NOVENA TO SANTO NIÑO

PERPETUAL NOVENA TO SANTO NIÑO

Sign of the Cross

Sing (Kneeling)

O salutaris Hostia,
Quae caeli pandis ostium:
Bella premunt hostilia,
Da robur, fer auxilium.
Uni trinoque Domino
Sit sempiterna gloria,
Qui vitam sine termino
Nobis donet in patria.

Amen.

PRAYER TO SANTO NIÑO

O Senor Santo Nino, * You are our king and our God. * We worship You. * You are our
strong Defender, * we turn to you.

You are the patron of Cebu, the Philippines * [and the world], we come to you; You have
made extraordinary wonders * through Your Miraculous Image * in these chosen islands, *
remember us. * Look down at this poor soul * that comes to you for help. * Lead us with Your
wisdom; * discipline us with Your truth; * console us with Your tenderness, * protect us with Your
Might.

We consecrate today * our thoughts of You, * only with You * shall they be occupied; *
our words, * only of You shall they speak; * our sufferings, that we may endure them * for Your
sake. * We beg You Senor Santo Nino, * illumine our understanding, * kindle our will, * cleanse
our body, * sanctify our soul. * We wish what You wish, * because You wish, * as You wish, * as
long as You wish.

Grant us, Senor Santo Niño * that we may feel love toward you, * be strict toward
ourselves, * be zealous toward our fellowmen, * and rightly despise * the things of the world. *
Help us to overcome sensuality * with strict discipline, * avariciousness with generosity, * anger
with gentleness, * indolence with zealous industry. * Make us wise in counsel, * courageous in
danger, * patient in adversity, * humble in prosperity.

Teach us, * dear Santo Niño, * how worthless is the world, * how sublime is heaven, *
how brief is time, * how long is eternity. * Grant us, lastly, that we may remember you, * adore
you, * love you * and serve you * here on earth * that we may be happy with you * forever and
ever in heaven.

Amen.

SING:(Standing)

Holy God, we praise Your Name.
Lord of all! we bow before You;
All on earth Your scepter claim,
All in heaven above adore You;
Infinite Your vast domain,
Everlasting is Your reign.

Hark! the loud celestial hymn,
Angels’ choirs above are raising;
Cherubim and Seraphim
In unceasing chorus praising,
Fill the heavens with sweet accord,
Holy, Holy, Holy Lord!

Recite three times Our Father,
Hail Mary, and Glory be to the Father
in honor of Santo Niño

SUPPLICATIONS TO SANTO NIÑO

Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Jesus, hear us.
Jesus, graciously hear us.

In every need let us come to you with humble trust.
R. Santo Nino, help us.

In our all doubts, perplexities and temptations,
R. Santo Nino, help us.

In hours of loneliness, weariness and trials,
R. Santo Nino, help us.

In the failure of our plans and hopes.
R. Santo Nino, help us.

In disappointments, troubles and sorrows,
R. Santo Nino, help us.

When others fail us, and Your Grace alone can assist us.
R. Santo Nino, help us.

When we throw ourselves on your tender love as our only refuge.
R. Santo Nino, help us.

When we are ill and our head and hands cannot work and we are lonely.
R. Santo Nino, help us.

When we feel impatient and our cross irritates us.
R. Santo Nino, help us.

Always, always, in spite of weaknesses, failings and shortcomings of every kind.
R. Santo Nino, help us.

Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world:
Spare us. O Jesus.

Lamb of God who take away the sins of te world:
Graciously hear us, O Jesus

Lamb of God who take away the sins of the world:
have mercy upon us, O Jesus.

Jesus, hear us.
Jesus, Graciously hear us.

LET US PRAY

O Santo Nino, * who has said, * “ask and you shall receive; * seek and you shall find; * knock and it shall be opened unto you,” * Give we beseech you, * to us who ask * the gift of Your divine love, * that we may love You * with our whole heart, * in word and work, * and never cease * from showing forth your praise.

Make us, O Lord, * to have a perpetual fear and love of Your Holy Name, * for You never fail to govern them * whom you solidly establish * in Your love; * through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (Indulgence of 7 years, No. 144).

SEÑOR SANTO NIÑO HYMN

VERSE 1
One day to these Islands, *as gift and in pledge;
God sent you to us, Oh beloved Child;
And always you have been, the light of our souls;
The guide of our people, the flame in our hearts.

CHORUS:
Senor Santo Nino, with your scepter guide our people,
Who hail you king forever; the World is your Kingdom.
Senor Santo Nino, in Your hands the world find its resting;
Proclaim your truth and justice, bring to us Your peace and love.

