The Chaplet of St. Michael, also called the Angelic Crown, honors St. Michael and the nine choirs of angels. According to tradition, St. Michael revealed it to a Portuguese Carmelite, Antonia d'Astonac, and Blessed Pope Pius IX richly indulgenced it in 1851. It is prayed on a special chaplet of nine groups of three beads, but you can also use your fingers or an ordinary rosary. For each of the nine salutations, pray one Our Father and three Hail Marys, then the invocation for

The Novena of Grace is one of the most beloved novenas in the Church. It began in Naples in 1633, when the dying Jesuit Fr. Marcello Mastrilli was cured after St. Francis Xavier appeared to him and promised his help to all who asked it for nine days. Traditionally the novena is made from March 4 to March 12, the anniversary of the saint's canonization, but it can also be prayed before his feast on December 3 or at any time of need. St. Francis Xavier, a companion of St. Ignat

The St. Andrew Christmas Novena is a much-loved Advent devotion. Despite its name, it is not addressed to St. Andrew. It is a meditation on the hour of Christ's birth that begins on the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle, November 30, and continues until Christmas. The prayer is traditionally said fifteen times a day, and many families divide the repetitions between morning, noon, and evening. It dates from the late nineteenth century and received an imprimatur in New York in 18

The Chaplet of the Five Wounds honors the Passion of Christ. This traditional structure may be prayed on ordinary beads. The Prayer On the crucifix: Apostles' Creed. On the large beads: Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Wounds of our Lord Jesus Christ to heal the wounds of our souls. On the small beads (five times for each Wound): My Jesus, pardon and mercy through the merits of Thy Holy Wounds. Conclude: Holy Mother, pierce me through; in my heart each Wound renew of my Savio

Begin a novena to the Holy Spirit with this traditional invocation for His seven gifts. The Prayer O Holy Spirit, divine Consoler, I adore Thee as my true God, with God the Father and God the Son. I bless and thank Thee for all the benefits Thou hast bestowed upon me. Come, O Spirit of Wisdom, and teach me to seek God. Come, O Spirit of Understanding, and enlighten my mind. Come, O Spirit of Counsel, and make me docile. Come, O Spirit of Fortitude, and give me strength. Come,

A traditional Sacred Heart novena prayer suitable for nine days of petition. The Prayer O my Jesus, Thou hast said: "Truly I say to you, ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you." Behold I knock, I seek, and I ask for the grace of (mention request). O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in Thee, that I may ever do Thy will. O my Jesus, Thou hast said: "Truly I say to you, if you ask anything of the Father in My Name, He w