Prayers Supporting The Balance Of Health
The blessed virgin mother st. Mary
Prepration, Pregnancy, Love
Hail Mary, full of grace, the lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of god, pry for us sinners now, and at the hour of our death. Amen
Information – St. Mary. New Advent.org
St. Luke: Evangelist and Physician
Strength, Health in general, Ailments of any kind
St. Luke’s feast day is celebrated on October 18
Most charming and saintly Physician, you were animated by the heavenly Spirt of love. In faithful detailing the humanity of Christ, you also showed his divinity and his genuine compassion for all human beings. Inspire our physicians with your professionalism and with the divine compassion for their patients. Enable them to cure the ills of both body and spirit that afflicts so many in our day. Amen
Information – St. Luke. New Advent.org
Prayer – St. Luke. Institute for Traditional Medicine
Saints Cosmas & Damian: Patrons of Physicians
Health in general, Ailments of any kind
Saints Cosmas & Damian’s feast day is celebrated on September 27
O My Jesus, Saints Cosmas and Damian were twins who became excellent doctors. They refused payment for their medical care because they believed that when they treated patients, they were also caring for You. By conveying great love, they won the hearts of their patients as they taught them about Faith. I ask them to pray for the medical field, that they grow in generosity of spirit. Bring conversion to the unsaved and teach Christians how to serve You through their professional lives. Saints Cosmas and Damian, pray for us. Amen
Information – Sts Cosmas and Damian. New Advent.org
Prayer – Sts. Cosmas and Damian. Institute for Traditional Medicine
St. Panteleimon: Physicisn
Health in general, Ailments of any kind
St. Panteleimon’s feast day is celebrated on July 27, also July 28, and February 18
o God who gave to St. Panteleimon the grace of exercising charity towards his fellowmen by distributing his goods to the poor, and made him a special patron of the sick, grant that we may also practice our charity by works of mercy. through the intercessions of this Your servant preserve us from sickness. But if it be your will that illness should afflict us, give us the grace to bear it patiently, and let it assist us in salvation of our soul. Amen.
St. Panteleimon who during your life had great pity for the sick and with the help of God often relieved and cured them, I invoke your intercession with God, that I may obtain the grace to serve Him in good health by cheerfully fulfilling the duties of my state of life. But if it be Gods holy will to allow me illness, pain, and suffering, aid me with your powerful prayer to submit humbly to His Trails and crosses, to accept in the spirit of penance, and to bear all patiently according to His Holy Will. Amen
My Lord and my God! I offer up to You my petition in union with the bitter passion and death of Jesus Christ, Your Son, together with the merits of His Immaculate and Blessed Mother, Mary ever Virgin, and all the Saints, particularly with those of the Holy Helper, St. Panteleimon, in whose honor I make this novena. Look down upon me, merciful Lord! Grant me Your Grace and Your Love, and graciously hear my prayer. Amen.
Information – St. Panteleimon. New Advent.org
Prayer – St. Panteleimon. Catholic Kingdom.com
St. Blaise: Physician
Throat Ailments
St. Blaise feast day is celebrated on February 3 (latin church), and on February 11 (oriental church)
The Institute for Traditional Medicine writes “St. Blaise is given special recognition on February 3, not only with a feast day, but with a unique ceremony that parallels the practice of anointing the sick. In this case, it is blessing the throats of those with throat disorders and anyone who wishes to avoid getting such a malady (or something related to the throat, even the words one speaks; Psalm 5:10). The blessing is usually done by priests (though deacons may also serve) and it is considered a sacramental of the Church.” (Institute for Traditional Medicine)
Father William Saunders writes “While we invoke St. Blaise for his protection against any physical ailment of the throat, we should also ask his protection against any spiritual aliment – profanity, cursing, unkind remarks, detraction or gossip. St. James reminds us, “if a man who does not control his tongue imagines that his is devout, he is self deceived; his worship is pointless ” (1:26) and later, “We use [the tongue] to say, ‘Praised be the Lord and Father’; then use it to curse men, though they are made in likeness of God. Blessing and curse out of the same mouth. This ought not to be, my brothers!” (3:9-10). Therefore, may St. Blaise protect us from all evil, physical and spiritual, which may attack the throat” (Father William Saunders is of the Arlington Catholic Herald.)
