Saint Gemma into a likeness of Thy Crucified Son, grant us through her intercession the favor that we humbly request, and through the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Thy Son, may we be united with You for all eternity.

We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Day 4 Prayer

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Intro Prayer

St Gemma, patroness of all students, pharmacists, those who have lost their parents, those suffering back injury or back pain, those suffering from headaches or migraines, and those struggling with temptations to impurity, we turn to you in this novena and trust in thy intercession.

Lord, we humbly prostrate ourselves before Thy Majesty, and we adore Thee and dedicate to Thy glory the devout prayers which we now present to Thee, as an act of devotion to your servant, St Gemma Galgani, whose intercession we are now imploring.

Most compassionate virgin, St. Gemma, during thy short life on earth, you gave a most beautiful example of angelic innocence and seraphic love and was found worthy to bear in thy flesh the marks of our Lord’s Passion.

Have pity on us who are so much in need of God’s Mercy, and obtain for us through thy merits and intercession, the special favor which we now fervently implore.

(Mention your intention here)

Concluding Prayer

Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be

Pray for us, Saint Gemma,
that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray:

O God, Who fashioned thy servant Saint Gemma into a likeness of Thy Crucified Son, grant us through her intercession the favor that we humbly request, and through the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Thy Son, may we be united with You for all eternity.

We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Day 5 Prayer

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Intro Prayer

St Gemma, patroness of all students, pharmacists, those who have lost their parents, those suffering back injury or back pain, those suffering from headaches or migraines, and those struggling with temptations to impurity, we turn to you in this novena and trust in thy intercession.

Lord, we humbly prostrate ourselves before Thy Majesty, and we adore Thee and dedicate to Thy glory the devout prayers which we now present to Thee, as an act of devotion to your servant, St Gemma Galgani, whose intercession we are now imploring.

Most compassionate virgin, St. Gemma, during thy short life on earth, you gave a most beautiful example of angelic innocence and seraphic love and was found worthy to bear in thy flesh the marks of our Lord’s Passion.

Have pity on us who are so much in need of God’s Mercy, and obtain for us through thy merits and intercession, the special favor which we now fervently implore.

(Mention your intention here)

Concluding Prayer

Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be

Pray for us, Saint Gemma,
that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray:

O God, Who fashioned thy servant Saint Gemma into a likeness of Thy Crucified Son, grant us through her intercession the favor that we humbly request, and through the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Thy Son, may we be united with You for all eternity.

We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Day 6 Prayer

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Intro Prayer

St Gemma, patroness of all students, pharmacists, those who have lost their parents, those suffering back injury or back pain, those suffering from headaches or migraines, and those struggling with temptations to impurity, we turn to you in this novena and trust in thy intercession.

Lord, we humbly prostrate ourselves before Thy Majesty, and we adore Thee and dedicate to Thy glory the devout prayers which we now present to Thee, as an act of devotion to your servant, St Gemma Galgani, whose intercession we are now imploring.

Most compassionate virgin, St. Gemma, during thy short life on earth, you gave a most beautiful example of angelic innocence and seraphic love and was found worthy to bear in thy flesh the marks of our Lord’s Passion.

Have pity on us who are so much in need of God’s Mercy, and obtain for us through thy merits and intercession, the special favor which we now fervently implore.

(Mention your intention here)

Concluding Prayer

Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be

Pray for us, Saint Gemma,
that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray:

O God, Who fashioned thy servant Saint Gemma into a likeness of Thy Crucified Son, grant us through her intercession the favor that we humbly request, and through the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Thy Son, may we be united with You for all eternity.

We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Day 7 Prayer

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Intro Prayer

St Gemma, patroness of all students, pharmacists, those who have lost their parents, those suffering back injury or back pain, those suffering from headaches or migraines, and those struggling with temptations to impurity, we turn to you in this novena and trust in thy intercession.

Lord, we humbly prostrate ourselves before Thy Majesty, and we adore Thee and dedicate to Thy glory the devout prayers which we now present to Thee, as an act of devotion to your servant, St Gemma Galgani, whose intercession we are now imploring.

