Novena to the Black Nazarene Day 5 January 4
Novena to the Black Nazarene Day 5 January 4
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Opening Prayer for Every Day
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O Jesus Nazarene, my most sweet Redeemer, I prostrate myself before Thee, with a heart full of repentance for all the sins I have committed against Thee, especially for my forgetfulness of the graces which Thou hast bestowed on me in the past, most particularly the ineffable grace of the act of redemption. Jesus, I am sorry and deeply grieve my offenses.
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My Lord, I am sorry for all my sins which have been the cause of Thy carrying of the Cross in the midst of suffering and bitterness until Thou hast offered Thy life on Mt Calvary. This Thou hast done for love of me, a sinful creature, and for love of mankind.
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Allow me now, my sweet Lord to bring myself face to face with Thee, however unworthy I am. Forgive me all my sins, since Thou didst not want the condemnation of the sinner but his conversion and salvation. I come to Thee with firm purpose of amendment and a resolve not to displease Thee again by sin but to pledge my service to Thee, until the hour of my death. Sanctify O God my desires and deign to grant me the graces which I need, and I call upon the powerful, intercession of Thy Mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary. Amen.
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Day 5 Meditation: Simon Cyrene Assists Jesus Carry the Cross:
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Although Jesus seems about to expire, He does not need the help of Simon since He wills to die on the cross. Yet, He still accepts the help of Simon to teach us the virtues of charity and perseverance.
O Jesus, I too will carry my cross patiently to the end and strive to lighten the cross of my fellowmen.
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Reflection
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Man's greed for material wealth has not infrequently led him to commit crime. Charity finds no place in the hearts of the wicked.
The immoderate love for material and wordly things can never insure perpetual enjoyment. The pleasures of the world are fleeting and transitory, quite unlike those of heaven as our Lord Jesus said:
"Lay not up to yourselves on earth; where the rust and moth consume and where thieves break through and steal. But lay up to yourselves treasures in Heaven where neither the rust nor the moth doth consume and where thieves do not break through nor steal. For where thy treasure is, there is thy heart also." (Matthew 6:19-21)
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(Pray three Hail Mary's in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary so that she may ask from Jesus her Son the grace which you would like to obtain from Him)
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Closing Prayers
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Prayer to the Blessed Virgin.
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O Mary, Mother laden with sorrows, I humbly ask of thee, through the merits of thy grief which thou didst suffer because of the death of thy Son, our Lord and God, Who was disfigured by bruises and blood for love of me, that thou offer to God my supplications so that I may obtain the graces which I ask from Him. O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee
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Special Prayer
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O most sweet Jesus Nazarene, my God and Redeemer, Who hast trodden the road to Calvary with the weight of the cross on Thy shoulders: look down on me a sinner who is now giving praise to Thy sufferings. I also thank Thee for saving me through Thy sweet acceptance of sufferings on the cross.
Forgive me my sins, O Good Jesus. I acknowledge my weaknesses and I trust that out of Thy boundless mercy Thou will wash with Thy blood my innumerable sins. I love Thee above all things, and I promise to be faithful to Thy commandments unto the hour of my death.
Be with me, Lord and guide my steps so that I may reach the end of this earthly journey and to the Kingdom of Heaven. Amen.
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LITANY OF THE PASSION:
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Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of Heaven, * have mercy on us.
God the Son, * have mercy on us.
God the Holy Ghost, * have mercy on us
Holy Trinity one God, *
Jesus, the Eternal Wisdom, *
Jesus, sold for thirty pieces of silver, *
Jesus, prostrate on the ground in prayer, *
Jesus, strengthened by an angel, *
Jesus, in Thine agony bathed in a bloody sweat, *
Jesus, betrayed by Judas with a kiss, *
Jesus, bound by the soldiers, *
Jesus, forsaken by thy disciples, *
Jesus, brought before Annas and Caiaphas, *
Jesus, struck in the face by a servant, *
Jesus, accused by false witnesses, *
Jesus, declared guilty of death, *
Jesus, spat upon, *
Jesus, blindfolded, *
Jesus, smitten on the cheek, *
Jesus, thrice denied by Peter, *
Jesus, delivered up to Pilate, *
Jesus, despised and mocked by Herod, *
Jesus, clothed in a white garment, *
Jesus, rejected for Barabbas, *
Jesus, torn with scourges, *
Jesus, bruised by our sins, *
Jesus, esteemed as a leper, *
Jesus, covered with a purple robe, *
Jesus, crowned with thorns, *
Jesus, struck with a reed upon the Head, *
Jesus, demanded for crucifixion by the Jews, *
Jesus, condemned to an ignominious death, *
Jesus, given up to the will of Thine enemies, *
Jesus, loaded with the heavy weight of the Cross, *
Jesus, led like a sheep to the slaughter, *
Jesus, stripped of Thy garments, *
Jesus, fastened with nails to the Cross, *
Jesus, reviled by the malefactors, *
Jesus, promising paradise to the penitent thief, *
Jesus, commending St John to Thy mother as her son, *
Jesus, declaring Thyself forsaken by Thy father, *
Jesus, obedient even to the death on the cross, *
Jesus, pierced with a lance, *
Jesus, made a propitiation for us, *
Jesus, taken down from the Cross, *
Jesus, laid in the sepulchre, *
Jesus, rising gloriously from the dead, *
Jesus, ascending into Heaven, *
Jesus, our Advocate with the Father, *
Jesus, sending down on the disciples the Holy Ghost, the Paraclete, *
Jesus, exalting Thy mother, above the living and the dead, *
Be merciful, spare us, O Lord,
Be merciful, graciously hear us, O Lord,
From all evil, * Lord Jesus, deliver us,
From all sin, * Lord Jesus, deliver us,
From anger, hatred and every evil will, *
From war, famine & pestilence, *
From all dangers of mind and body, *
From everlasting death, *
Through Thy most pure conception, *
Through Thy miraculous Nativity, *
Through Thy humble circumcision, *
Through Thy baptism and holy fasting, *
Through Thy labors and watchings, *
Through Thy cruel scourging and crowning, *
Through Thy thirst and tears and nakedness, *
Through Thy precious death on the Cross, *
Through Thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension, *
Through Thy sending forth the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete, *
On the day of Judgment, *
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We sinners, * We beseech Thee, hear us
That Thou wouldst spare us, *
That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to bring us to true penitence, *
That Thou wouldst vouchsafe mercifully to pour into our hearts the grace of the Holy Spirit, *
That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to preserve and increase all societies assembled in Thy holy name, *
That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to bestow upon us true peace, *
That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to give us perseverance in grace and in Thy holy service, *
That Thou wouldst vouchsafe deliver us from unclean thoughts and temptations of the devil, and everlasting damnation, *
That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to unite us to the company of Thy saints, *
That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to graciously hear us, *
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Spare us O Lord,
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, graciously hear us O Lord,
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us,
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V. We adore thee, O Christ and we praise Thee.
R. Because by Thy Holy Cross, Thou hast redeemed the world.
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Let us Pray
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Almighty and eternal God, Who hast appointed Thine only-begotten Son the Savior of the world and hast willed to be appeased by His blood, grant that we may so venerate this Price of our salvation, and by it might be so defended upon earth from the evils of this present life, that in Heaven we may rejoice in its everlasting Fruit, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen.