The Religious Freedom

With threats to religious liberty around the world, we have decided to dedicate this novena for religious freedom.

“The saints have always been the source and origin of renewal in the most difficult moments in the Church’s history.” - St. John Paul II

This novena was written to be a prayer to all

Saints and particularly to Martyrs.

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A Day of Solidarity for All Persecuted Christians

The Novena for Religious Freedom will start on August 1st with a special Day of Solidarity for All Persecuted Christians.

There are three things we will do to commemorate this day, on the first day of the novena:

1. We will fast (or offer another sacrifice). 2. We will recite a Morning Offering prayer (see below). 3. We will recite our novena prayer for the day.

From Praymorenovenas.com exclusively for Novena Support Team Members We will do all of these things, offering them up for those suffering for their faith around the world.

How you choose to fast, or make another sacrifice, is up to you, but here are a few examples:

• Only eating one small meal that day • Abstaining from meat • Abstaining from caffeine • Giving up listening to the radio or watching tv • Walking to daily instead of driving

Again, these are just a few ideas. You can discern how you feel called, and capable, to fast.

As for the Morning Offering, there are many different variations of this prayer -- you can choose to pray whichever one you know best. The idea is to offer God everything in your day, good and bad, joining your sacrifices & joys to His. This prayer is also a good reminder of the importance of praying for others and for our Holy Father.

Here is one version we will be praying:

"O , through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer You my prayers, works, joys and sufferings of this day for all the intentions of Your , in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, in reparation for my sins, for the intentions of all my relatives and friends, and in particular for the intentions of the Holy Father. Amen."

From Praymorenovenas.com exclusively for Novena Support Team Members Novena for Religious Freedom Daily Prayer

Oh great cloud of witnesses! Oh host of Angels and Saints worshiping God for all eternity! Oh holy ones in heaven above, Pray for us!

You who were once part of the Church on earth, you who were faithful servants of the Church Militant, you who suffered for the love of God, Pray for us!

In all ages, the Church is persecuted and hated. We pray, oh Lord, through your holy Saints, that we may be blessed with the freedom to worship and adore you at all times! We pray that you may bless your Church throughout the world and me personally with your grace to persevere with love in the face of persecution just as You did on the Cross.

(Mention your personal intentions here)

Pray the of Martyrs in accordance with the day of the novena:

Day 1: Day 2 St. Joan of Arc – Pray for us! St. Maria Goretti – Pray for us! St. Valentine – Pray for us! St. Ignatius of Antioch – Pray for us! St. Carmen Monreno and St. Ampara St. Lawrence – Pray for us! Caronell – Pray for us! St. Lorenzo Ruiz – Pray for us! St. Sebastian – Pray for us! St. Agnes – Pray for us! St. Peter – Pray for us! St. Anastasia – Pray for us! St. Stephen – Pray for us! St. Oliver Plunkett – Pray for us! St. Denis – Pray for us! St. Dorothy – Pray for us! Amen. Amen.

From Praymorenovenas.com exclusively for Novena Support Team Members Day 3 St. Kizito and the Ugandan Martyrs – Pray St. Edith Stein – Pray for us! for us! St. Maximilian Kolbe – Pray for us! St. Paul Chong Hasang and the Korean St. Thomas Moore – Pray for us! Martyrs – Pray for us! St. Margaret Clitherow – Pray for us! St. Genesius – Pray for us! St. Julia – Pray for us! St. Cyprian – Pray for us! St. Polycarp – Pray for us! St. Luke – Pray for us! St. Peter of Verona – Pray for us! Blessed José Luis Sánchez del Río - Pray for St. Gonsalo Garcia – Pray for us! us! St. Thomas Becket – Pray for us! St. Andrew – Pray for us! St. John Fischer – Pray for us! Holy Innocents – Pray for us! Amen. St. Catherine of Alexandria – Pray for us! Amen. Day 4 St. Philomena – Pray for us! Day 6 St. John the Baptist – Pray for us! Blessed Miguel Pro – Pray for us! The Jesuit Martyrs of China – Pray for us! St. George – Pray for us! St. Cecilia – Pray for us! St. Perpetua – Pray for us! St. Jude – Pray for us! St. Felicity – Pray for us! The Vietnamese Martyrs – Pray for us! St. Dymphna – Pray for us! St. Boniface – Pray for us! Blessed Jose Maria Sanchez – Pray for us! St. Vitalis of Gaza – Pray for us! St. Eulala – Pray for us! St. Menas – Pray for us! Blessed Teresa of Augustine and the St. Expeditus – Pray for us! Martyrs of Compiègne– Pray for us! Amen. St. Pedro Poveda Castroverde – Pray for us! St. Thecla – Pray for us! Day 5 Blessed Pedro Calungsod – Pray for us! St Christopher – Pray for us! St. Elias and St. Jeremy – Pray for us! St. Charles Lwanga – Pray for us! Amen.

From Praymorenovenas.com exclusively for Novena Support Team Members Day 7 St. Toribio – Pray for us! St. Anthony – Pray for us! St. Jean de Brébeuf - Pray for us! St. Paul – Pray for us! St. Barbara – Pray for us! St. Agatha – Pray for us! St. Alban – Pray for us! St. Simeon – Pray for us! St. Tanco – Pray for us! St. Isaac Jogues and the North American St. Winefride – Pray for us! Martyrs – Pray for us! Amen. St. Simon – Pray for us! Servant of God Archbishop Oscar Romero – Day 9 Pray for us! St. Edmond Campion – Pray for us! St. Faustinus and St. Jovita – Pray for us! St. Ursula – Pray for us! St. Meinrad – Pray for us! Blessed Peter Torot – Pray for us! St. Tarcisius – Pray for us! St. Dominic Henares – Pray for us! St. Daniel – Pray for us! St. Erasmus – Pray for us! Amen. Blessed Father Jerzy Popieluszko – Pray for us! Day 8 Saints Nunilo and Alodia – Pray for us! St. Lucy – Pray for us! St. Andrew Bobola – Pray for us! St. Paul Miki – Pray for us! St. Miguel de la Mora – Pray for us! St. Gabriel Lalemant and Canadian Martyrs St. Tatiana – Pray for us! – Pray for us! Pope Saint Sixtus II – Pray for us! St. Andrew Kim and Japanese Martyrs – Amen. Pray for us!

St. Roque Gonzalez de Santa Cruz – Pray for us!

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