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.

FOURTH DAY – O Sacred Heart of Jesus through that PROFOUND HUMILITY which adorned the soul of Father Damien and which made him obey faithfully and constantly the least indications of his Superiors and which made him consider it a most natural thing to isolate himself forever with the lepers of Molokai, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary I humbly beg You that in addition to the particular grace I ask in this novena, I may not allow myself to be governed in my thoughts, words, or deeds by the passion of pride which offends You so much and brings so much evil to the world and to whoever follows it maxims.  Amen.

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