Novena for the Youth

Let us entrust our youth to God's care. During nine days, we will be covering them with prayers!

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Pray for The Youth!

In today's troubled world, our youth needs guidance and protection more than ever. And who better than our Lord to do either? Join us as we pray for our children, teens, and young adults for nine days. 

Program of The Novena

Throughout this Novena, we will be offering prayers, meditations, and highlights on the life of the patron saints of the youth (most of them are young saints that our youth can emulate or pray to).  You may submit the names of your young relatives in the comments section if you wish so, we will lift them in our daily prayers. 

The Novena contains beautiful illustrations from Christopher Santer, artist and illustrator of the book "I am going". He graciously granted his permission to use his artwork, and I encourage you to check it out on his website, Pacem Studio

Picture: Faithful cheer as they welcome Pope Francis in Krakow's Jordan Park, Poland, on July 28, 2016, at the World Youth Days Festival. (Osservatore Romano/Pool Photo via AP)

Prayer from the novena

Prayer for our Youth

We offer you, Loving God, the gifts and needs of youth. Bless them with your guiding grace as they face the challenges and opportunities in their lives. Touch their hearts with the gentleness of your love, that they may know they are valued and valuable beings. Send your spirit of hope to their lives, that they may believe in themselves and know they are needed in this world. Grace them with the gift of joy that they may celebrate life through laughter and tears alike. Guide us, as we continue to grow in appreciation of the many gifts of young people, in the ministry opportunities we offer to them, in the journey of faith we walk with them, in our shared mission as a community called to discipleship in the world. We ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.