Novena to the
Holy Infant of Prague


Day 1 – The Incarnation


  • O God, come to my aid!
    Lord, make haste to help me!


  • Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, and to the Mother of God,
    As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.


O sweetest Child Jesus, who through the Virgin, Your Mother, visited Elizabeth to sanctify from his mother’s womb, Your Precursor John the Baptist and fill him with the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.


Invocation

  • Have mercy on us, Infant Jesus,
    have mercy on us.


Our Father… Hail Mary… Glory be to the Father…


Invocations to the Holy Infant Jesus of Prague


Day 2 – The Visitation


  • O God, come to my aid!
    Lord, make haste to help me!


  • Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, and to the Mother of God,
    As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.



Invocation

  • Have mercy on us, Infant Jesus,
    have mercy on us.


Our Father… Hail Mary… Glory be to the Father…


Invocations to the Holy Infant Jesus of Prague


Day 3 – The Birth of Jesus
and the Adoration of the shepherds


    • O God, come to my aid!
      Lord, make haste to help me!


    • Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, and to the Mother of God,
      As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.


    O sweetest Child Jesus born in Bethlehem of the Virgin Mary, wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger, announced by the angels and visited by the shepherds, have mercy on us. 


    Invocation

    • Have mercy on us, Infant Jesus,
      have mercy on us.


    Our Father… Hail Mary… Glory be to the Father…


    Invocations to the Holy Infant Jesus of Prague


Day 4  – The Circumcision


    • O God, come to my aid!
      Lord, make haste to help me!


    • Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, and to the Mother of God,
      As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.


    O sweetest Child Jesus, who after eight days was circumcised and called by the glorious name of Jesus, and who by Your name as well as by Your blood was proclaimed Savior of the world, have mercy on us. 


    Invocation

    • Have mercy on us, Infant Jesus,
      have mercy on us.


    Our Father… Hail Mary… Glory be to the Father…


    Invocations to the Holy Infant Jesus of Prague



Day 5  – The Adoration of the Magi


    • O God, come to my aid!
      Lord, make haste to help me!


    • Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, and to the Mother of God,
      As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.


    O sweetest Child Jesus, who was revealed to the Magi by the star that guided them, and who received in the bosom of Your Mother their adoration and their mysterious gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh, have mercy on us. 


    Invocation

    • Have mercy on us, Infant Jesus,
      have mercy on us.


    Our Father… Hail Mary… Glory be to the Father…


    Invocations to the Holy Infant Jesus of Prague



Day 6 – The Presentation in the Temple


    • O God, come to my aid!
      Lord, make haste to help me!


    • Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, and to the Mother of God,
      As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.


    O sweetest Child Jesus, presented in the temple by Your Virgin Mother, embraced by the holy old man Simeon and revealed to Israel by Anna the prophetess, have mercy on us. 


    Invocation

    • Have mercy on us, Infant Jesus,
      have mercy on us.


    Our Father… Hail Mary… Glory be to the Father…


    Invocations to the Holy Infant Jesus of Prague



Day 7  – The Flight and the stay in Egypt


    • O God, come to my aid!
      Lord, make haste to help me!


    • Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, and to the Mother of God,
      As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.


    O sweetest Child Jesus, sought by the impious Herod who wanted to put You to death, carried by Saint Joseph with Your Mother to Egypt, saved from a cruel massacre and glorified by the blood of the Innocent Martyrs; You who remained in Egypt with Mary Your holy Mother and the patriarch Saint Joseph until Herod’s death, have mercy on us. 


    Invocation

    • Have mercy on us, Infant Jesus,
      have mercy on us.


    Our Father… Hail Mary… Glory be to the Father…


    Invocations to the Holy Infant Jesus of Prague



Day 8  – The return from Egypt
and the hidden life in Nazareth


    • O God, come to my aid!
      Lord, make haste to help me!


    • Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, and to the Mother of God,
      As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.


    O sweetest Child Jesus, who, returning from Egypt to the land of Israel, suffered all the hardships of a difficult journey, and finally retired to the city of Nazareth to remain humbly submitted to Your parents; You who, in the midst of poverty and toil, grew in grace, have mercy on us. 


    Invocation

    • Have mercy on us, Infant Jesus,
      have mercy on us.


    Our Father… Hail Mary… Glory be to the Father…


    Invocations to the Holy Infant Jesus of Prague



Day 9  – Jesus in the midst of the Doctors


    • O God, come to my aid!
      Lord, make haste to help me!


    • Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, and to the Mother of God,
      As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.


    O sweetest Child Jesus, taken at the age of twelve to Jerusalem, sought by Your parents with so much grief and found three days later with great joy in the midst of the Doctors, have mercy on us. 


    Invocation

    • Have mercy on us, Infant Jesus,
      have mercy on us.


    Our Father… Hail Mary… Glory be to the Father…


    Invocations to the Holy Infant Jesus of Prague