St. Clare of Assisi – Patron Saint of Eye Disorders and Television – Novena
Recite the prayer for the proper day.
St. Clare Novena, Day One
O most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we praise your Holy name and the wonders of grace you worked in your servant, St. Clare. Through her powerful intercession, grant us the favors we beg in this novena, above all the grace to live and die as she did in your most holy Love. Amen.
O Seraphic St. Clare! First disciple of the Poor Man of Assisi, who has abandoned all riches and honors for a life of sacrifice and of highest poverty, obtain from God for us the grace we ask (state your intention here), that of always submitting to the Divine Will and of living confidently in the providence of our Heavenly Father. Amen.
V. Pray for us, St. Clare
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray,
We pray You, Lord, grant us Your servants who celebrate the festival of Blessed Clare. Your virgin, by her intercession to be partakers of the joys of heaven and co-heirs with Your only begotten Son. Who being God, lives and reigns forever and ever.
R. Amen.
St. Clare Novena, Day Two
O most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we praise your Holy name and the wonders of grace you worked in your servant, St. Clare. Through her powerful intercession, grant us the favors we beg in this novena, above all the grace to live and die as she did in your most holy Love. Amen.
O Seraphic St. Clare who, notwithstanding living separated from the world hast not forgotten the poor and the afflicted, but hast become a mother to them, sacrificing for them your riches and working for them innumerable miracles; obtain from God for us the grace we implore (state your intention here), Christian charity towards our brethren in all their spiritual and temporal needs. Amen.
V. Pray for us, St. Clare
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray,
We pray You, Lord, grant us Your servants who celebrate the festival of Blessed Clare. Your virgin, by her intercession to be partakers of the joys of heaven and co-heirs with Your only begotten Son. Who being God, lives and reigns forever and ever.
R. Amen.
St. Clare Novena, Day Three
O most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we praise your Holy name and the wonders of grace you worked in your servant, St. Clare. Through her powerful intercession, grant us the favors we beg in this novena, above all the grace to live and die as she did in your most holy Love. Amen.
O Seraphic St. Clare! Light of your country, who hast delivered Italy from barbarous invaders; obtain from God for us the grace we implore (state your intention here) that of overcoming all attacks of the world against faith and morals thus preserving in our families true Christian peace with a holy fear of God and a devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. Amen.
V. Pray for us, St. Clare
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray,
We pray You, Lord, grant us Your servants who celebrate the festival of Blessed Clare. Your virgin, by her intercession to be partakers of the joys of heaven and co-heirs with Your only begotten Son. Who being God, lives and reigns forever and ever.
R. Amen.
St. Clare Novena, Day Four
O most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we praise your Holy name and the wonders of grace you worked in your servant, St. Clare. Through her powerful intercession, grant us the favors we beg in this novena, above all the grace to live and die as she did in your most holy Love. Amen.
Blessed St. Clare whose very name means light, illumine the darkness of our minds and hearts so that we may see what God wishes us to do and perform it with a willing and joyful heart. Before your birth, a Heavenly voice foretold that you would be a light illuminating the world. Be a light to us in the sorrows and anxieties of this earthly life, and lead us into the eternal light of our home in Heaven. Amen.
V. Pray for us, St. Clare
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray,
We pray You, Lord, grant us Your servants who celebrate the festival of Blessed Clare. Your virgin, by her intercession to be partakers of the joys of heaven and co-heirs with Your only begotten Son. Who being God, lives and reigns forever and ever.
R. Amen.
St. Clare Novena, Day Five
O most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we praise your Holy name and the wonders of grace you worked in your servant, St. Clare. Through her powerful intercession, grant us the favors we beg in this novena, above all the grace to live and die as she did in your most holy Love. Amen.
Seraphic St. Clare whose virginal heart was great enough to love the whole world, take our petitions into your pure hands and present them to God. Pray for us that we may one day enter joyously before the throne of God. Let the light of your perfect purity consume the shadows of sin and corruption that darken the world. Intercede by your innocence for our youth. Safeguard the peace of our homes and the unity of our family. Plead with your chaste love for all in peril. Amen.
