Gerard medals are worn by expectant mothers or those experiencing a difficult pregnancy. Often placed in a Bible or prayer book these medals are a reminder of St. Gerard’s intercession for a safe delivery.
St.
Gerard Majella is the patron saint of expectant mothers, mothers with
difficult pregnancies, and those women who hope to conceive and give birth to
healthy children. Say this Novena once a day for nine days, especially beginning
on Oct
7th and ending onOctober
15th, the eve of the Feast of St. Gerard.
First Day
Saint Gerard, ever full of faith,
obtain for me that, believing firmly all that the Church of God proposes to my
belief, I may strive to secure through a holy life, the joys of eternal
happiness.
Recite the Hail Mary (nine
times).
Verse: Pray for us, O Saint
Gerard.
Response: That we may be made worthy
of the promises of Christ.
Let Us Pray
O Almighty and Everlasting God, who
didst draw to thyself Saint Gerard, even from his tenderest years, making him
conformable to the Image of Thy Crucified Son, grant we beseech Thee, that
imitating his example, we may be made like unto the same Divine Image, through
Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Second Day
Saint Gerard, most generous saint,
who from thy tenderest years didst care so little for the goods of earth, grant
that I may place all my confidence in Jesus Christ alone, my true Treasure, who
alone can make me happy in time and eternity.
Recite the Hail Mary (nine
times)
Verse: Pray for us, O Saint
Gerard.
Response: That we may be made worthy
of the promises of Christ.
Third Day
Saint Gerard, bright seraph of love,
who despising all earthly love, didst consecrate thy life to the service of God
and thy neighbor, promoting God’s glory in thy lowly state, and ever ready to
assist the distressed and console the sorrowful, obtain for me, I beseech thee,
that loving God the only Good and my neighbor for His sake, I may be hereafter
united to Him forever in glory.
Recite the Hail Mary (nine
times)
Verse: Pray for us, O Saint
Gerard.
Response: That we may be made worthy
of the promises of Christ.
Fourth Day
Saint Gerard, spotless lily of
purity, by the angelic virtue and thy wonderful innocence of life thou didst
receive from the Infant Jesus and His Immaculate Mother, sweet pledges of
tenderest love, grant, I beseech thee, that I may ever strive in my lifelong
fight, and thus win the crown that awaits the brave and the
true.
Recite the Hail Mary (nine
times)
Verse: Pray for us, O Saint
Gerard.
Response: That we may be made worthy
of the promises of Christ.
Fifth Day
Saint Gerard, model of holy
obedience, who through thy life didst heroically submit thy judgment to those
who represent Jesus Christ to thee, thus sanctifying thy lowliest actions,
obtain for me from God cheerful submission to His Holy Will and the virtue of
perfect obedience, that I may be made conformable to Jesus, my Model, who was
obedient even to death.
Recite the Hail Mary (nine
times)
Verse: Pray for us, O Saint
Gerard.
Response: That we may be made worthy
of the promises of Christ.
Sixth Day
Saint Gerard, most perfect imitator
of Jesus Our Redeemer, do thou whose greatest glory was to be humble and lowly,
obtain that I too, knowing my littleness in God’s sight may be found worthy to
enter the kingdom that is promised to the humble and lowly of
heart.
Recite the Hail Mary (nine
times)
Pray for us, O Saint
Gerard
That we may be made worthy of the
promises of Christ.
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DAY SEVEN
Saint Gerard, unconquered hero, most
patient in suffering, do thou who didst glory in infirmity, and under slander
and most cruel ignominy didst rejoice to suffer with Christ, obtain for me
patience and resignation in my sorrows, that I may bravely bear the cross that
is to gain for me the crown of everlasting glory.
Recite the Hail Mary (nine
times)
Verse: Pray for us, O Saint
Gerard.
Response: That we may be made worthy
of the promises of Christ.
Eight Day
Saint Gerard, true lover of Jesus in
the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar, do thou who didst kneel long hours before
the Tabernacle, and there didst taste the joys of paradise. Obtain for me an
undying love for the Most Holy Sacrament, that thus receiving frequently the
Body and Blood of Jesus, I may daily grow in His holy love and merit the
priceless grace of loving Him even to the end.
Recite the Hail Mary (nine
times)
Verse: Pray for us, O Saint
Gerard.
Response: That we may be made worthy
of the promises of Christ.
Ninth Day
Saint Gerard, most favored child of
heaven, to whom Mary gave the Infant Jesus in the days of thy childhood, to whom
she sweetly came before thou didst close thine eyes in death, obtain for me I
beseech thee, so to seek and love my Blessed Mother during life, that she may be
my joy and consolation in this valley of tears, until with thee, before the
throne of God, I may praise her goodness for all eternity.
Amen.
Recite the Hail Mary (nine
times)
Verse: Pray for us, O Saint
Gerard.
Response: That we may be made worthy
of the promises of Christ.
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