VERSE 2
The ship You were sailing, arrived at our shores,
to conquer this land, the pearl of the seas;
But you had decided, to stay in our soil;
To conquer our people, and give us a name

(Repeat Chorus)

VERSE 3
The queen and the rajah, accepting the faith;
Received you in their arms, and fell on their knees;
They welcomed your presence, and called on your name.
To ask for your blessings, and help in their needs.

(Repeat Chorus)

VERSE 4

More ships in the Orient, with soldiers arrived;
And searching for gold, they found you instead;
Legaspi, Urdaneta, the Rajah, the Queen;
Their subjects our people, proclaimed you their king.

(Repeat Chorus)

VERSE 5
Now one as nation, we pay You respect,
Our people had pledged, a long time ago;
We ask You to hear the prayers of all;
The sad and forsaken, the poor and the sick.

CONCLUDING PRAYER

O miraculous Santo Nino! * prostrate before your sacred Image, * we beseech You * to cast a merciful look * on our troubled hearts. * Let Your tender love, * so inclined to pity, * be softened at our prayers, * and grant us that grace * for which we ardently implore You. * Take from us * all unbearable affliction and despair. For your sacred infancy’s sake * hear our prayers * and send us consolation and aid * that we may praise You, * with the Father and the Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.

Tantum ergo Sacramentum
Veneremur cernui:
Et antiquum documentum
Novo cedat ritui:
Præstet fides supplementum
Sensuum defectui.

Genitori, Genitoque
Laus et jubilatio,
Salus, honor, virtus quoque
Sit et benedictio:
Procedenti ab utroque

THE DIVINE PRAISES

Blessed be God.
Blessed be his Holy Name.
Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true man.
Blessed be the Name of Jesus.
Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart.
Blessed be His Most Precious Blood.
Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.
Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete.
Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most Holy.
Blessed be her Holy and Immaculate Conception.
Blessed be her glorious Assumption.
Blessed be the Name of Mary, Virgin and Mother.
Blessed be St. Joseph, her most chaste Spouse.
Blessed be God in His angels and in His Saints

SING: (Kneeling)

O Sacrament Most Holy
O Sacrament divine,
All praise and all thanksgiving
Be every moment Thine,
Be every moment Thine.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

PRAYER TO SANTO NIÑO OF CEBU

PRAYER TO SANTO NIÑO OF CEBU

O miraculous Santo Nino,
prostrate before your sacred Image, we beseech you
to cast a merciful look on our troubled hearts. 
Let Your tender love, so inclined to pity, be softened at our prayers, and grant us that grace for which we ardently implore you. Take from us all unbearable affliction and despair.
For your sacred infancy’s sake hear our prayers and send us consolation and aid that we may praise you, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.

DAILY PRAYER TO STO. NINO (THE HOLY CHILD JESUS)

The Santo Niño de Cebú is a Roman Catholic title of the Child Jesus associated with a religious image of the Christ Child widely venerated as miraculous by Filipino Catholics. Wikipedia

Location: Cebu, Philippines

Shrine: Basilica Minore del Santo Niño

Approval: Pope Innocent XIII; Pope Paul VI; Pope John Paul II; Pope Francis

Witness: Ferdinand Magellan; Antonio Pigafetta; Rajah Humabon

Date: 21 April 1521

What is the story of Sto Nino?
Nino is the oldest Roman Catholic church established in the Philippines. It was built on the same spot where the image of the Sto. Nino de Cebu, a statue depicting the Child Jesus, was found in 1565 by Spanish explorers led by Miguel Lopez de Legazpi. The image was found by a soldier.

Why do we celebrate Sto Nino?
For more than 30 years, the Sinulog Festival is a traditional celebration in Cebu City held every third Sunday of January to honor the Santo Niño (Child Jesus). Basically, the festival is done by a dance ritual, in which it tells the story of the Filipino people's pagan past and their acceptance of Christianity.

DAILY PRAYER TO STO. NINO (THE HOLY CHILD JESUS)

O HOLY CHILD JESUS

I love you with all my heart

Keep it pure and burning with God's love.

Though miserable I may be

Through your love and mercy

I wantyou to be happy within me.

Console all those who suffer.

Protect all those in harm's way.

Give us the strength to ward off the enemy.

Grant us the patience to bear the cross.

Ever increase in us our faith, hope and love in You.

So that as we journey through this life,

We may serve and glorify You in all that we do. 

HOLY CHILD JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU...

