Novena before the Solemnitiy of the Chair of St Peter (Day 2)

 

NOVENA BEFORE THE SOLEMNITY OF THE CHAIR OF ST. PETER

¶ This novena may be prayed during the nine days before the Solemnity of Title of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter. Please pray for your own special intentions and with special intention for the growth of all of the Ordinariates.

V. In the Name of the Father, ✠ and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
R. Amen.

Antiphon: That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

V. I say unto thee, thou art Peter;
R. And upon this Rock I will build my Church.

¶ Each day's scripture and intention is read aloud. After a brief silence, the final prayers are offered.

February 14th.
[Jesus] said to Simon, "Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch." And Simon answered, "Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets." And when they had done this, they enclosed a great shoal of fish; and as their nets were breaking, they beckoned to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord." - St. Luke 5:4-8
 
Intention: That we may obey our Lord's commandments with humility.

FINAL PRAYER (to be offered each day)

O Almighty God, who by thy Son Jesus Christ didst give to thy Apostle Saint Peter many excellent gifts, and commandedst him earnestly to feed thy flock: make, we beseech thee, all Bishops and Pastors diligently to preach thy holy Word, and the people obediently to follow the same; that they may receive the crown of everlasting glory; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

V. St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles;
R. Pray for us.

V. In the Name of the Father, ✠ and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
R. Amen.

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(Didn't think I'd remember, didja?  You may be right yet:  seven days to go.

Novenas are a wonderful invention.  Just the right length:  they give the slightly lazy a reasonable goal to aim for and the obsessive a place to stop.)