PRAYER FOR EVERY DAY

     O Sacred Heart of Jesus!  I feel an immense joy and unlimited confidence in contemplating the numerous favors which You grant to those who with faith and humility have recourse to You through the mediation of Your beloved servant, Father Damien, who for love of You overcame the repugnance of his senses and gave himself up, body and soul, to the care of the poor lepers of Molokai.

     Impelled by confidence in his power of intercession with You and inspired by his ardent charity for all the afflicted, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer You with all the fervor of which I am capable, this novena of praise and petition to obtain the grace for which I ask, if it be for Your greater glory, and the good of my soul, or if not, I beg for the grace to resign myself entirely to Your adorable designs in this request which I commend to You.  Amen.

EIGHTH DAY – O Sacred Heart of Jesus, through the TENDER DEVOTION WHICH FATHER DAMIEN ALWAYS HAD FOR THE BLESSED VIRGIN, I ardently supplicate You, through Her Immaculate Heart, that in addition to the particular favor I ask in this novena to grant me the grace of acting always as Your loving child so that I may merit one day the happiness of being presented by Her before Your tribunal to enjoy Your company in heaven forever. Amen.

        Petition………………………………………Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory, etc.