Invoke St. Joseph Moscati today and ask for an important grace
PRAYER TO SAN GIUSEPPE MOSCATI
O Saint Joseph Moscati, a distinguished doctor and scientist, who in the exercise of your profession cared for the body and spirit of your patients, look also at us who now resort to your intercession with faith.
Give us physical and spiritual health, interceding for us with the Lord.
Relieves the pains of those who suffer, from comfort to the sick, consolation to the afflicted, hope to the disheartened.
Young people find in you a model, workers an example, the elderly a comfort, the dying hope of the eternal reward.
Be for all of us a sure guide of industriousness, honesty and charity, so that we fulfill our duties in a Christian way, and give glory to God our Father. Amen.
PRAYER FOR A SERIOUS SICK
Many times I have turned to you, O holy doctor, and you have come to meet me. Now I beg you with sincere affection, because the favor I ask of you requires your particular intervention (name) is in serious condition and medical science can do very little. You yourself said, "What can men do? What can they oppose to the laws of life? Here is the need for refuge in God ». You, who have healed so many diseases and have helped many people, accept my pleas and obtain from the Lord to see my wishes fulfilled. Also grant me to accept the holy will of God and a great faith to accept the divine dispositions. Amen.
PRAYER FOR YOUR HEALING
O holy and compassionate doctor, S. Giuseppe Moscati, no one knows my anxiety more than you in these moments of suffering. With your intercession, support me in enduring the pain, enlighten the doctors who treat me, make the drugs they prescribe me effective. Grant that soon, healed in body and serene in spirit, I can resume my work and give joy to those who live with me. Amen.
PRAYER TO SAN GIUSEPPE MOSCATI
TO ASK FOR A THANK YOU
Most lovable Jesus, whom you deigned to come to earth to heal
the spiritual and bodily health of men and you were so wide
of thanks for San Giuseppe Moscati, making him a second doctor
your Heart, distinguished in its art and zealous in apostolic love,
and sanctifying it in your imitation by exercising this double,
loving charity towards your neighbor, I earnestly beg you
to want to glorify your servant on earth in the glory of the saints,
granting me grace…. I ask you, if it's for yours
greater glory and for the good of our souls. So be it.
Pater, Ave, Glory
NOVENA IN HONOR OF ST. JOSEPH MOSCATI to obtain thanks
I day
O Lord, enlighten my mind and strengthen my will, so that I can understand and put into practice your word. Glory to the Father and the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning and now and always through the ages. Amen.
From the letter of St. Paul to the Philippians, chapter 4, verses 4-9:
Always be glad. You belong to the Lord. I repeat, always be happy. They all see your goodness. The Lord is near! Do not worry, but turn to God, ask him what you need and thank him. And the peace of God, which is greater than you can imagine, will keep your hearts and thoughts united with Christ Jesus.
Finally, brothers, take into consideration all that is true, that which is good, that is just, pure, worthy of being loved and honored; what comes from virtue and is worthy of praise. Put into practice what you have learned, received, heard and seen in me. And God, who gives peace, will be with you.
Points of reflection
1) Whoever is united to the Lord and loves him, sooner or later experiences a great inner joy: it is the joy that comes from God.
2) With God in our hearts we can easily overcome anguish and taste peace, "which is bigger than you can imagine".
3) Filled with the peace of God, we will easily love truth, goodness, justice and all that "comes from virtue and is worthy of praise".
4) S. Giuseppe Moscati, precisely because he was always united to the Lord and loved him, had peace in his heart and could say to himself: "Love the truth, show yourself who you are, and without pretense and without fear and without regard ..." .
Prayer
O Lord, who have always given joy and peace to your disciples and afflicted hearts, give me serenity of spirit, willpower and light of intelligence. With your help, may he always seek what is good and right and direct my life towards you, infinite truth.
Like S. Giuseppe Moscati, may I find my rest in you. Now, through his intercession, grant me the grace of ..., and then thank you together with him.
You who live and reign forever and ever. Amen.
II day
O Lord, enlighten my mind and strengthen my will, so that I can understand and put into practice your word. Glory to the Father and the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning and now and always through the ages. Amen.
From the first letter of St. Paul to Timothy, chapter 6, verses 6-12:
Of course, religion is a great wealth, for those who are happy with what they have. Because we have not brought anything into this world and we will not be able to take anything away. So when we have to eat and dress, we are happy.