O God, deliver us through the intersessions of Your Holy bishop and martyr Blaise, from all evil sole and body, especially from all ills of the throat. Grant us the grace to make a good confession in the confident hope of obtain Your pardon, and ever to praise with worthy lips Your Most Holy Name. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
ST. Blaise, compassionate helper of mankind and faithful servant of God, who for the love of Our Savior did suffer so many tortures with patience and resignation, I invoke your powerful intercession. Preserve me from all evils of soul and body. Because of your great merits, God bestowed upon you the special grace to help those who suffer from ills of the throat. Relieve and preserve me from these ailments, so that I may always be able to fulfill my duties, and with God’s grace, perform good works. I invoke your help, as special physician of souls, for the grace I need to confess my sins sincerely in the Holy Sacrament of Penance and obtain forgiveness. Through your merciful intercession, I also beg you to aid those who unfortunately conceal sin in confession. Obtain for them grace to accuse themselves sincerely and contritely of sin they concealed, the sacrilegious Confessions and Communions they have made, and all the sins they have committed since then, so that they may receive pardon, the grace of God, and the remission of the eternal punishment. Amen.
My Lord and my God! I offer up to you my petition in union with the bitter passion and death of Jesus Christ, Your Son, Together with the merits of His Immaculate and Blessed Mother, Mary ever Virgin, and of all Saints, particularly with those of the Holy Helper, St. Blaise, in whose honor I make this novena. Look down upon me, merciful Lord! Grant me your Grace and Your Love, and graciously hear my prayer. Amen
Information – St. Blaise. New Advent.org
Prayer – St. Blaise. Catholic Kingdom.com
St. Elizabeth of Hungary: Hospital
Selflessness, Compassion, Warth
St. Elizabeth’s feast day is celebrated on November 17
Almighty God, by whose grace your servant Elizabeth of Hungary recognized and honored Jesus in the poor of this world: Grant that we, follow her example, may with love and gladness serve those in any need or trouble.
In the name and sake of and through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen
Information – St. Elizabeth. New Advent.org
Prayer – St. Elizabeth. Institute for Traditional Medicine
St. Martin de Porres: Surgeon, Caregiver, Healer
St. Martin’s feast day is celebrated on November 11
First Day
St. Martin, you always had sympathy for the poor and those who were suffering. I need your help and now ask for it with great confidence in your goodness and power. Please remember me, as you adore God. Amen.
(Mention your petitions, followed by the Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be, and Closing Prayer.)
Closing Prayer: Dear St. Martin, I turn to you in my sorrow and anxiety to seek your friendly protection. Please intercede for me with our merciful Father in heaven so that I may be truly sorry for all my sins and be freed from the evils that shackle me. Ask that I might have something of your spirit of love and self-sacrifice, and so be at all times reconciled to God’s holy will. Oh heavenly Father, in the name of your Son and of His blessed Mother, and by the merits of your faithful servant Martin, help me in my trouble and do not forsake me. Amen.
Second Day
St. Martin, we praise God for the manifestation of His love. The favors you received from God encourage us now to seek your intercession and help. We ask you most humbly to befriend and assist us from your place in heaven; but most of all, we beg you to commend us to our beloved Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
(Petitions, Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be, and Closing Prayer.)
Closing Prayer: Dear St. Martin, I turn to you in my sorrow and anxiety to seek your friendly protection. Please intercede for me with our merciful Father in heaven so that I may be truly sorry for all my sins and be freed from the evils that shackle me. Ask that I might have something of your spirit of love and self-sacrifice, and so be at all times reconciled to God’s holy will. Oh heavenly Father, in the name of your Son and of His blessed Mother, and by the merits of your faithful servant Martin, help me in my trouble and do not forsake me. Amen.
Third Day
Brother Martin, when you were here on earth, you spent your life loving God and your neighbor. This we know from the testimony of your own Dominican brethren. Now that you live in the presence of God in paradise, intercede for those who stand so much in need of the healing help of God and beg the Divine Physician to give us health of the soul and body. Amen.
(Petitions, Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be, and Closing Prayer.)
Closing Prayer: Dear St. Martin, I turn to you in my sorrow and anxiety to seek your friendly protection. Please intercede for me with our merciful Father in heaven so that I may be truly sorry for all my sins and be freed from the evils that shackle me. Ask that I might have something of your spirit of love and self-sacrifice, and so be at all times reconciled to God’s holy will. Oh heavenly Father, in the name of your Son and of His blessed Mother, and by the merits of your faithful servant Martin, help me in my trouble and do not forsake me. Amen.
Information – St. Martin. New Advent.org
Prayer Triduum – St. Martin. from Missionaries in Action, the Dominican Mission Foundation.
