Novena to Jesus Our Joy

A novena is a prayer we commit to for nine days. This one is based on John 15:9-17.
Read a reflection on the meaning of this scripture.

Jesus said...
"As the Father loves me,
so I also love you.
Remain in my love.
If you keep my commandments,
you will remain in my love....
I am telling you this
so that you may have my joy in you
and that your joy may be complete.
This is my commandment:
love one another just as I love you!
There is no greater love than this:
to lay down your life for your friends.
You are my friends
if you do what I command you....
I call you my friends, because...
it was not you who chose me,
but I who chose you
and commissioned you to go forth
and bear good fruit that will last,
so that whatever you ask the Father in my name
he will give to you.
This I command you: love one another."

Begin the prayer:

In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, I offer my time and my heart to Jesus, the source of my joy.

1. My dear Lord Jesus, you have said, "As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love." Therefore, in your name, I ask the Father for the gift of _______.

Our Father... Hail Mary... Glory be to the Father... Sweet Jesus, source of my joy, you are so good to me. I thank you, I adore you, I worship you.

2. My dear Lord Jesus, you have said, "If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and remain in his love. I am telling you this so that you may have my joy in you and that your joy may be complete." Therefore, in your name, I ask the Father for the gift of _______.

Our Father... Hail Mary... Glory be to the Father... Sweet Jesus, source of my joy, you are so good to me. I thank you, I adore you, I worship you.

3. My dear Lord Jesus, you have said, "It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and commissioned you to go forth and bear good fruit that will last, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give to you" Therefore, in your name, I ask the Father for the gift of _______.

Our Father... Hail Mary... Glory be to the Father... Sweet Jesus, source of my joy, you are so good to me. I thank you, I adore you, I worship you.

Closing Prayer: My dear Lord Jesus, you have given your holy mother to me, so that her prayers can be added to mine. Therefore, in your name, I ask for her powerful and kindly intercession: Hail Holy Queen....

Thank you, Jesus, for being the source of my joy. You are so good to me!
Amen.

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© 2003 by Terry A. Modica

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