V. Pray for us, St. Clare
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray,
We pray You, Lord, grant us Your servants who celebrate the festival of Blessed Clare. Your virgin, by her intercession to be partakers of the joys of heaven and co-heirs with Your only begotten Son. Who being God, lives and reigns forever and ever.
R. Amen.
St. Clare Novena, Day Six
O most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we praise your Holy name and the wonders of grace you worked in your servant, St. Clare. Through her powerful intercession, grant us the favors we beg in this novena, above all the grace to live and die as she did in your most holy Love. Amen.
Generous St. Clare who left wealth and pleasure and all earthly goods to become the first spiritual daughter of St. Francis and to serve God in the Cloister, help us to commit our lives to God without limit or measure so that He may live in us and shine forth from us to all whose lives touch ours. You who loved souls so much as to make your life a continual sacrifice for them, obtain for us the graces we now implore and win for us the strength to praise God in suffering as well as in joy. Amen.
V. Pray for us, St. Clare
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray,
We pray You, Lord, grant us Your servants who celebrate the festival of Blessed Clare. Your virgin, by her intercession to be partakers of the joys of heaven and co-heirs with Your only begotten Son. Who being God, lives and reigns forever and ever.
R. Amen.
St. Clare Novena, Day Seven
O most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we praise your Holy name and the wonders of grace you worked in your servant, St. Clare. Through her powerful intercession, grant us the favors we beg in this novena, above all the grace to live and die as she did in your most holy Love. Amen.
Faithful St. Clare, loyal daughter of the Church, friend and confidante of popes, intercede for holy Church look graciously from Heaven on our holy Father Pope… Enlighten us to remove from our souls all that hinders the progress of the Church on earth. Grant that we may share your great love for the Church of God and spread His kingdom on earth by a holy life. You who worked miracles in the presence of the pope on earth, obtain for us the graces we need, now that you stand in the presence of the most high God in Heaven. Amen.
V. Pray for us, St. Clare
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray,
We pray You, Lord, grant us Your servants who celebrate the festival of Blessed Clare. Your virgin, by her intercession to be partakers of the joys of heaven and co-heirs with Your only begotten Son. Who being God, lives and reigns forever and ever.
R. Amen.
St. Clare Novena, Day Eight
O most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we praise your Holy name and the wonders of grace you worked in your servant, St. Clare. Through her powerful intercession, grant us the favors we beg in this novena, above all the grace to live and die as she did in your most holy Love. Amen.
Valiant St. Clare who fearlessly stood alone against the barbarous Saracens, trusting in the Blessed Sacrament as your only protection, enkindle in us a tender love for Jesus Christ; help us to lead Eucharistic lives. You who saved your city of Assisi from plunder and ruin, protect our city and archdiocese, plead for our loved country and the suffering world. A voice from the Sacred Host rewarded your trust with the promise: I will always take care of you. Glorious St. Clare, from your high place in Heaven, take care o us now in our earthly needs and guide us by your light to Heaven. Amen.
V. Pray for us, St. Clare
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray,
We pray You, Lord, grant us Your servants who celebrate the festival of Blessed Clare. Your virgin, by her intercession to be partakers of the joys of heaven and co-heirs with Your only begotten Son. Who being God, lives and reigns forever and ever.
R. Amen.
St. Clare Novena, Day Nine
O most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we praise your Holy name and the wonders of grace you worked in your servant, St. Clare. Through her powerful intercession, grant us the favors we beg in this novena, above all the grace to live and die as she did in your most holy Love. Amen.Gracious St. Clare who fulfilled your womanhood by a life of love in prayer and penance, help us to fulfil our destiny that we may one day greet you in Heaven. You who were consoled at your death by a vision of Christ and His mother, obtain for us the grace that we may die under the special protection of God and enter into the light and bliss you now enjoy. Have pity on us who struggle, on us who mourn, and win for us the favors of God so that after this life we may come home to Him who lives and reigns forever and ever. Amen.
V. Pray for us, St. Clare
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray,
We pray You, Lord, grant us Your servants who celebrate the festival of Blessed Clare. Your virgin, by her intercession to be partakers of the joys of heaven and co-heirs with Your only begotten Son. Who being God, lives and reigns forever and ever.
R. Amen.