Those who want to get rich, however, fall into temptations, are caught in the trap of many stupid and disastrous desires, which make men fall into ruin and perdition. In fact, the love of money is the root of all evils. Some had such a desire to possess that they went away from faith and tormented themselves with many pains.
Points of reflection
1) Whoever has a heart full of God, knows how to content himself and be sober. God fills the heart and mind.
2) The craving for wealth is a "trap of many stupid and disastrous desires that make men fall into ruin and perdition".
3) The immoderate desire for the goods of the world can make us lose faith and take peace from us.
4) S. Giuseppe Moscati has always kept his heart detached from the money. "I have to leave that little money to beggars like me," he wrote to a young man on February 1927, XNUMX.
Prayer
O Lord, infinite wealth and source of all consolation, fill my heart with you. Free me from greed, selfishness and anything that can take me away from you.
In imitation of S. Giuseppe Moscati, let me evaluate the goods of the earth with wisdom, without ever attaching myself to money with that greed that upsets the mind and hardens the heart. Eager to seek only you, with the Holy Doctor, I ask you to meet this need of mine ... You who live and reign forever and ever. Amen.
III day
O Lord, enlighten my mind and strengthen my will, so that I can understand and put into practice your word. Glory to the Father and the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning and now and always through the ages. Amen.
From the first letter of St. Paul to Timothy, chapter 4, verses 12-16:
Nobody should have little respect for you because you are young. You must be an example for believers: in your way of speaking, in your behavior, in love, in faith, in purity. Until the day of my arrival, pledge to read the Bible publicly, teach and exhort.
Do not neglect the spiritual gift that God has given you, which you received when the prophets spoke and all the leaders of the community laid their hands on your head. These things are your concern and your constant commitment. So everyone will see your progress. Pay attention to yourself and what you teach. Don't give in. By doing so, you will save yourself and those who listen to you.
Points of reflection
1) Every Christian, by virtue of his baptism, must be an example to others in speaking, in behavior, in love, in faith, in purity.
2) To do this requires a particular constant effort. it is a grace that we must humbly ask God.
3) Unfortunately, in the world we feel many contrary thrusts, but we must not give up. Christian life requires sacrifice and struggle.
4) St. Giuseppe Moscati has always been a fighter: he has won human respect and has been able to manifest his faith. On March 8, 1925 he wrote to a medical friend: "But it is undoubted that true perfection cannot be found except by extraneousing itself to the things of the world, serving God with constant love, and serving the souls of one's brothers with prayer, by example, for a great purpose, for the only purpose that is their salvation ».
Prayer
O Lord, strength of those who hope in you, make me live my baptism fully.
Like St. Joseph Moscati, may he always have you in his heart and on his lips, to be, like him, an apostle of faith and an example of charity. Since I need help in my need ..., I turn to you through the intercession of St. Giuseppe Moscati.
You who live and reign forever and ever. Amen.
IV day
O Lord, enlighten my mind and strengthen my will, so that I can understand and put into practice your word. Glory to the Father and the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning and now and always through the ages. Amen.
From the Letter of St. Paul to the Colossians, chapter 2, verses 6-10:
Since you have accepted Jesus Christ, the Lord, continue to live united with him. Like trees that have their roots in him, like houses that have their foundations in him, hold on to your faith, in the way you have been taught. And thank the Lord continually. Pay attention: nobody deceives you with false and mischievous reasons. They are the result of a human mentality or come from the spirits that dominate this world. They are not thoughts that come from Christ.
Christ is above all the authorities and all the powers of this world. God is perfectly present in his person and, through him, you too are filled with it.
Points of reflection
1) By the grace of God, we lived in faith: we are grateful for this gift and, with humility, we ask that it never fail us.
2) Do not let go of difficulties and no argument can strain us. In the current confusion of ideas and plurality of doctrines, we maintain faith in Christ and remain united to him.
3) Christ-God was the continuous aspiration of St. Giuseppe Moscati, who in the course of his life never let himself be shivered by thoughts and doctrines contrary to religion. He wrote to a friend on March 10, 1926: «... whoever does not abandon God will always have a guide in life, safe and straight. Deviations, temptations and passions will not prevail to move the one who made his ideal of work and science of which the initium est timor Domini ".
Prayer
O Lord, always keep me in your friendship and in your love and be my support in difficulties. Free me from everything that could take me away from you and, like St. Joseph Moscati, let me follow you faithfully, without ever being flattered by thoughts and doctrines contrary to your teachings. Now please:
for the merits of St. Giuseppe Moscati, meet my desires and grant me this grace in particular ... You who live and reign forever and ever. Amen.
