Novenas and family prayer during this time of crisis

Supreme asks us to also do this Novena: Prayer for Protection in times of Pandemic The State of Oregon Knights of Columbus Council has asked us to participate in a Statewide Novena during this time of crisis.  While you can choose to implement this however you wish, for my family we will be saying the Chaplet of Divine Mercy at 3pm every day during this crisis, followed by one of these two Novenas, for the next 18 days.

March 15-March 23

Novena to Our Lady of Monte Berico

O Most Holy Virgin, Mother of God and my Mother Mary, I thank you that you have deigned to appear on Monte Berico and I thank you for all the graces you grant here to those who turn to you. Nobody ever prayed to you in vain. I, too, resort to you and beg you for the Passion and Death of Jesus and for your pains: welcome me, o’ merciful Mother, under your mantle, which is a maternal mantle; grant me the particular grace that I ask of You , for the cure of the coronavirus and the solace of the souls of its victims, and protect me from all evil and especially from sin which is the greatest evil.

Oh make, oh Mary, my Mother, that I always enjoy your loving protection in life and even more in death and then come to see you in heaven and to thank and bless you forever. Amen.

Madonna of Monte Berico, pray for us.

O sweet Virgin, pious mother of love,
Like this Ave rising from the heart.
Ave, ave, ave, Maria
Ave, ave, ave, Maria

O Virgin, shine as a star in the sky,
Motherly defend your faithful children.
Ave, ave, ave Maria
Ave, ave, ave, Maria


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March 24-April 1

Prayer to Saint Rocco



O Great St. Rocco, deliver us,
we beseech thee,
from the scourges of God;
through thy Intercessory,
preserve our bodies from contagious diseases,
and our souls from the contagion of sin.
Obtain for us salubrious air;
but, above all, purity of heart.
Assist us to make good use of health,
to bear suffering with patience;
and, after thy example,
to live in the practice of penance and charity,
that we may one day enjoy the happiness
which thou has merited by thy virtues.

St. Rocco, pray for us
St. Rocco, pray for us
St. Rocco, pray for us

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Saint Rocco is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church as the protector against the plague and all contagious diseases. Pray for St. Rocco's intercession for protection from the Coronavirus.