"She confounded 50 philosophers with wisdom of Christ."
For us students, philosophers, for us who must defend faith with wisdom.
✝ Day 1 - November 16 - For Wisdom Confounding Philosophers
"Catherine, 18 years, virgin, confounded 50 philosophers hired by emperor."
Reflection - St. Catherine of Alexandria, 18 year old virgin, scholar, confounded 50 pagan philosophers hired by Emperor Maxentius to dispute her, converted them. For us young who think young cannot be wise, virgin cannot confound philosophers - Catherine 18 confounded 50 philosophers with Christ wisdom. For us students who fear exams - Catherine confounded 50 philosophers, she helps students. For us who debate faith - need Catherine's wisdom.
Prayer: O St. Catherine of Alexandria, virgin who didst confound 50 philosophers with wisdom of Christ at age 18, obtain for us young, students, debaters grace of wisdom that confounds philosophers and converts them.
(State your intentions here... for wisdom to confound error)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Let Us Pray: O Wisdom of Christ, through St. Catherine who confounded philosophers, grant us wisdom. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
✝ Day 2 - November 17 - For Virgin Scholar - Chastity and Study
"She was virgin and scholar - purity gives wisdom."
Reflection - Catherine virgin and scholar - purity and study together. For us students who lose purity and lose wisdom, who think impurity gives knowledge - Catherine shows virginity, purity gives true wisdom. For us scholars who impure - purity needed for wisdom. For us virgins who do not study - Catherine virgin scholar, study and purity together.
Prayer: O St. Catherine, virgin scholar, thou who didst unite purity and wisdom, obtain for us students, scholars, grace that purity may give us wisdom and wisdom may preserve purity.
(State your intentions here... for virgin scholar grace)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Let Us Pray: O Virgin Scholar, through St. Catherine grant purity and wisdom. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
✝ Day 3 - November 18 - For Dedication - Temple of Wisdom
"On Dedication of Peter and Paul basilicas, Catherine is temple of wisdom built on apostles."
Reflection - Dedication of basilicas Peter and Paul - Church built on apostles, Catherine temple of wisdom built on apostles' faith. For us who are temples - our bodies, souls temples - must be dedicated as basilicas, built on Peter and Paul. For us students - our minds must be dedicated basilicas of wisdom, as Catherine's mind dedicated to Christ.
Prayer: O St. Catherine, temple of wisdom dedicated to Christ, on dedication of basilicas of Peter and Paul obtain for us grace to be dedicated temples of wisdom built on apostolic foundation.
(State your intentions here... for dedication as temple of wisdom)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Let Us Pray: O God who dedicatest temples, through St. Catherine temple of wisdom dedicate us. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
✝ Day 4 - November 19 - For Debate - Defending Faith
"She debated and won because Christ spoke through her."
Reflection - Catherine debated 50 philosophers and won not by own intellect but Christ spoke through virgin. For us who debate faith, who fear to defend faith - Christ speaks through pure vessels as Catherine. For us who lose debates because we rely on self, not Christ - let Christ speak through purity. Our families need defenders of faith who debate like Catherine with Christ speaking.
Prayer: O St. Catherine, who didst debate and win because Christ spoke through thee, obtain for us who must defend faith, debate, grace that Christ may speak through us and win souls.
(State your intentions here... for defending faith)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Let Us Pray: O Christ who speakest through pure vessels, through St. Catherine speak through us. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
✝ Day 5 - November 20 - For Wheel - Breaking of Wheel
"Emperor tried to break her on spiked wheel, wheel broke - wheel of fate broken."
Reflection - Catherine sentenced to be broken on spiked wheel, but at touch wheel broke by miracle. For us broken on wheels of life - wheel of fate, karma, suffering - Catherine's wheel broke, our wheels will break by God. For us who fear breaking wheel - torture, trials - God breaks wheel for His virgins. Wheel symbol also of fortune - Catherine shows wheel of fortune broken by Christ.
