In advance of Blessed
Kateri’s canonization by Pope Benedict XVI on October 21, 2012, we invite you
to join in this novena of prayers for her intercession and for the success of
the pilgrimage to Rome.
Pray each day’s special
prayer, followed by one Hail Mary and the Prayer for Canonization.
Days 1, 4, 7: Blessed
Kateri’s Charitable Spirit
Father in heaven, you
gave Blessed Kateri a spirit of charity that mirrored your own love for the
poor and disadvantaged. Grant us, we beseech you, the same love for our
brothers and sisters around the world, especially the victims of injustice and
oppression. May we have the grace to reach out to them in your name with the
gifts you have so generously given. We ask this through Jesus, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and
your Holy Spirit,
one God, forever and ever. Amen.
Hail Mary, Prayer for Canonization
Days 2, 5, 8: Blessed
Kateri’s Penitential Spirit
O God, who sent your Son to live and suffer and die with us and for our sins, grant us the grace to imitate Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha
in her penance and her obedience. May her example inspire us to lives of simple
and fervent devotion to the sufferings of Jesus, always aware that just as His
suffering and death culminated in His resurrection, our trials, joined with
His, will lead us to the same fullness of life forever. We ask this through Our
Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and your Holy
Spirit, one God forever and ever. Amen. Hail Mary, Prayer for Canonization
Days 3, 6, 9: Blessed
Kateri’s Prayerful Spirit
Lord God, you called the
virgin Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha to shine among the American Indian people as
an example of innocence of life and a prayerful spirit. Through her intercession,
may all peoples of every tribe, tongue and nation, having been gathered into
your Church, proclaim your greatness in one song of praise. We ask this through
Our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, Who lives and reigns with you and your Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen. Hail Mary, Prayer for
Canonization
Prayer for Canonization
O God, who, among the
many marvels of your grace in the New World, did cause to blossom on the banks
of the Mohawk and St. Lawrence Rivers, the pure and tender Lily, Kateri
Tekakwitha, grant we beseech you, the favors we beg through her intercession:
That this young lover of
Jesus and His Cross may soon be counted among her saints by Holy Mother Church,
and that our hearts may be enkindled with a stronger desire to imitate her
innocence and faith. We ask this through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
For more information on
the Canonization of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, please visit the Black and
Indian Mission office website.
