Novenas to the Saints

A novena is nine days of prayer for a particular intention. Each page gives the full text, where the novena comes from, and when Catholics begin it.

• 54 day rosary novenaThe six back-to-back rosary novenas, 27 days of petition and 27 of thanksgiving, with the traditional offering prayers and the 1884 story of Fortuna Agrelli that Bartolo Longo made known.
• Our Lady Undoer of KnotsMary Undoer of Knots, from St. Irenaeus's "knot of Eve's disobedience" to the Augsburg altarpiece of about 1700 and Pope Francis, with a nine-day novena built from the Church's prayers.
• St. Andrew Christmas novenaThe "Hail and blessed be the hour" prayer said 15 times a day from St. Andrew's feast to Christmas, with its oldest printed text and an honest look at its origin.
• St. Anthony prayerThe traditional St. Anthony prayer for lost things, the Unfailing Prayer, the miraculous responsory and the 13 Tuesdays, with the old prayer books they come from.
• St. Jude novenaThe traditional St. Jude novena printed in full from the 1929 booklet of the Dominican shrine in Chicago, with the litany, the prayer of thanksgiving and how to pray it for nine days.
• St. Peregrine prayerThe traditional St. Peregrine prayer for people with cancer, the Servite prayer for the sick, how to pray his novena, and the story behind the patron of cancer patients.
• St. Raphael prayerThe St. Raphael the Archangel prayer for healing, the travelers' collect, the "angel of happy meetings" prayer for a spouse, and the novena, with their sources in Tobit.
• Surrender novenaThe Surrender Novena of the Servant of God Fr. Dolindo Ruotolo of Naples, its "Jesus, you take over" refrain, how to pray it for nine days, and what we know about where it came from.