November 13 through November 21, 2023

We begin today to pray for Bishop Strickland.
In his humility and obedience, he leaves his position as Bishop of Tyler.

We also pray for all the bishops of the United States as they gather on November 13 – 17, 2023 at the USCCB Plenary Assembly.

The Catholic Faithful in Tyler Texas have been doing Novenas for Bishop Strickland regularly for the last couple of years. Join us from wherever you are to pray for America’s Bishop!

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Day 1

November 13th

Novena to St.  Michael the Archangel

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

St. Michael the Archangel, I honor you as a powerful protector of the Church and guardian of my soul. Inspire me with your humility, courage and strength that I may reject sin and perfect my love for our Heavenly Father.

In your strength and humility, slay the evil and pride in my heart so that nothing will keep me from God.

St. Michael the Archangel, pray that I may be blessed by God with the zeal to live my life in accordance with Christ’s teachings.

St. Michael the Archangel, you are the prince of angels but in your humility you recognized that God is God and you are but His servant. Unlike satan, you were not overcome with pride but were steadfast in humility. Pray that I will have this same humility.

It is in the spirit of that humility that I ask for your intercession for Bishop Joseph Strickland.  I pray for you to accompany and protect him as he lives out  the mission given to him by God and the Church. 

May Bishop be surrounded by all the Holy Angels. May they tend to him during this time of great loss. May they inspire, protect and strengthen him as he finds his way without his beloved Diocese of Tyler.   

I pray for our Blessed Mother to comfort Bishop in this time of uncertainty. May she continue to assist him as he seeks the Will of God and continues to defend the true faith.

May a fire of love burn in the hearts of all the bishops of our country. May their hearts  be ignited by the Holy Spirit and purified. May they be consumed with a burning desire to live only for Christ and fulfill their God given Apostolic mission. 

May the bishops of our country be given the same courage as the first apostles were given; a willingness to lose everything for love of Jesus. May they even be willing to lose their lives to defend the Truth as handed down to them through the ages. 

(Add your own intentions)

With grateful hearts, we thank you St Michael.  

“Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly host, by the power of God, cast into hell satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.”

Amen.

Immaculate Heart of Mary,  pray for us.

Sacred Heart of Jesus,  have mercy on us. 
Sacred heart of Jesus,  have mercy on us. 
Sacred Heart of Jesus,  have mercy on us.  

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit

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August 31st, 2023

The Nativity of Mary Novena for Bishop Strickland

Let us begin, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Vouchsafe that I may praise thee, O sacred Virgin and ask of you the following; give Bishop Strickland strength against his enemies, and against the enemy of the whole human race. Give him strength humbly to pray to thee. Give Bishop strength to praise thee in prayer with all his powers, through the merits of thy most sacred nativity, which for the entire Christian world was a birth of joy, the hope and solace of its life. 

When thou were born, O most holy Virgin, then was the world made light. Happy is thy stock, holy thy root, and blessed thy fruit, for thou alone as a virgin, filled with the Holy Spirit, did merit to conceive thy God, as a virgin to bear Thy God, as a virgin to bring Him forth, and after His birth to remain a virgin. 

Have mercy therefore upon me a sinner, and give me aid, O Lady, so that just as thy nativity, glorious from the seed of Abraham, sprung from the tribe of Juda, illustrious from the stock of David, didst announce joy to the entire world, so may it fill me with true joy and cleanse me from every sin. 

Pray for me, O Virgin most prudent, that the gladsome joys of thy most helpful nativity may put a cloak over all my sins. O holy Mother of God, flowering as the lily, pray to thy sweet Son for me, a wretched sinner and for my dear Bishop Strickland your faithful priest son.

Amen

We pray for the intentions of  Bishop Strickland: 

• The Sanctity of Life from conception to natural death.
• The Sanctity of Marriage as God established it between one man and one woman for life being open to children.
• The sanctity of the human person created male and female.
• The sanctity of the Church as the Bride of Christ.
• The sacred role of bishops as successors of the apostles and guardians of the deposit of faith.

  Our Father…  Hail Mary… Glory Be…

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