Novena to Pray for our Grandparents and the Elderly

Lord Jesus,
you were born of the Virgin Mary,
the daughter of Saints Joachim and Anne.
Look with love on grandparents and the elderly all over the world.
Protect them! They are a source of enrichment
for families, for the Church, and for all of society.
Support them!  As they grow older,
may they continue to be for their families and loved ones
strong pillars of Gospel faith,
guardians of noble domestic ideals,
living treasuries of sound religious traditions.
Make them teachers of wisdom and courage,
that they may pass on to future generations the fruits
of their mature human and spiritual experience.

Lord Jesus,
help families and society to value 
the presence and role of grandparents and the elderly.
May they never be ignored or excluded,
but always encounter respect and love.
Help them to live serenely and to feel welcomed
in all the years of life which you give them.
Mary, Mother of all the living,
keep grandparents and the elderly constantly in your care,
accompany them on their earthly pilgrimage,
and by your prayers, grant that all families
may one day be reunited in our heavenly homeland,
where you await all humanity
for the great embrace of life without end.  Amen!

Based on the Prayer for Grandparents by Pope Benedict XVI

Catholic Mom Daily Gospel Reflections

Hail Mary, full of grace.
Our Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb,
Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.

Novena to Saints Joachim & Anne

God of our fathers,
you gave Saints Anne and Joachim
the privilege of being the parents of Mary,
the mother of your incarnate Son.
May their prayers help us to attain
the salvation you have promised to your people.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.

One week of prayer for our Moms

Hail Mary, full of grace.
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb,
Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.

Praying for Our Fathers along with St. Joseph!

Hail Joseph, full of grace.
The Lord rested in your arms and grew up in front of you. 
Blessed art thou amongst all men and blessed is the divine Child of your virginal wife, Jesus. 
Saint Joseph, as being the father of the Son of God, pray for us at the time of our family, health and work worries until our last days and deign to rescue us at the hour of our death. 
Amen.

A novena to Saint Anne for families

Holy Ann, we pray you,
Be the watch
Of faith in our hearts,
Of grace in our souls,
Of the solidity of our homes
Of love in our family
Of reconciliation in the Church
Of peace in the world.
Keep alive in us
The virtue of hope. 
Saint Ann, Mary's mother and Jesus' grandmother, watch over us.


Father's Day: Let's Offer Him a Novena!

Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
thy kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day, our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And let us not enter into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
Amen

Novena to Sto. Niño

Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Jesus, hear us.
Jesus, graciously hear us.

In every need let us come to you with humble trust.

R. Santo Nino, help us.

In our all doubts, perplexities and temptations, R
In hours of loneliness, weariness and trials, R
In the failure of our plans and hopes, R
In disappointments, troubles and sorrows, R
When others fail us, and Your Grace alone can assist us, R
When we throw ourselves on your tender love as our only refuge, R
When we are ill and our head and hands cannot work and we are lonely, R
When we feel impatient and our cross irritates us, R
Always, always, in spite of weaknesses, failings and shortcomings of every kind, R

Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world:
Spare us. O Jesus.
Lamb of God who take away the sins of te world:
Graciously hear us, O Jesus
Lamb of God who take away the sins of the world:
have mercy upon us, O Jesus.
Jesus, hear us.
Jesus, Graciously hear us.

LET US PRAY
O Santo Nino, who has said, “ask and you shall receive; seek and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto you,” Give we beseech you, to us who ask the gift of your divine love, that we may love you with our whole heart, in words and deeds, and never cease from showing forth your praise.

Make us, O Lord, to have a perpetual fear and love of Your Holy Name, for you never fail to govern them whom you solidly establish in Your love; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

CONCLUDING PRAYER
O miraculous Santo Nino prostrate before your sacred Image, we beseech you to cast a merciful look on our troubled hearts. Let Your tender love, so inclined to pity, be softened at our prayers, and grant us that grace for which we ardently implore you. Take from us all unbearable affliction and despair. For your sacred infancy's sake hear our prayers and send us consolation and aid that we may praise you, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, forever and ever.

Amen.