Novena in Honor of Saint Agnes
O Sweetest Lord Jesus Christ, source of all virtues, lover of virgins,
most powerful conqueror of demons, most severe extirpator of vice!
deign to cast Thine eyes upon my weakness, and through the intercession of Mary most blessed,
Mother and Virgin, and of Thy beloved spouse St. Agnes,
glorious virgin and martyr, grant me the aid of Thy heavenly grace,
in order that I may learn to despise all earthly things, and to love what is heavenly;
to oppose vice and to be proof against temptation;
to walk firmly in the path of virtue, not to seek honors, to shun pleasures,
to bewail my past offenses, to keep far from the occasions of evil,
to keep free from bad habits, to seek the company of the good,
and persevere in righteousness, so that, by the assistance of Thy grace,
I may deserve the crown of eternal life, together with St. Agnes and all the saints,
forever and ever, in Thy kingdom. Amen.
most powerful conqueror of demons, most severe extirpator of vice!
deign to cast Thine eyes upon my weakness, and through the intercession of Mary most blessed,
Mother and Virgin, and of Thy beloved spouse St. Agnes,
glorious virgin and martyr, grant me the aid of Thy heavenly grace,
in order that I may learn to despise all earthly things, and to love what is heavenly;
to oppose vice and to be proof against temptation;
to walk firmly in the path of virtue, not to seek honors, to shun pleasures,
to bewail my past offenses, to keep far from the occasions of evil,
to keep free from bad habits, to seek the company of the good,
and persevere in righteousness, so that, by the assistance of Thy grace,
I may deserve the crown of eternal life, together with St. Agnes and all the saints,
forever and ever, in Thy kingdom. Amen.
(Indulgence 100 days, Pius IX, 1854)
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