XNUMXth day
O Lord, enlighten my mind and strengthen my will, so that I can understand and put into practice your word. Glory to the Father and the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning and now and always through the ages. Amen.
From the second letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians, chapter 9, verses 6-11:
Keep in mind that those who sow little will reap little; whoever sows a lot will reap a lot. Therefore, each one should give his contribution as he has decided in his heart, but not reluctantly or out of obligation, because God likes those who give with joy. And God can give you every good abundantly, so that you always have the necessary and are able to provide for every good work. As the Bible says:
He generously gives to the poor, his generosity lasts forever.
God gives the seed to the sower and the bread for his nourishment. He will also give you the seed you need and multiply it to make its fruit grow, that is, your generosity. God gives you everything with ab-bondance to be generous. Thus, many will thank God for your gifts transmitted by me.
Points of reflection
1) We must be generous with God and our brothers, without calculations and without ever skimping.
2) Furthermore, we must give with joy, that is, with spontaneity and simplicity, desiring to communicate happiness to others, through our work.
3) God does not allow himself to be overcome in general and will certainly not make us miss anything, just as he does not make us miss "the seed of the sower and the bread for his nourishment".
4) We all know the generosity and availability of S. Giuseppe Moscati. Where did it draw so much strength from? We remember what he wrote: "We love God without measure, without measure in love, without measure in pain". God was his strength.
Prayer
O Lord, who never lets you win in generosity from those who turn to you, allow me to always open my heart to the needs of others and not to lock myself in my selfishness.
How St. Joseph Moscati can love you without measure to receive from you the joy of discovering and, as far as I can, satisfy the needs of my brothers. Now let the valid intercession of St. Joseph Moscati, who consecrated his life to the good of others, obtain this grace that I ask of you ... You who live and reign forever and ever. Amen.
VI day
O Lord, enlighten my mind and strengthen my will, so that I can understand and put into practice your word. Glory to the Father and the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning and now and always through the ages. Amen.
From the first letter of St. Peter, chapter 3, ver-setti 8-12:
Finally, brothers, there is perfect harmony between you: have compassion, love and mercy towards one another. Be humble. Do not harm those who harm you, do not respond with insults to those who insult you; on the contrary, respond with good words, because God also called you to receive his blessings.
it's like the Bible says:
Who wants to have a happy life, who wants to live peaceful days, keep your tongue away from evil, with your lips do not say lies. Escape from evil and do good, seek peace and always follow it.
Look to the Lord to the righteous, listen to their prayers and go against those who do evil.
Points of reflection
1) Both the words of St. Peter and the biblical quotation are significant. They make us reflect on the harmony that must reign between us, on mercy and mutual love.
2) Even when we receive evil we must respond with good, and the Lord, who looks at the depths of our hearts, will reward us.
3) In every man's life, and therefore also in mine, there are positive and negative situations. In the latter, how do I behave?
4) St. Joseph Moscati acted as a true Christian and resolved everything with humility and goodness. To an officer of the army who, misinterpreting one of his sentences, had challenged him to a duel with an insolent letter, the Saint replied on 23 December 1924: «My dear, your letter has not shaken my serenity at all: I am so much older than you and I understand certain moods and I am a Christian and I remember the maximum of charity (...] After all, in this world only in-gratitude is gathered, and one should not be surprised at anything ».
Prayer
O Lord, who in life and especially in death, you have always forgiven and manifested your mercy, allow me to live in perfect harmony with my brothers, not to hurt anyone and to know how to accept with humility and kindness, in imitation of S. Giuseppe Moscati, the ingratitudes and indifference of men.
Now that I need your help to ..., I interpose the intercession of the Holy Doctor.
You who live and reign forever and ever. Amen.
VII day
O Lord, enlighten my mind and strengthen my will, so that I can understand and put into practice your word. Glory to the Father and the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning and now and always through the ages. Amen.
From the first letter of St. John, chapter 2, verses 15-17:
Do not yield to the charm of the things of this world. If one lets himself be seduced by the world, there is no place left in him for the love of God the Father. This is the world; wanting to satisfy one's selfishness, lighting oneself with passion for all that is seen, being proud of what one possesses. All this comes from the world, it does not come from God the Father.
But the world goes away, and everything man wants in the world doesn't last. Instead, those who do God's will live forever.
