unto you.

Our entrance into your Kingdom will

be determined by the way we serve the needy
and the poor.
St. Raymund excelled in his service to
others, allowing himself to become a slave in
order to free as many captives as he could.
He did not hesitate to spend his last treasure
so that others may live. While he was honored
a cardinal, he still spent his time on the streets
begging for others.
St. Raymund, we are also beggars who beg
your intercession so that the Lord may grant us our
petitions for this novena. Intercede for us before
the throne of the most High so that our petitions
could be granted and we promise to help the poor
and the needy in the best way we can. Amen.
(3) Hail Mary and (3) Glory Be
St. Raymund Nonato, pray for us.

Sixth day

ord Jesus Christ, you love purity and through

the virginity of the Holy Mother, you blest all
those who are faithful to a chaste life. St. Raymund
was chaste and pure throughout his life. He offered
himself to Mother Mary and made a solemn vow
to imitate her in holy virginity.
Look on us with pity St. Raymund that we,
too, may learn to be chaste by cleansing our
minds and hearts of all impure things. Make us
understand that impure thoughts become deadly
once we entertain them. Help us then that we may
not entertain impure thoughts and welcome only
in our minds and hearts thoughts that edify our
neighbors and make us closer to God. Amen.
(3) Hail Mary and (3) Glory Be
St. Raymund Nonato, pray for us.

Seventh day

ord Jesus Christ, you did not deem equality

with God as something to be looked up,
but you emptied yourself and became one with
us, a human being with all its imperfections,
except sin. You lead us on the way of humility.
St. Raymund, you belonged to a rich and
noble family. You considered your riches and
nobility as garbage in comparison to what you
had received as a religious. You only accepted
the office of being a Cardinal because of
obedience but soon after you received the
honor, you went to the streets to be a beggar
and beg to take care of the poor.
Lead us then to live humble existence,
without reference to our positions and wealth,
and see everything as a gift from God. Listen
to our petitions, dear saint, and intercede for
us before the throne of God who listens to you.
Amen.
(3) Hail Mary and (3) Glory Be
St. Raymund Nonato, pray for us.

Eighth day

ord Jesus Christ, you offered yourself to the

Father and shed your blood to do his will.
Your death is the crowning of your life totally
dedicated to the Father.
O St. Raymund, you were tortured and
nearly became a martyr. You survived the
ordeal because your torturers wanted you more
alive than dead for the ransom that they could
get from you. But you were never afraid of
dying and death for Jesus sake was something

novena

that you longed in your heart. Your eyes were

fixed in heaven and life eternal.
Enlighten us always that reaching our
eternal destiny may become our obsession.
Inspire us to fix our gaze on things of heaven
and never allow us to lose our sight of the
things that will come. Let not the pleasures and
comforts of this life suffocate our interest to
join you in heaven. Amen.
(3) Hail Mary and (3) Glory Be
St. Raymund Nonato, pray for us.

Ninth day

ord Jesus Christ, you sent your apostles to

preach the gospel to all creation by words
and deeds. You trusted weak human beings
to carry your message across the earth and
across time. You were not mistaken, for the
Church is now all over the world. St. Raymund
was a special apostle of his time, having
converted even the Muslims to your cause.
O St. Raymund, give us the sense of
urgency of sharing the good news to others
as we ask you to intercede for us before Jesus.
We also commit ourselves to follow in your
steps as apostles who proclaim your message
of salvation to the whole world. Bring our
petitions to Jesus and we promise to be as
zealous and sacrificing as you were, so that
the good news may reach the far corners of
the world. Amen.
(3) Hail Mary and (3) Glory Be
St. Raymund Nonato, pray for us.
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raymund nonato

