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While this Novena can be said at any time during the year, it is most popular during the

9 days prior to the Feast of the Epiphany (January), the 9 th day ending on the Feast.

Day 1 O holy Magi,

you were living in continual expectation

of the rising of the Star of Jacob,

which would announce the birth

of the true Sun of justice,

obtain for us an increase

of faith and charity,

and the grace to live

in continual hope of beholding one day

the light of heavenly glory and eternal joy.

Day 2 O holy Magi,

who at the first appearance of the wondrous star

left your native country to go and seek

the newborn king of the Jews,

obtain for us the grace of corresponding

with alacrity to every divine inspiration.

Day 3 O holy Magi,

who regarded neither the severity of the season,

nor the inconveniences of the journey,

that you might find the newborn Messiah;

obtain for us the grace

not to allow ourselves to be discouraged

by any of the difficulties which may meet us

in the way of salvation.

Day 4 O holy Magi,

who when deserted by the star

in the city of Jerusalem,

sought humbly, and without human respect,

from the rulers of the Church,

the place where you might discover

the object of your journey,

obtain for us the grace to have recourse,

in faith and humility,

in all our doubts and perplexities

to the counsel of our superiors,

who hold the place of God on earth.

Day 5 O holy Magi,

who were gladdened by the reappearance

of the star which led you to Bethlehem,

obtain for us from God the grace that,

remaining always faithful to Him in afflictions,

we may be consoled in time by His glory.

Day 6 O holy Magi,

who, entering full of faith

into the stable of Bethlehem,

prostrated yourselves on the earth,

to adore the newborn King of the Jews,

though He was surrounded only by signs

of poverty and weakness,

obtain from the Lord for us a lively faith

in the real presence of Jesus

in the Blessed Sacrament,

the true spirit of poverty,

and a Christlike charity

for the poor and suffering.

Day 7 O holy Magi,

who offered to Jesus Christ gold, incense, and myrrh,

thereby recognizing Him to be at once King, God, and Man,

obtain from the Lord for us

the grace never to present ourselves

before Him with empty hands,

but that we may continually

offer to Him the gold of charity,

the incense of prayer,

and the myrrh of penance and mortification.

Day 8 O holy Magi,

who when warned by an angel

not to return to Herod,

traveled back to your country by another road,

obtain for us from the Lord the grace that,

after having found Him by true repentance,

we may avoid all danger of losing Him again.

Day 9 O holy Magi,

who were the first among the Gentiles

called to the knowledge of Jesus Christ,

and who persevered in the faith until your deaths,

obtain for us from the Lord

the grace of living always in conformity

to the baptismal promises

and especially in accordance with our religious vows

(or ’the duties of our state of life’),

leading ever a life of faith,

that like you we may attain to beatific vision

of that God Who now is the object of our faith.

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