Powerful Novena to the Infant Jesus of Prague ~ When You Are in Urgent Need ~
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Powerful Novena to The Infant Jesus of Prague ~ When You Are In Urgent Need ~ Holy Family Catholic Church 4401 Highcrest Rd. Rockford, IL 61107 (815) 398-4280 The more you honor Me, the website: www.holyfamilyrockford.org more I will bless you. Special devotion to the Infant Jesus originated with Child Jesus, he contemplated the most marvelous (Make your request) the Carmelites in the city of Prague, Bohemia, in even in the history of the world, the Incarnation. the beginning of the 17th Century. Princess He was filled with awe and wonder has he prayed Polyxenia of Lobkowitz had received as a wedding to the God who became a child because of his love O Jesus, who said, "all that you ask of the father in gift from her mother a statue of the Infant Jesus for us. My Name He will grant you", through the previously brought from Spain. intercession of Mary, Your Most Holy Mother, I humbly and urgently ask Your Father in Your Suddenly, the statue spoke to him. Father Cyril Name that my prayer be granted. It was a small statue, just 19 inches tall, made of was stunned as he heard words of promise from wood, wax, and cloth. It represented the Infant Our Lord. Jesus dressed in royal robes and wearing a king's (Make your request) crown. Startled by this revelation, Father Cyril examined the statue, and upon drawing aside the mantle O Jesus, who said, "Heaven and earth shall pass After the death of her husband, the princess covering it, he found that both hands of the statue away, but My Word shall not pass", through the devoted herself to works of charity and was were broken off. The hands were later restored to intercession of Mary, Your Most Holy Mother, I particularly helpful to the Carmelites in Prague. In the statue through the generosity of a devotee of feel confident that my prayer will be granted. 1628, when the Carmelite Monastery had been the Divine Child. St. Therese, the Little Flower, reduced to poverty, owing to the ravages of war, was also a most fervent venerator. For more than (Make your request) the princess gave her precious statue to the three centuries, this promise has inspired a Carmelites, saying, "I give you what I prize most worldwide devotion to the Miraculous Infant Jesus highly in the world; honor and respect the Child of Prague. The original statue is still preserved in Prayer of Thanksgiving for Graces Received from Jesus and you shall never be in want." the church of St. Mary of Victory in Prague. the Infant Jesus Her gift was placed in the Carmelite oratory. The Today, replicas and models of the small statue are I prostrate myself before Your holy image, O most words of the princess proved prophetic, for as long honored in every part of the world. The list of gracious Infant Jesus, to offer You my most fervent as the Carmelites kept up their devotion to the blessings attributed by devotees of the Infant Jesus thanks for the blessings You have bestowed on me. Divine Infant of Prague, everything prospered with is endless: health restored, financial problems I shall incessantly praise Your ineffable Mercy and them. solved, gifts of peace of mind and soul, and confess that You alone are my God, my helper, innumerable healings, both physical and spiritual. and my Protector. Henceforth my entire God has been astonishingly generous in blessing confidence shall be placed in You! Everywhere I The Carmelites were later forced to flee from the those who have been devoted to his Infant Son. will proclaim aloud Your Mercy and Generosity, city, and in the confusion of the war, they were so that Your great Love and the great deeds which unable to take with them their miraculous statue. You perform through this miraculous Image may The invaders seized it and threw it into a pile of be acknowledged by all. may devotion to Your rubbish. Most Holy Infancy increase more and more in the hearts of all Christians, and may all who In 1635, peace came to Prague and the Carmelites Powerful Novena to the Infant Jesus of experience Your assistance persevere with me in returned. One of them, Father Cyril, who had Prague, when you are in urgent need showing unceasing gratitude to Your Most Holy previously received great spiritual help through his Infancy, to which be praise and glory forever. devotion to the Infant of Prague, sought the statue Amen. and found it amidst the rubbish. O Jesus, who said, "Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it will be opened to (Every hour on the hour for 9-hrs on any given Overjoyed, he again placed the statue in the you", through the intercession of Mary, Your Most Holy Mother, I knock, I seek, I ask that my prayer day. This prayer is to be said 9-hrs for one day and oratory. Father Cyril knelt in prayer before the not 9 days.) small statue. Gazing upon the simple statue of the be granted. .