Io Amo Gesù

This novena is called "NOVENA OF GRACE" for the strong efficacy it has of obtaining a grace

Da Paolo Tessione -

This novena originated in Naples in 1633, when a young Jesuit, father Marcello Mastrilli, was dying following an accident. The young priest vowed to St. Francis Xavier who, if he was cured, would have left for the East as a missionary. The next day, St. Francis Xavier appeared to him, reminded him of the vow to leave as a missionary and healed him instantly. He also added that "those who had fervently requested his intercession with God for nine days in honor of his canonization (therefore from March 4 to 12, the day of his canonization), would certainly experience the effects of his great power in the skies and would receive any grace that had contributed to their salvation ”. Healed Father Mastrilli left for Japan as a missionary, where he later faced martyrdom. Meanwhile, the devotion of this novena spread widely and, because of the numerous graces and extraordinary favors received through the intercession of St. Francis Xavier, it became known as "Novena of Grace". Saint Teresa of Lisieux also made this novena a few months before dying and said: “I asked for the grace to do good after my death, and now I am sure I have been fulfilled, because by means of this novena we get all this you want. "

O most beloved St. Francis Xavier, with you I adore God our Lord, thanking him for the great gifts of grace that he granted you during your life, and for the glory with which he crowned you in Heaven.

I beg you with all my heart to intercede for me with the Lord, so that first of all he will give me the grace to live and die holy, and grant me the particular grace ……. that I need right now, as long as it is according to His will and greater glory. Amen.

- Our Father - Ave Maria - Gloria.

- Pray for us, St. Francis Xavier.

- And we'll be worthy of Christ's promises.

Let us pray: O God, who with the apostolic preaching of St. Francis Xavier have called many peoples of the East in the light of the Gospel, ensure that every Christian has his missionary fervor, so that the Holy Church may rejoice over the whole earth sons. For Christ our Lord. Amen.