St. Bartholomew: Apostle of Healing
Health in general, Aliments of any kind
St. Bartholomew’s feast day is celebrated on August 24
O Jesus, Saint Bartholomew’s greatest desire was to know the truth. When first informed about You, his initial reaction was, “How can anything good come from Nazareth?” But as soon as he met You, he wanted to become one of Your disciples. You said of him, “Here is a man in whom there is no deception.” I ask him to pray against the deceptions that are influencing me and the people I know. Help us to experience Your affirmation when we are honest, give us courage to resist lying as a means of self-protection, and inspire our minds to recognize the truth when we hear it. Saint Bartholomew, pray for us. Amen.
Information – St. Bartholomew. New Advent.org
Prayer – St. Bartholomew. Institute for Traditional Medicine
St. Maron: Healer of Bodies and Souls (ce 345-410; his name also written St. Maroun)
Soul, Greed, Anger, Inner strength, Steadiness
Saint Maron’s feast day is celebrated on February 9
The Institute for Traditional Medicine teaches us, From St. Theodoret writings (393-457) the book Historia Religiosa
“He cured not only infirmities of the body, but applied suitable treatment to souls as well, healing this man’s greed and that man’s anger, to this man supplying teaching in self-control and to that providing lessons in justice, correcting this man’s intemperance and shaking up another man’s sloth. Applying this mode of cultivation, he produced many plants of philosophy, and it was he who planted for God the garden that now flourishes in the region of Cyrrhus. A product of his planting was the great James [known now as St. James of Cyrrhestica], to whom one could reasonably apply the prophetic utterance, ‘the righteous man will flower as the palm tree, and be multiplied like the cedar of Lebanon’, [Psalm 92:12] and also all the others whom, with God’s help, I shall recall individually”….
In Theodoret’s description, one of the specific conditions mentioned as being alleviated by St. Maron was ‘shivering,’ for which he retained a strong reputation even after his death. Thus, St. Maron has long been known as the saint to appeal to in cases of disorders involving trembling and shaking, such as Parkinson’s disease. (The Institute for Traditional Medicine)
O Holy Saint of the open sky, the light of Christ’s teachings gave you strength and perseverance to resist the adverse elements and your example now gives me inner strength to manage my weakness. Most supreme of the hermits, who like trees adorned with leaves afford comforting shade, you give me shelter and refresh me. As you stood firm as a cedar, my shakiness is settled; as you outstretched your arms like great branches, I unwind my tension; as you felt the fresh breeze against you, I open my heart to the winds of God’s love.
Information – St. Maron. Institute for Traditional Medicine
Prayer – St. Maron. Institute for Traditional Medicine
St. Denis of Paris
Headache, Frenzy, Strife, Hydrophobia, Rabies
St. Denis feast day is celebrated on October 9
O God, Who conferred Your saving Faith on the people of France through Your holy bishop and martyr Denis, and did glorify him before and after his martyrdom by many miracles. Grant us, through his intercession, that the Faith practiced and preached by him may be our light on the way of life, so that we may be preserved from all anxieties of conscience, and if by human frailty we have sinned, we may return to You speedily by true penance. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Glorious servant of God, St. Denis, with intense love did you devote yourself to Christ after learning to know Him through the apostle St. Paul. Preaching His saving name to the nations, and bringing the knowledge and love of God, for Who’s sake you did not shrink from martyrdom. Implore for me a continual growth in the knowledge and love of Jesus, so that my restless heart may experience that peace which He alone can give. Help me by thy powerful intercession with God to serve Him with a willing heart, to devote myself with steadfast love to His service, and thereby to attain the eternal bliss of heaven. Amen.
My Lord and my God! I offer up to You my petition in union with the bitter passion and death of Jesus Christ, Your Son, together with the merits of His Immaculate and Blessed Mother, Mary ever Virgin, and of all the Saints, particularly with those of the Holy Helper, St. Denis, in whose honor I make this novena. Look down upon me, merciful Lord! Grant me Your Grace and Your Love, and graciously hear my prayer. Amen.