Points of reflection
1) St. John tells us that either we follow God or the charm of the world. In fact, the mentality of the world does not agree with the will of God.
2) But what is the world? St. John contains it in three expressions: selfishness; passion or immoderate desire for what you see; pride for what you have, as if what you have did not come from God.
3) What is the use of letting oneself be overcome by these realities of the world, if they are passers-by? Only God remains and "whoever does the will of God always lives".
4) St. Giuseppe Moscati is a shining example of love for God and detachment from the sad realities of the world. Significant are the words that on March 1, 8 he wrote to his friend Dr. Antonio Nastri:
"But it is undoubted that true perfection cannot be found except from the things of the world, serving God with continuous love and serving the souls of one's brothers and sisters with prayer, by example, for a great purpose, for the sole purpose which is their salvation ».
Prayer
O Lord, thank you for giving me in S. Giuseppe Moscati a point of reference to love you above all things, without letting me win by the attractions of the world.
Do not allow me to separate you from you, but direct my life towards those goods that lead to you, supreme Good.
Through the intercession of your faithful servant S. Giuseppe Moscati, grant me now this grace which I ask of you with living faith ... You who live and reign forever and ever. Amen.
VIII day
O Lord, enlighten my mind and strengthen my will, so that I can understand and put into practice your word. Glory to the Father and the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning and now and always through the ages. Amen.
From the first letter of St. Peter, chapter 2, ver-setti 1-5:
Remove all forms of evil from you. Enough with cheating and hypocrisy, with envy and slander!
As newborn babies, you want pure, spiritual milk to grow towards salvation. You really have proved how good the Lord is.
Draw close to the Lord. He is the living pie that men have thrown away, but that God has chosen as the precious stone. You too, like living stones, form the temple of the Holy Spirit, you are priests consecrated to God and offer spiritual sacrifices that God willingly welcomes, through Jesus Christ.
Points of reflection
1) We often complain about the evil that surrounds us: but then how do we behave? Cheating, hypocrisy, envy and slander are evils that continually beset us.
2) If we know the Gospel, and we ourselves have experienced the goodness of the Lord, we must do good and "grow towards salvation".
3) All of us are the stones of the temple of God, indeed we are "priests consecrated to God" by virtue of the baptism received: we must therefore support one another and never be an obstacle.
4) The figure of St. Giuseppe Moscati stimulates us to be good operators and never to harm others. The words he wrote to a colleague of his on February 2, 1926 are to be meditated: «But I never cross the path of practical activity of my colleagues. I have never, from which an orientation of my spirit has dominated me, that is, for long years, I have never said bad things about my colleagues, their work, their judgments ».
Prayer
O Lord, allow me to grow in the spiritual life, without letting me be seduced by the evils that undermine humanity and contradict your teachings. As a living stone of your holy temple, may my Christianity live faithfully in imitation of St. Joseph Moscati, who always loved you and loved you whom he approached in you. For his merits, grant me now the grace that I ask of you ... You who live and reign forever and ever. Amen.
IX day
O Lord, enlighten my mind and strengthen my will, so that I can understand and put into practice your word. Glory to the Father and the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning and now and always through the ages. Amen.
From the first letter to the Corinthians of St. Paul, chapter 13, verses 4-7:
Charity is patient, charity is benign; charity is not envious, does not boast, does not swell, does not disrespect, does not seek its interest, does not get angry, does not take account of the evil received, does not enjoy injustice, but welcomes the truth. Everything covers, believes, everything hopes, everything endures.
Points of reflection
1) These sentences, taken from the Hymn of the love of St. Paul, need no comment, because they are more than elo-quent. I am a life plan.
2) What feelings do I have in reading and meditating on them? Can I say I find myself in them?
3) I must remember that, whatever I do, if I don't act with sincere charity, everything is useless. One day God will judge me in relation to the love with which I have acted.
4) St. Giuseppe Moscati had understood the words of St. Paul and put them into practice in the exercise of his profession. Speaking of the sick, he wrote: "Pain should be treated not as a flicker or muscle contraction, but as the cry of a soul, to whom another brother, the doctor, rushes with the ardor of love, charity" .
Prayer
O Lord, who made St. Joseph Moscati great, because in his life he always saw you in his brothers, grant me a great love for your neighbor too. May he, like him, be patient and caring, humble and selfless, long-suffering, just and lover of the truth. I also ask you to grant this wish of mine ..., which now, taking advantage of the intercession of St. Joseph Moscati, I present to you. You who live and reign forever and ever. Amen.