9-Day Novena to St. Rosalia For An End to the CoronaVirus
Saint Rosalia (1130–1166), also called La Santuzza or "The Little Saint", is the patron saint of Palermo in Italy, Camargo, Chihuahua, and three towns in Venezuela: El Hatillo, Zuata, and Anzoátegui. She is especially important internationally as a saint invoked in times of plague (disease). In 2020, she is being invoked by the citizens of Palermo to protect the city from COVID-19. Rosalia was born of a Norman noble family that claimed descent from Charlemagne. Devoutly religious, she retired to live as a hermit in a cave on Mount Pellegrino, where she died alone in 1166. Tradition says that she was led to the cave by two angels. On the cave wall she wrote "I, Rosalia, daughter of Sinibald, Lord of Roses, and Quisquina, have taken the resolution to live in this cave for the love of my Lord, Jesus Christ.
In 1624, a plague beset Palermo. During this hardship, Saint Rosalia appeared first to a sick woman, then to a hunter, to whom she indicated where her remains were to be found. She ordered him to bring her bones to Palermo and have them carried in procession through the city. The hunter climbed the mountain and found her bones in the cave as described. He did what she had asked in the apparition. After her remains were carried around the city three times, the plague ceased. After this, