Opening Prayer: Prayer for Generosity
𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴. 𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘴 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦, 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵, 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘪𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭.
Scripture: "𝘏𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴; 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘏𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳." (Colossians 1:15-17)
Day 7: For our Common Home
Saint Ignatius of Loyola found deep spiritual consolation in gazing at the night sky and the stars. At the heart of Ignatian Spirituality is the growing awareness that God can be found in every person, every place, and everything—finding God in all things.
Prayer: Creator God, You have entrusted us with the gift of our Common Home and called us to care for all that You have made. Open our eyes to recognize the cries of the earth and the cries of the poor. Grant us the wisdom to speak with truth, the courage to act with justice, and the compassion to protect the dignity of every person and all Creation. May our lives reflect Your love through faithful stewardship and hope-filled action. Amen.
Lord Jesus Christ, I include in this novena, my intentions through the intercession of St. Ignatius of Loyola. (Silently mention your intentions.) May the Father grant them according to His holy will, and may I find peace in trusting His divine plan.
Closing Prayer: Suscipe
𝘛𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺, 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘮𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦. 𝘛𝘰 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘦, 𝘖 𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘪𝘵. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘛𝘩𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭. 𝘎𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦. 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘯.
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