For protection and healing from the COVID-19 Pandemic
March 19 – 27
“In prayer the Holy Spirit unites us to the person of the only Son, in his glorified humanity, through which and in which our filial prayer unites us in the Church with the Mother of Jesus.” (CCC #2673)
Fr. Joseph Sergott, OP, the Director of the Rosary Center and the Promoter of the Rosary Confraternity in the West, will celebrate a special Mass each day for these intentions and your intentions. He also invites bishops and priests to join the Novena by celebrating Mass in their private chapels.
We ask you to participate fully in the Novena by:
1) Making a Spiritual Communion each day during the Novena, and
2) By praying the Rosary each day during the Novena.
Daily Mass is available on EWTN. We will not be streaming the Mass at the Rosary Center. Also, masses available from the Archdiocese of Portland. And here is the Western Dominican Province’s Corona virus resources page.
The Holy Father, Pope Francis, has issued special indulgences in light of the worldwide pandemic. Please see this!
Spiritual Communion:
My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most Blessed Sacrament. I love You above all things and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there, and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.
St. Alphonsus Liguori (from ourcatholicprayers.com)
Novena Prayer
O Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Joseph, the Father chose you and entrusted to you the unique role of caring for Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son. As Mother of the Church, and Patron of the Universal Church, respectively, God continues to bless us with his grace through your intercession; thus, we ask for your intercession now, for the Lord’s guidance and protection in our time of need. Through this Novena of Masses and Rosaries, we pray for peace and freedom from anxiety, protection from COVID-19, for victims (living & deceased) of the virus and their families, health care workers, those working on treatments for the virus, those suffering economic hardship caused by the virus, civil and religious leaders that they make wise and prudent decisions, Rosary Confraternity Members (living & deceased), as well as the many intentions received through the Rosary Center and those held within the hearts of all who are participating in this Novena. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ, Our Lord. Amen.
(Mention Petitions)
(Pray your daily Rosary)