PLEASE SHARE TO OTHERS AND BE BLESSED

9th Day Novena Prayer to Our Lady of Perpetual Help For Whole Year Intentions

Novena To The Mother of Perpetual Help 

Day 9

OPENING PRAYER

O Mary, Mother of Perpetual help, I salute thee with the filial devotion. I renew the consecration of myself, and all I have, to thee. I thank thee for thy maternal protection and for the many blessings that I have received through thy wondrous mercy and most powerful intercession.

In all my necessities I have recourse to thee with unbounded confidence O Help of Christians, O Mother of Mercy. I beseech thee now to hear my prayer and to obtain for me of thy divine Son the favor that I request in this novena.

( Here mention your petition)

Obtain for me, also, dearest Mother of Perpetual Help, the grace that I may imitate thee and become more like to thee in the practice of the virtues of humility, purity, submission to the will of God, and charity.

Be my protectress in life, guard and guide me in dangers, direct me in difficulties, lead me in the way of perfection, and assist me in the hour of my death, that I may come to Jesus, and with thee enjoy Him, bless Him, and love Him eternally in Heaven. AMEN.

Day 9 Prayer

O MARY, If -- as St. Peter says -- death is terrible even for the just, how much more so will it be for a sinner who has many times deserved hell, So when I think of that moment on which depends my lost for eternity, I begin exceedingly to fear and to tremble. O Mother of Perpetual Help, in thee alone is my hope, for thou are the advocate of sinners and patron of the dying I place myself from henceforth in thy blessed hands, to thee I entrust the care of my sinful soul: dispose of me, do with me as thou pleasest, but preserve me from an evil death. Reject, if thou wilt, all my other prayers, provided thou hearest this one for a good death; or may a peaceful and holy death be the crowning answer to all the prayers I address to thee henceforth to the end of my days.

And When my last hour shall come, grant, O my good Mother, that I may worthily receive all the helps the Holy Church affords to the dying: And be thou pleased thyself o come then to my aid, to encourage, console and defend me from the assaults of Satan and that thy name, with that of JESUS, may be my last thought, and my last sigh, so that I may go to heaven to sing thy mercies. Come, O Lady of Perpetual Help, to help me at the hour of my death. AMEN.

Recite 3 Hail Marys for the favor you seek to obtain.

Hail Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen

Our Mother of Perpetual Help, pray for us.

8TH Day NOVENA PRAYER FOR WHOLE YEAR AHEAD INTENTIONS

Novena To The Mother of Perpetual Help 

Day 8

OPENING PRAYER

O Mary, Mother of Perpetual help, I salute thee with the filial devotion. I renew the consecration of myself, and all I have, to thee. I thank thee for thy maternal protection and for the many blessings that I have received through thy wondrous mercy and most powerful intercession.

In all my necessities I have recourse to thee with unbounded confidence O Help of Christians, O Mother of Mercy. I beseech thee now to hear my prayer and to obtain for me of thy divine Son the favor that I request in this novena.

( Here mention your petition)

Obtain for me, also, dearest Mother of Perpetual Help, the grace that I may imitate thee and become more like to thee in the practice of the virtues of humility, purity, submission to the will of God, and charity.

Be my protectress in life, guard and guide me in dangers, direct me in difficulties, lead me in the way of perfection, and assist me in the hour of my death, that I may come to Jesus, and with thee enjoy Him, bless Him, and love Him eternally in Heaven. AMEN.

Day 8 Prayer

O MARY, Lily of the Valley and Mirror of Purity, blessed be GOD, Whose infinite goodness has given us in thee so powerful a means of deliverance from the slavery of that deadly vice which, more than any other, causes the eternal ruins of souls. How many hast thou, O Virgin most pure, preserved in innocence through life! How many, after having long been slaves of their shameful passions, have through thee recovered their freedom!

I beseech thee then, preserve me continually and all who belong to me from the attacks of this vice. Obtain for me, Mother Mary, by the holy Virginity and by thy Immaculate Conception, that I may be pure in body and soul. Thou ever defendest all those who confide in thy Perpetual Help, and who invoke thee in the hour of danger: grant then, that in no day I may omit to honor thee, and to pray to thee.

May I bear thee in mind, especially when the enemy of my salvation assails me. This is the grace I ask of thee, and I desire always to ask of thee: obtain it for me and I shall be secure. By thy holy Virginity and thy Immaculate Conception obtain for me, O Mother of Perpetual Help, purity of body and soul. AMEN.

