NovenasSt. Josemaría Escrivá Novena
Novena to the Founder of Opus Dei
A nine-day novena to St. Josemaría Escrivá, the Spanish priest who founded Opus Dei and promoted the universal call to holiness in everyday life. He is patron of ordinary Christians seeking sanctity in their daily work.
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For sanctifying daily work
Sign of the Cross
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Opening Prayer
O God, who through Saint Josemaría granted countless people the grace to discover that ordinary work and everyday circumstances are a path to holiness, grant through his intercession that we may sanctify our work, work well for love of You, and help others find You in all things.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Meditation
Josemaría taught that ordinary work—whatever we do—can be sanctified when done well for love of God. The office, the kitchen, the factory can all be paths to heaven.
This vision transforms how we see our daily duties. No work is too humble for holiness.
Prayer
St. Josemaría, you sanctified daily work. Help me to see my work as a path to God. May I do it well for His glory.
(Mention your intentions here)
Prayer to St. Josemaría Escrivá
St. Josemaría, you taught that every honest work can be a path to holiness. Help me to sanctify my daily work, doing it well for love of God and service of others. Obtain for me fidelity in small things and love for the ordinary.
Our Father
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Hail Mary
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, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Glory Be
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
St. Josemaría Escrivá, pray for us. Amen.
About this novena
A nine-day novena to St. Josemaría Escrivá, the Spanish priest who founded Opus Dei and promoted the universal call to holiness in everyday life. He is patron of ordinary Christians seeking sanctity in their daily work.
June 17-25 (Feast: June 26), or any time
Traditional start: June 26
You can begin a novena at any time. Traditional dates are a guide, not a requirement.
