The word “novena” comes from the Latin word for nine. A novena is a period of private or public prayer repeated for nine consecutive days to make a specific petition in preparation for a feast day, or at a time of special need, and typically include a set prayer that is repeated daily.
Please join Saint Andrew Parish and School as we spend nine days in prayer (when gathered together or apart) saying the Prayer to Saint Andrew (below) in preparation for the Feast of Saint Andrew on November 20, 2205.
If you would like – you may pray by playing the recording below which features a member of the Saint Andrew staff reciting the prayer with and for you.
Dear Lord, we thank You for giving us St. Andrew the Apostle as an example of holiness.
Help us to imitate his openness to Your call in our own lives, that we may be as ready to serve You as he was.
St. Andrew, you were one of the first people to be called personally by Our Lord.
He called you and your brother St. Peter to leave behind your lives as fishermen and to follow Him as Apostles.
You followed His call to become “fishers of men.” And you remained faithful to that call,
staying with Him throughout His ministry and spreading the Gospel after His death.
You probably never would have guessed that you would be invited to be one of the
closest friends of the Son of God, but you left everything behind in order to follow Him.
Pray for me, that I may be as ready to serve Christ as you were.
Please also pray for (mention your intentions here).
St. Andrew the Apostle, pray for us!