Recite 3 Hail Marys for the favor you seek to obtain.

Hail Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen

Our Mother of Perpetual Help, pray for us.

7TH Day NOVENA PRAYER FOR WHOLE YEAR AHEAD INTENTIONS

Novena To The Mother of Perpetual Help 

Day 7

OPENING PRAYER

O Mary, Mother of Perpetual help, I salute thee with the filial devotion. I renew the consecration of myself, and all I have, to thee. I thank thee for thy maternal protection and for the many blessings that I have received through thy wondrous mercy and most powerful intercession.

In all my necessities I have recourse to thee with unbounded confidence O Help of Christians, O Mother of Mercy. I beseech thee now to hear my prayer and to obtain for me of thy divine Son the favor that I request in this novena.

( Here mention your petition)

Obtain for me, also, dearest Mother of Perpetual Help, the grace that I may imitate thee and become more like to thee in the practice of the virtues of humility, purity, submission to the will of God, and charity.

Be my protectress in life, guard and guide me in dangers, direct me in difficulties, lead me in the way of perfection, and assist me in the hour of my death, that I may come to Jesus, and with thee enjoy Him, bless Him, and love Him eternally in Heaven. AMEN.

Day 7 Prayer

MOST HOLY MOTHER of our Savior, thou alone hast loved Him worthily for thou hast not love Him in word only, but in deed and in truth; thou hast given the great proof that this love demands, for thou has loved us with a love which next to His own, never had an equal and which brought thee to sacrifice for our happiness all that made thine own, even thy JESUS Himself I can never be dear to thee unless I also love my neighbor with a sincere and generous love. Help me to do so, O Mother of Perpetual Help.

Obtain for me a heart like to that of JESUS and thy own, so that I may be meek and humble, patient, compassionate, more ready to forgive than to take offense, and to give than to receive; that thus I may keep my eyes ever open to my own faults, and may close them to those of my neighbor; that I may put up with everything rather than cause pain to another; that severe to myself, I may be full of indulgence towards others, that I may love them in JESUS, and JESUS in them; that by my prayers, my good advice, and good example, I may strive to draw them for their salvation to JESUS and to thee. AMEN.

Recite 3 Hail Marys for the favor you seek to obtain.

Hail Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen

Our Mother of Perpetual Help, pray for us.

6TH Day NOVENA PRAYER FOR WHOLE YEAR AHEAD INTENTIONS

Novena To The Mother of Perpetual Help 

Day 6

OPENING PRAYER

O Mary, Mother of Perpetual help, I salute thee with the filial devotion. I renew the consecration of myself, and all I have, to thee. I thank thee for thy maternal protection and for the many blessings that I have received through thy wondrous mercy and most powerful intercession.

In all my necessities I have recourse to thee with unbounded confidence O Help of Christians, O Mother of Mercy. I beseech thee now to hear my prayer and to obtain for me of thy divine Son the favor that I request in this novena.

( Here mention your petition)

Obtain for me, also, dearest Mother of Perpetual Help, the grace that I may imitate thee and become more like to thee in the practice of the virtues of humility, purity, submission to the will of God, and charity.

Be my protectress in life, guard and guide me in dangers, direct me in difficulties, lead me in the way of perfection, and assist me in the hour of my death, that I may come to Jesus, and with thee enjoy Him, bless Him, and love Him eternally in Heaven. AMEN.

Day 6 Prayer

O MOST TENDER and Compassionate of mothers turn thin eyes of mercy upon me, and lend a gracious ear to any humble prayer. Since thou art more ready to give than to receive, thou wilt find in me a fitting subject for thy bounty. It is true, I have deserved rather than thou shouldst spurn me on account of the ingratitude I have hitherto shown to GOD for His benefits: thou art ever ready to listen to those who pray to thee, and thou regardest our misery and our confidence rather than our merits.

No one is miserable than I am, and yet never have I doubted thy goodness. Incline then towards me that heart of thine so full of grace. O Mother of GOD and of men, grant me a share in those rich graces which GOD has given to thee for the whole world's benefit. I have constant need of thy help, which thou on thy part hast a still greater desire to supply.

I would that all the beatings of my heart were so many acts of love for thee, of confidence in thee, and of prayer to thee, for myself and for all who are dear to me, Mayest thou have the glory one day of seeing me saved through thy intercession. O Mother of Perpetual Helo, in thee I Hoped: I shall not be confounded. AMEN.

Recite 3 Hail Marys for the favor you seek to obtain.

Hail Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen

Our Mother of Perpetual Help, pray for us.