{"id":7160,"date":"2014-05-14T21:34:37","date_gmt":"2014-05-14T20:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/?p=7160"},"modified":"2014-05-14T21:34:37","modified_gmt":"2014-05-14T20:34:37","slug":"9th-day-novena-to-saint-dymphna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2014\/05\/9th-day-novena-to-saint-dymphna\/","title":{"rendered":"9th Day: Novena to Saint Dymphna"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"geel_20\"<\/a>Our\u00a0 novena in preparation for the feast of Saint Dymphna, Virgin and Martyr ended this evening.
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

O glorious Saint Dymphna,
\nvirgin martyr and chaste bride of Christ,
\nchild of Ireland,
\nbereft of thy mother,
\nobject of thy grief-stricken father\u2019s unlawful desires,
\npure dove who, to preserve thy purity,
\ndidst fly to foreign shores,
\ndauntless follower of the immolated Lamb,
\nwilling exile from thy homeland,
\nspiritual daughter of the holy priest Gerebernus,
\ntraveler through the dark of unknown forests,
\ntreasure hidden in the shadow of Saint Martin,
\nlover of solitude and living sanctuary of ceaseless prayer,
\ncompassionate handmaid of the poor and afflicted,
\nthou art no stranger to suffering.<\/p>\n

O virgin nourished by the Bread of Life,
\nvirgin strong in thy weakness,
\nvirgin ablaze with the fire of the Holy Ghost,
\nvictim of thy demented father\u2019s cruel rage,
\nvictim with the Immaculate Host,
\nvictim mingling thy blood with the Blood of the Lamb,
\nturn thy gaze upon us who seek thy intercession today,
\nand hearken to our supplications.<\/p>\n

Thy name, O Saint Dymphna, is spread abroad in the churches of Christ,
\nwhere the suffering faithful invoke thee\u2028 as the friend of exiles and of those in flight from persecution,
\nas the unfailing advocate of the mentally ill, \u2028the emotionally distraught, and the despondent,
\nas the light of those in the darkness of depression,
\nthe hope of the hopeless,
\nthe cheer and comfort of the sorrowing,
\nthe deliverer of those in the grip of anxiety,
\nthe courage of those stricken with panic,
\nthe healer of confused minds,
\nand the solace of grieving hearts.<\/p>\n

Confident in thy powerful intercession,\u2028we beseech thee, Saint Dymphna
\nto comfort all who, burdened by mental anguish or confusion,
\nstruggle daily to make their way in this valley of tears.
\nGive them a garland for ashes,
\nthe oil of joy for sadness,
\nand a garment of praise for the spirit of grief.<\/p>\n

Let no one who seeks thy help today go away empty,
\nfor thou art powerful over the heart of Christ,
\nand He will heed thy pleading on our behalf
\nwith the healing of darkened minds,
\nthe consolation of broken hearts,
\nand the gracious manifestation of His merciful goodness towards all.
\nAmen.<\/p>\n

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Our\u00a0 novena in preparation for the feast of Saint Dymphna, Virgin and Martyr ended this evening. O glorious Saint Dymphna, virgin martyr and chaste bride of Christ, child of Ireland, bereft of thy mother, object of thy grief-stricken father\u2019s unlawful desires, pure dove who, to preserve thy purity, didst fly to foreign shores, dauntless follower <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-saint-dymphna"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paVypq-1Ru","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7160"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7161,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7160\/revisions\/7161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}