Most compassionate virgin, St. Gemma, during thy short life on earth, you gave a most beautiful example of angelic innocence and seraphic love and was found worthy to bear in thy flesh the marks of our Lord’s Passion.

Have pity on us who are so much in need of God’s Mercy, and obtain for us through thy merits and intercession, the special favor which we now fervently implore.

(Mention your intention here)

Concluding Prayer

Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be

Pray for us, Saint Gemma,
that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray:

O God, Who fashioned thy servant Saint Gemma into a likeness of Thy Crucified Son, grant us through her intercession the favor that we humbly request, and through the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Thy Son, may we be united with You for all eternity.

We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Day 8 Prayer

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Intro Prayer

St Gemma, patroness of all students, pharmacists, those who have lost their parents, those suffering back injury or back pain, those suffering from headaches or migraines, and those struggling with temptations to impurity, we turn to you in this novena and trust in thy intercession.

Lord, we humbly prostrate ourselves before Thy Majesty, and we adore Thee and dedicate to Thy glory the devout prayers which we now present to Thee, as an act of devotion to your servant, St Gemma Galgani, whose intercession we are now imploring.

Most compassionate virgin, St. Gemma, during thy short life on earth, you gave a most beautiful example of angelic innocence and seraphic love and was found worthy to bear in thy flesh the marks of our Lord’s Passion.

Have pity on us who are so much in need of God’s Mercy, and obtain for us through thy merits and intercession, the special favor which we now fervently implore.

(Mention your intention here)

Concluding Prayer

Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be

Pray for us, Saint Gemma,
that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray:

O God, Who fashioned thy servant Saint Gemma into a likeness of Thy Crucified Son, grant us through her intercession the favor that we humbly request, and through the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Thy Son, may we be united with You for all eternity.

We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Day 9 Prayer

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Intro Prayer

St Gemma, patroness of all students, pharmacists, those who have lost their parents, those suffering back injury or back pain, those suffering from headaches or migraines, and those struggling with temptations to impurity, we turn to you in this novena and trust in thy intercession.

Lord, we humbly prostrate ourselves before Thy Majesty, and we adore Thee and dedicate to Thy glory the devout prayers which we now present to Thee, as an act of devotion to your servant, St Gemma Galgani, whose intercession we are now imploring.

Most compassionate virgin, St. Gemma, during thy short life on earth, you gave a most beautiful example of angelic innocence and seraphic love and was found worthy to bear in thy flesh the marks of our Lord’s Passion.

Have pity on us who are so much in need of God’s Mercy, and obtain for us through thy merits and intercession, the special favor which we now fervently implore.

(Mention your intention here)

Concluding Prayer

Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be

Pray for us, Saint Gemma,
that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray:

O God, Who fashioned thy servant Saint Gemma into a likeness of Thy Crucified Son, grant us through her intercession the favor that we humbly request, and through the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Thy Son, may we be united with You for all eternity.

We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Answered Prayers From This Novena

St Gemma reminded me about the novena. I was one or two days late, but she wanted me to pray this novena.

My back started to hurt, and I had an MRI done. I have a herniated disc but without the pain I use to have.

I know St Gemma prayed for me to mother Mary and Jesus.

from I.M.

I thank St Gemma Galgani for begging our Lord Jesus Christ for helping me flee from sexual immorality.

Glory be to God!

from L.B.

Answered prayers through St Gemma’s Novena for remission of back pain!

from S.R.

This novena helped me with my back pain.

I no longer have it after the third or fourth day of the novena!

Even though God removed my pain, in thanksgiving I continued the novena through all nine days. Thank you St Gemma.

My brother’s back operation was successful through St Gemma’s intercession.

She helped cure my daughter’s back pain.

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More About St Gemma

Read more about the patron saint of Students, Pharmacists, Paratroopers and Parachutists, loss of parents, those suffering back injury or back pain, those suffering from headaches/migraines, those struggling with temptations to impurity and those seeking purity of heart. on the St Gemma Saint Page.

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