Novena to Jesus of The Black Nazarene – Fourth Day

Novena to Jesus of Nazareth
(To make this Novena, if possible, recite the following prayers in a Church, or before an image of Jesus of Nazareth. Try to go to at least one Confession and frequent communion during the course of nine consecutive days or each day if done on nine consecutive Fridays.)
THE SIGN OF THE CROSS
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
ACT OF CONTRITION

Iriga City
O Jesus Christ, my Lord, true God, and true Man, my great Redeemer; with the sublime love which You did profess for humankind, and for which You did suffer humiliations and experience all sorts of trials and tribulations since Your capture by the soldiers led by Judas Iscariot, and during Your painful journey to Calvary; walking with a heavy cross on Your shoulders, as a penitent creature of God, I should appreciate Your supreme sacrifice; Your death on the cross to redeem the world and hereby promise to love You ever more.
Referring to You, St. John said, โGreater love has no man than this that He lay down His life for His friends.โ
In as much as I love you above all things, I repent with all my heart and soul for having committed sins against You. I firmly resolve, with the help of Your Grace to sin no more and to avoid the occasions of sin. So help me, I beseech You Jesus Christ, to do penance, and give me courage to follow You in Your dolorous way of the Cross.
Fourth Day or Fourth Friday
Jesus Christ met His afflicted and sorrowful mother in His journey. As they looked at each other, each of them felt the pains within their hearts which they could not express in words, as if the arrows and daggers were plunged into their chest; wounding their hearts which loved each other dearly and tenderly. She followed Him in His dolorous journey.
Meditation
Imagine the feelings of the Blessed Mother and her Son in those moments, here a mother meeting her son in a pitiful condition; disfigured, emaciated, weakened, almost at the brink of agony; with blood oozing from His heart and body. Lugubrious, the Virgin Mother met Jesus in such state. Both Mother and Son experienced inconsolable sorrow. And Jesus was on His way to Calvary to save mankind.
Resolution for the Day
I hereby resolve to ask the Good Lord for religious fervor through the intercession of the Virgin Mother of Jesus, as a foundation of mercy, she helps sinners.
Prayer
Blessed Mother, Mary most holy, our model of virtues, deign to receive the voluntary offering we make of this novena; keep us faithful unto death in our love and duty to our Lord so that we may be worthy of the glory of heaven, that through your intercession, we may enjoy eternal life.
LITANY OF PASSION
Lord, have mercy on usโฆ
Lord, have mercy on us
Christ, Have mercy on usโฆ
Christ, have mercy on us
Lord, have mercy on usโฆ
Lord, have mercy on us
Christ, hear usโฆ
Christ hear us
Christ, graciously hear usโฆ
Christ, graciously hear us
God, the Father in heavenโฆ
Have mercy on us
Jesus, rejected for Barabbasโฆ
Have mercy on us
Jesus, thorn by scourgesโฆ
Have mercy on us
Jesus, bruised for our sinsโฆ
Have mercy on us
Jesus, covered with purple robeโฆ
Have mercy on us
Jesus, struck with a reed upon the headโฆ
Have mercy on us
Jesus, demanded for crucifixionโฆ
Have mercy on us
Jesus, condemned with an ignominious deathโฆ
Have mercy on us
Jesus, given up to the will of Your enemiesโฆ
Have mercy on us
Jesus, loaded with a heavy weight of the Crossโฆ
Have mercy on us
Jesus, led like a sheep to the slaughterโฆ
Have mercy on us
Jesus, stripped of Your garmentsโฆ
Have mercy on us
Jesus, fastened with nails to the crossโฆ
Have mercy on us
Jesus, promising paradise to the penitent thiefโฆ
Have mercy on us
Jesus, commending St. John to Your Mother as Her Sonโฆ
Have mercy on us
Jesus, declaring Yourself forsaken by Your Fatherโฆ
Have mercy on us
Jesus, in Your thirst given gall and vinegar to drinkโฆ
Have mercy on us
Jesus, testifying that all things written concerning You were accomplishedโฆ
Have mercy on us
Jesus, commending Your Spirit into the hand of Your Fatherโฆ
Have mercy on us
Jesus, obedient even to the death on the Crossโฆ
Have mercy on us
Jesus, made a propitiation for usโฆ
Have mercy on us
Jesus, taken down from the crossโฆ
Have mercy on us
Jesus, laid in the sepulcherโฆ
Have mercy on us
