Novena to Saint Francis Xavier

[Dawn Marie]

 Novena to Saint Francis Xavier

This novena to Saint Francis Xavier is for the most precious blessings of living and dying in the state of grace

Most amiable and most loving Saint Francis Xavier,
in union with thee I reverently adore the Divine Majesty.
I rejoice exceedingly on account of the marvelous gifts which God bestowed upon thee.
I thank God for the special graces He gave thee during thy life on earth and for the great glory that came to thee after thy death.
I implore thee to obtain for me, through thy powerful intercession, the greatest of all blessings --
that of living and dying in the state of grace.
I also beg of thee to secure for me the special favor I ask in this novena.

Mention requests here…

In asking this favor, I am fully resigned to the Divine Will.
I pray and desire only to obtain that which is most conducive to the greater glory of God and the greater good of my soul.

V. Pray for us, Saint Francis Xavier.

R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

O God, Who didst vouchsafe, by the preaching and miracles of Saint Francis Xavier, to join unto Thy Church the nations of the Indies, grant, we beseech Thee, that we who reverence his glorious merits may also imitate his example, through Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen.

Add 3 Our Father's and 3 Hail Mary's in memory of Saint Francis Xavier's devotion to the Most Holy Trinity,
and Glory be 10 times in thanksgiving for the graces received during his 10 years of apostleship.

[Gloria]

Pray for us, Saint Francis Xavier.   † Blessed and exalted be the Precious Blood of Jesus and  in the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, with love and reparation. Fiat ! Hail Mary. Amen. † 

[Gloria]

 Pray for us, Saint Francis Xavier.   † Blessed and exalted be the Precious Blood of Jesus and  in the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, with love and reparation. Fiat ! Hail Mary. Amen. † 

[Judy Muller]

Amen

[Judy Muller]

Amen

[Judy Muller]

Amen.

[Judy Muller]

Amen.

[Gloria]

Pray for us, Saint Francis Xavier.  Blessed and exalted be the Precious Blood of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, with love and reparation.  Fiat!  Amen.

[Gloria]

Pray for us, Saint Francis Xavier.  Blessed and exalted be the Precious Blood of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, with love and reparation.  Fiat!  Amen.

[Gloria]

Death of St Francis Xavier

Xavier’s hour has come, the hour of his eternal reward and never-ending bliss. In a little hut, open on all sides to the biting blast, the great Apostle lies dying. Far from home and all that makes this life pleasant, far from the quiet of his own religious house, alone upon this barren isle, our Saint will yield his soul to God. What joy fills his heart now at the thought of the sacrifices he has made, the honours he has despised, the pleasures left behind. Happy sufferings! Happy penances! He thinks of what his life might have been, the life of a gay worldling, and in gratitude he lifts his eyes to thank his God for the graces given him. What matter now the hardships he has endured? All, all, are past, for now the sweet reward of heaven is inviting him to his eternal rest.