protector of the unborn babies

Novena
Protector

to St. Raymund Nonato

of the

Unborn Babies

Patron of Expectant
Mothers and Fathers

t. Raymund Nonato was born in Catalonia,

Spain, in the year 1204 of rich and noble
parentage. His mother died while in labor
pains, but miraculously St. Raymund came out
alive from his dead mother (this explains why
expectant mothers and fathers pray for the
health of their babies).
When his father knew about his inclination
for religious life, he ordered him to stop his
studies and work in a farm. St. Raymund
obeyed. While working as a shepherd,
he spent his time in meditation and prayer.
He found in that farm an ancient hermitage
containing a portrait of his Blessed Mother.
His closeness to the Mother of God was a
characteristic of his piety.
Some time afterward, he joined the
new Order of Our Lady of Mercy or the
Mercedarians, founded for the redemption
of captives. He was admitted to profession
at Barcelona by the holy founder, St. Peter
Nolasco. Within two or three years after his
profession, he was sent to Algeria to purchase
the liberty of Christians captured by the
Muslims. When all his treasure was exhausted,
he gave himself up as a hostage for the ransom
of others. This magnanimous sacrifice served
only to exasperate the Muslims, who treated

him with uncommon barbarity, until they

began to fear that if he died in their hands,
they would lose the ransom which had been
asked for his deliverance. A crier announced
in the streets that anyone who mistreated him
would answer for it, if he died.
In the streets of Algiers, (capital of Algeria)
St. Raymund had no more money to employ in
releasing poor captives except to appeal to
the Muslims, and to converse with the Muslims
on the subject of Christianity meant death,
yet he continued preaching the gospel. The
governor, enraged, ordered him to have his
lips pierced and padlocked, to stop him from
preaching, then imprisoned until his ransom
would be brought by the members of his Order.
He remained in jail for eight months before his
brothers arrived with the required sum, sent by
St. Peter Nolasco.
Created cardinal by Pope Gregory IX,
St. Raymund continued to live as a mendicant
monk. His feast is celebrated on August 31.

First day

y Lord and my God, I humbly adore your

infinite majesty, three persons in one God.
I am thankful for the graces you have granted
to the glorious St. Raymund. He willingly gave
himself so that slaves and captives could
have their freedom. His heroism was possible
because you gave him the grace.
O St. Raymund, listen to my petitions and
intercede before the throne of Jesus. You did
not die at the womb of your dead mother and
you lived to become a saint of the Lord. Listen

then to my petition that my baby will come out

healthy and grow to become a saint like you.
Amen.
(3) Hail Mary and (3) Glory Be
St. Raymund Nonato, pray for us.

Second day

y sweet Jesus, you cared for your servant

St. Raymund by saving him from a certain
death in the womb of his mother. You glorified
him through his heroism and life as a beggar.
You called this saint to a difficult life of saving
the slaves and captives in the hands of the
Muslims, a task which he did for your greater
glory.
O dear St. Raymund, since childhood, you
were close to God and you felt his presence
anywhere. You knew you were called when
you were still young and you sustained the
interest on that calling by a life of prayer and
meditation. Now in heaven, you sit at the lap
of the most high and give him glory constantly.
Intercede for me before Jesus that he may grant
my petitions during this novena. Amen.
(3) Hail Mary and (3) Glory Be
St. Raymund Nonato, pray for us.

Third day

Mary most holy you are more of a mother

than a queen. Though in your brief life
on earth, you did not want special treatment
from people, you want to treat your children
in the most special manner. St. Raymund in the
absence of her mother, called on you to be her

mother, and you protected him from the devil

and his works.
O dear St. Raymund, your life of piety was
marked by an intense dialogue with the Mother
of God. She was your mother in the real sense
of the word, as you looked at her for protection
during your childhood days. We promise to
be devotees of your Mother and we ask you
to intercede for us before Jesus our petitions
during this novena. Amen.
(3) Hail Mary and (3) Glory Be
St. Raymund Nonato, pray for us.

Fourth day

ord, Jesus Christ you were obedient to your

Father and you defined your life as doing
his will no matter what it costs. You want your
servants to be as obedient as you are. Your
servant, St. Raymund excelled in this obedience
when after exhausting his money, he gave himself
as a hostage to the Muslims in exchange for the
freedom of certain slaves.
St. Raymund, teach us to be obedient to
the Fathers will. Teach us to accept our daily
crosses. Guide us to the works of charity. Instill
in us a holy fear and above all, a great love for
God and our neighbors. Bring our petitions to
the throne of Jesus. Amen.
(3) Hail Mary and (3) Glory Be
St. Raymund Nonato, pray for us.

Fifth day

ord Jesus Christ, you told us that whatever

we do to the least of our brothers, we do it