Prayer: O St. Catherine, for whom spiked wheel broke by miracle, obtain for us broken on wheels of life, of fortune, grace that wheels may break and we may be freed by Christ as thou wert.
(State your intentions here... for breaking of wheels that crush us)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Let Us Pray: O Breaker of wheels, through St. Catherine whose wheel broke, break our wheels. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
✝ Day 6 - November 21 - For Presentation - Catherine Presented as Bride
"On Presentation of Mary, Catherine presented as bride of Christ - Mystic marriage."
Reflection - Presentation of Mary - Mary presented to Temple, Catherine presented as bride of Christ, had mystic marriage with Child Jesus giving her ring. For us presented - we are presented as brides of Christ as Catherine. For us who present selves - present as bride, pure, waiting for Bridegroom. For us families - daughters are brides of Christ first.
Prayer: O St. Catherine, bride of Christ in mystic marriage, on Presentation of Mary obtain for us grace to be presented as brides of Christ, pure, as thou wert, with ring of faith.
(State your intentions here... for being bride of Christ)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Let Us Pray: O Bridegroom Christ, through St. Catherine bride, make us brides. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
✝ Day 7 - November 22 - For Christ King - Catherine Died for King
"On Christ the King, Catherine died for Christ King, not for emperor."
Reflection - Christ the King - Catherine died for Christ King, not for emperor Maxentius, chose King over emperor. For us who choose emperor, worldly king, over Christ King - Catherine shows choose Christ King even unto death. For us who must make Christ King - be like Catherine who died for King, not for emperor.
Prayer: O St. Catherine, who didst die for Christ King refusing emperor, on Christ King obtain for us grace to choose Christ King over all earthly emperors and to die for King if needed.
(State your intentions here... for Christ King over emperors)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Let Us Pray: O Christ King for whom Catherine died, grant us to choose Thee over emperors. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
✝ Day 8 - November 23 - For Beheading - Milk Flowed - Virgin Martyr
"Beheaded, milk flowed from neck, not blood - virgin martyr."
Reflection - Catherine beheaded, milk flowed from neck, not blood, miracle of virgin martyr. For us who bleed blood of impurity - Catherine milk shows virginity pure as milk. For us mothers who give milk - Catherine's milk from martyrdom shows martyrdom nourishes Church as milk nourishes child. For us virgin martyrs in heart - our martyrdom must give milk, nourishment, not just blood.
Prayer: O St. Catherine, virgin martyr from whose neck milk flowed at beheading, obtain for us purity that milk, not blood of impurity, flow, and that our martyrdoms may nourish as milk.
(State your intentions here... for virgin milk)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Let Us Pray: O Virgin Martyr who gavest milk, through St. Catherine nourish us with purity. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
✝ Day 9 - November 24 - For Final - Catherine on Sinai - Angels Carried Body to Sinai
"Angels carried her body to Sinai where Moses saw God - wisdom meets Law."
Reflection - Final day - Angels carried Catherine's body to Mt. Sinai where Moses received Law, where God appeared - wisdom meets Law, New meets Old. For us at end - Catherine on Sinai shows wisdom of Christ fulfills Law of Moses. For us who placed intentions - Catherine on Sinai, where God gave Law, intercedes, wisdom and Law together. For us who want to meet God as Moses did - be carried by angels as Catherine to Sinai, mountain of God, through virginity, wisdom, martyrdom.
Prayer: O St. Catherine of Alexandria, virgin scholar martyr whose body angels carried to Sinai, on this final day obtain for us all favors we asked and grace to be carried by angels to Sinai, to mountain of God, through virginity, wisdom, martyrdom, to see God as Moses did.
(State your intentions here... our most important intentions and to be carried to Sinai to see God)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Let Us Pray: O God who didst carry Catherine to Sinai by angels, grant through her our intentions and to be carried to Thy mountain to see Thee. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
St. Catherine of Alexandria - Pray for us!
This novena is a private devotion, prayed in communion with the Catholic Church, asking for intercession through the saints, always subject to God's will and the teachings of the Magisterium. Nihil obstat.
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