St. Francis of Assisi Novena Prayer Patron Saint of The Franciscan Order, Animals, Merchants, Ecology, Stowaways, Naga, Cebu, and Italy

St. Francis of Assisi Novena All 9 Days.

Novena	St. Francis of Assisi Novena
Novena Begins	September 25
Feast Day	October 4
Patron Saint of	The Franciscan Order, Animals, Merchants, Ecology, Stowaways, Naga, Cebu, and Italy

Contents

1 About St. Francis of Assisi
2 St. Francis of Assisi Novena Day 1
3 St. Francis of Assisi Novena Day 2
4 St. Francis of Assisi Novena Day 3
5 St. Francis of Assisi Novena Day 4
6 St. Francis of Assisi Novena Day 5
7 St. Francis of Assisi Novena Day 6
8 St. Francis of Assisi Novena Day 7
9 St. Francis of Assisi Novena Day 8
10 St. Francis of Assisi Novena Day 9
11 Prayer to St. Francis of Assisi

About St. Francis of Assisi

Francis of Assisi was a poor little man who astounded and inspired the Church by taking the gospel literally—not in a narrow fundamentalist sense, but by actually following all that Jesus said and did, joyfully, without limit, and without a sense of self-importance.

Serious illness brought the young Francis to see the emptiness of his frolicking life as leader of Assisi’s youth. Prayer—lengthy and difficult—led him to a self-emptying like that of Christ, climaxed by embracing a leper he met on the road. It symbolized his complete obedience to what he had heard in prayer: “Francis! Everything you have loved and desired in the flesh it is your duty to despise and hate, if you wish to know my will. And when you have begun this, all that now seems sweet and lovely to you will become intolerable and bitter, but all that you used to avoid will turn itself to great sweetness and exceeding joy.”

From the cross in the neglected field-chapel of San Damiano, Christ told him, “Francis, go out and build up my house, for it is nearly falling down.” Francis became the totally poor and humble workman.

He must have suspected a deeper meaning to “build up my house.” But he would have been content to be for the rest of his life the poor “nothing” man actually putting brick on brick in abandoned chapels. He gave up all his possessions, piling even his clothes before his earthly father—who was demanding restitution for Francis’ “gifts” to the poor—so that he would be totally free to say, “Our Father in heaven.” He was, for a time, considered to be a religious fanatic, begging from door to door when he could not get money for his work, evoking sadness or disgust to the hearts of his former friends, ridicule from the unthinking.

St. Francis of Assisi Novena Day 1

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

O Beloved Saint Francis, gentle and poor, your obedience to God, and your simple, deep love for all God’s creatures led you to the heights of heavenly perfection and turned many hearts to follow God’s will.
Now in our day, in our ministry to the many who come here searching for peace and intercede for us we come before the Lord with our special requests…

(Mention your request here…)

O Blessed Saint of God, from your throne among the hosts of heaven, present our petitions before our faithful Lord. May your prayers on our behalf be heard and may God grant us the grace to lead good and faithful lives.

Amen

Saint Francis of Assisi, pray for us.