Jesus, rising graciously from the deadโฆ
Have mercy on us
Jesus, ascending into heavenโฆ
Have mercy on us
Jesus, our advocate with the Fatherโฆ
Have mercy on us
Jesus, sending down on Your disciples to the Holy spirit the Paracleteโฆ
Have mercy on us
Jesus, exalting Your Mother above the living and the deadโฆ
Have mercy on us
Be mercifulโฆ
Spare us, O Lord
Be mercifulโฆ
Graciously hear us, O Lord.
From all evilโฆ
Lord Jesus, deliver us.
From all sinsโฆ
Lord Jesus, deliver us.
From anger, hatred, and every evil willโฆ
Lord Jesus, deliver us.
From war, famine, and pestilenceโฆ
Lord Jesus, deliver us.
From all dangers of minds and bodyโฆ
Lord Jesus, deliver us.
From everlasting deathโฆ
Lord Jesus, deliver us.
Through Your most pure conceptionโฆ
Lord Jesus, deliver us.
Through Your miraculous Nativityโฆ
Lord Jesus, deliver us.
Through Your humble circumcisionโฆ
Lord Jesus, deliver us.
Through Your baptism and holy fastingโฆ
Lord Jesus, deliver us.
Through Your labors and watchingโฆ
Lord Jesus, deliver us.
Through Your cruel scourging and crowning
Lord Jesus, deliver us.
Through Your thirst, tears, and nakednessโฆ
Lord Jesus, deliver us.
Through Your precious death on the Crossโฆ
Lord Jesus, deliver us.
Through Your Glorious Resurrection and Ascensionโฆ
Lord Jesus, deliver us.
Through Your sending forth of the Holy Spirit, the Paracleteโฆ
Lord Jesus, deliver us.
On the Day of Judgementโฆ
Lord Jesus, deliver us.
We sinnersโฆ
We beseech You, Hear us.
That you would spare usโฆ
We beseech You, Hear us.
That You would pardon usโฆ
We beseech You, Hear us.
That You would vouchsafe to bring us true penanceโฆ
We beseech You, Hear us.
That You would vouchsafe mercifully pour into our hearts the grace of the Holy Spiritโฆ
We beseech You, Hear us.
That You would vouchsafe to preserve and increase all societies assembled in Your Holy Nameโฆ
We beseech You, Hear us.
That You would vouchsafe to bestow upon us true peaceโฆ
We beseech You, Hear us.
That You would vouchsafe to give us perseverance in grace and in Your Holy serviceโฆ
We beseech You, Hear us.
That You would vouchsafe to deliver us from unclean thoughts, the temptations of the devil, and everlasting damnationโฆ
We beseech You, Hear us.
That You would vouchsafe to graciously hear usโฆ
We beseech You, Hear us.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the worldโฆ
Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the wordโฆ
Have mercy on us, O Lord.
V. We adore You, Oh Christ and we praise You.
R. Because of Your Holy Cross You Have redeemed the world.
CONCLUDING PRAYER
O Almighty God, who have appointed Your only begotten Son the Savior of the World; many times I have improperly abandoned You, but after duly repenting for having offended You, now on my knees I come to offer You to say that I adore You with all fervor and devotion. So please forgive me for my sins and omissions; and grant me grace, I beseech You, my omnipotent God, so that I may enjoy the blessing and Glory of Heaven where Your Son Jesus live and reign with You in unity of the Holy spirit, world without end. Amen
(Say Three Hail Maryโs for the intention of this novena)
The Hail Mary
Hail Mary, full of grace the Lord is with you, among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.
CONCLUDING PRAYER
O MY SOUL, GREAT TRUTH; YOUR SALVATION MUST BE A MOST IMPORTANT AFFAIR; IF THE SON OF GOD HAD TO DIE TO THE CROSS FOR IT; AND IF THE MOST INNOCENT JESUS WAS THUS SCOURGED FOR THE SINS OF OTHERS, WHAT WILL BE THE PUNISHMENT IN HELL FOR OUR SIN, SO NUMEROUS AND COMMITTED WITH MALICE? O JESUS CRUCIFIED, BE MY SALVATION.
O MARY, MOTHER OF THE DIVINE REDEEMER, HOW GREAT IS THE GOODNESS OF JESUS Towards US, AND WE UNGRATEFUL FOR SUCH GOODNESS HAVE NOT ONLY SHOWN HIM LITTLE LOVE IN RETURN, BUT HAVE ALSO OFTEN TIME REOPENED HIS WOUNDS. PRAY FOR US THAT WE MAY DESPISE SUCH INGRATITUDE. OUR DEAREST MOTHER MARY, HELP OF CHRISTIANS, HELP ME TO KEEP MY RESOLUTIONS I HAVE MADE DURING THIS MEDITATION; HELP US TO LIVE AS GOOD AND FAITHFUL CATHOLICS, AS A DEVOUR CHILD OF YOU, HELP ME TO AVOID OFFENDING YOU DIVINE SON, HELP ME TO HAVE A HAPPY DEATH; HELP ME OH MARY, TO SAVE MY SOUL SO THAT I MAY BE HAPPY WITH JESUS CHRIST FOREVER. AMEN.
Jesus of the Black Nazarene…
Have Mercy on Us.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen

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