Novena Prayer To Saint Expeditus
Advocate in Urgent Cases
*Act of Contrition
My LORD Jesus Christ, Father of endless charity, I am heartily sorry for my sins. Grant me, therefore, pardon of my sins and the grace I ask of You thru the merits of the sorrows of Your loving Mother and the virtues of Your martyr, Saint Expeditus.
*Prayer to Saint Expeditus for Each Day
Oh Saint Expeditus, my protector, in you I place my hope that my petitions may be granted if they are for my own good. Please ask Our Lord, through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin, for the forgiveness of my sins, and the grace to change my life, particularly the grace … (mention here the particular grace desired) and I promise to follow your examples and will propagate this devotion to you.
FIRST DAY
O Glorious Martyr, Saint Expeditus, through the lively faith which was granted you by God, I ask you to awaken the same faith in my heart, that I may also believe wholeheartedly that there is God, but most particularly that I may be saved from sinning against Him.
3 Our Fathers in honors of the Most Holy Trinity
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 lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and for ever.
Amen.
*Concluding Prayer for Each Day
Remember O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that any one who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, and sought thine intercession was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To thee I come; before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my words but graciously hear and grant my prayer. Amen.
1 Hail Mary in honors of Our Lady of Sorrows.
Hail, Mary! Full of grace,
The Lord is with thee;
Blessed are 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.
SECOND DAY
*Act of Contrition My Lord Jesus Christ …
*Prayer to Saint Expeditus for Each Day Oh Saint Expeditus…
O Glorious Martyr, Saint Expedius, through the enviable hope given you by God, pray that those of little belief may be penetrated by some rays of hope so that they also receive eternal things; please pray that ardent hope in God be also given me and hold me steadfast in the midst of sufferings.
*3 Our Fathers
*Concluding Prayer for Each Day
THIRD DAY
*Act of Contrition My Lord Jesus Christ …
*Prayer to Saint Expeditus for Each Day Oh Saint Expeditus…
O Glorious Martyr, Saint Expeditus, through the endless love which Our Lord planted in your heart, please remove from mine all the shackles tied by worldliness, that without them I may love only God in all eternity. Amen.
*3 Our Fathers
*Concluding Prayer for Each Day
FOURTH DAY
*Act of Contrition My Lord Jesus Christ …
*Prayer to Saint Expeditus for Each Day Oh Saint Expeditus…
O Glorious Martyr, Saint Expeditus, who knew fully well the teaching of the Divine Teacher to carry the cross and follow Him, ask Him for the graces I need that I may fight my own passions.
*3 Our Fathers
*Concluding Prayer for Each Day
FIFTH DAY
*Act of Contrition My Lord Jesus Christ …
*Prayer to Saint Expeditus for Each Day Oh Saint Expeditus…
O Glorious Martyr, Saint Expeditus, through the bountiful graces you received from Heaven that you may conserve all your virtues, grant also that I may get rid of all the feelings that block my way to Heaven.
*3 Our Fathers
*Concluding Prayer for Each Day
SIXTH DAY
*Act of Contrition My Lord Jesus Christ …
*Prayer to Saint Expeditus for Each Day Oh Saint Expeditus…
O Glorious Martyr, Saint Expeditus, through the sufferings and humiliations which you received for the love of God, grant me also this grace which is very pleasing to God, and free me from anger and hardness of heart which is the stumbling block of my soul.
*3 Our Fathers
*Concluding Prayer for Each Day
SEVENTH DAY
*Act of Contrition My Lord Jesus Christ …
*Prayer to Saint Expeditus for Each Day Oh Saint Expeditus…
O Glorious Martyr, Saint Expeditus, you know that prayer is the golden key that will open the Kingdom of Heaven, teach me to pray in a manner which is desirable to Our Lord and to His Heart, that I may live only for Him, that I may die only for Him, and that I may pray only to Him in all eternity.
*3 Our Fathers
*Concluding Prayer for Each Day
EIGHTH DAY
*Act of Contrition My Lord Jesus Christ …
*Prayer to Saint Expeditus for Each Day Oh Saint Expeditus…
O Glorious Martyr, Saint Expeditus, through the clean desire that reigned in all your feelings, word and actions, please let them guide me also in my endless search for the glory of God and the good of my fellowmen.
*3 Our Fathers
*Concluding Prayer for Each Day
NINTH DAY
*Act of Contrition My Lord Jesus Christ …
*Prayer to Saint Expeditus for Each Day Oh Saint Expeditus…
O Glorious Martyr, Saint Expeditus, who was so much loved by the Queen of Heaven, that to you nothing was denied, ask her, please my advocate, that through the sufferings of her Divine Son and her own sorrows, I may receive this day the grace I ask of you; but above all the grace to die first before I commit any mortal sin. Amen.
*3 Our Fathers
*Concluding Prayer for Each Day