Information – St. Denis of Paris. New Advent.org
Prayer-St. Denis. Catholic Kingdom.com
St. Barbara
Lightning, Fire, Explosion, Sudden and Unprepared death
St. Barbara feast day is celebrated on December 4
O God, Who adorned Your holy virgin and martyr Barbara with extraordinary fortitude in the confession of the Faith, and consoled her during the most painful torments, grant us through her intercession perseverance in the living of our Catholic Faith, and the grace of being fortified before our end with the Holy Sacraments, and of a happy death. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Intrepid virgin and martyr, St. Barbara, through your intercession come to my aid in all needs of my soul. Obtain for me the grace to be preserved from a sudden and unprovided death. Assist me in my final hour of death. Then, O powerful patroness of the dying, come to my aid! Repel from me all the assaults and temptations of the evil one, and obtain for me the grace to receive before death the Holy Sacraments, that I may breathe forth my soul confirmed in faith, hope, and charity, and be worthy to enter eternal glory. Amen.
St. Barbara, at my last end, Obtain for me the Sacrament; Assist one in that direst need. When I my God and Judge must meet: That robed in sanctifying grace, My soul may stand before His face.
My Lord and my God! I offer up to You my petition in union with the bitter passion and death of Jesus Christ, Your Son, together with the merits of His Immaculate and Blessed Mother, Mary ever Virgin, and of all the Saints, particularly with those of the Holy Helper, St. Barbara, in whose honor I make this novena. Look down upon me, merciful Lord! Grant me Your Grace and Your Love, and graciously hear my prayer. Amen.
Information – St. Barbara. New Advent.org
Prayer-St. Barbara. Catholic Kingdom.com
St. Giles
Epilepsy, Insanity, Sterility
St. Giles feast day is celebrated on September 1
O God, we beseech You to grant us through the merits and intercession of St. Giles to flee from the vanity and praise of this world, to carefully avoid all occasions of sin, to cleanse our hearts from all wickedness by a sincere confession, to leave this world in Your love and rich in good works, and to find You gracious on the day of judgment. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Zealous follower of Christ, St. Giles, you took to heart from your early youth the words of our Savior: “Learn of Me, because I am meek and humble of heart.” Because of this, you fled from the praise and honors of the world, and were rewarded with the grace of preserving your heart from all sin and persevering in a holy life until old age. On my part, I have through pride, self-confidence, and negligence, yielded to my evil inclinations, and through this sinned grievously and often, offending my God and Lord, my Creator and Redeemer, my most loving Father. Therefore I implore you to help me through your mighty intercession to be enlightened by the Holy Spirit, that I may know the malice, grievousness, and multitude of my sins. Grant that I may confess them humbly, fully, and contritely, and receive pardon, tranquillity of heart, and peace of conscience from God. Amen.
My Lord and my God! I offer up to You my petition in union with the bitter passion and death of Jesus Christ, Your Son, together with the merits of His Immaculate and Blessed Mother, Mary ever Virgin, and of all the Saints, particularly with those of the Holy Helper, St. Giles, in whose honor I make this novena. Look down upon me, merciful Lord! Grant me Your Grace and Your Love, and graciously hear my prayer. Amen.
Information – St. Giles. New Advent.org
Prayer-St. Giles. Catholic Kingdom.com
St. Vitus
Strength, Perseverance, Temptation, Epilepsy,
Sts. Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia feast day is celebrated on June 15
Grant us, O God, through the intercession of St. Vitus, a true appreciation of the value of our soul and its redemption by the Precious Blood of Your Son Jesus Christ, so that, for the sake of the salvation of our soul, we will bear all trials with fortitude. Give this Your youthful servant and heroic martyr as a guide and protector to Catholic youths, that following his example they may after a victorious combat receive the crown of justice in Heaven. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
St. Vitus, glorious martyr of Christ, in your youth you were exposed to violent and dangerous temptations, but in the fear of God and for the Love of Jesus you victoriously overcame them. O amiable holy youth, I implore you, by the Love of Jesus, to assist me with your powerful intercession to overcome the temptations to evil, to avoid every occasion of sin, and preserve spotless the robe of innocence and sanctifying grace. I pray that I will bring it unstained to the judgment-seat of Jesus Christ, that I may forever enjoy the beatific vision of God, which is promised to the pure of heart. Amen.
My Lord and my God! I offer up to You my petition in union with the bitter passion and death of Jesus Christ, Your Son, together with the merits of His Immaculate and Blessed Mother, Mary ever Virgin, and of all the Saints, particularly with those of the Holy Helper, St. Vitus, in whose honor I make this novena. Look down upon me, merciful Lord! Grant me Your Grace and Your Love, and graciously hear my prayer. Amen.
Information – St. Vitus. New Advent.org
Prayer-St. Vitus. Catholic Kingdom.com
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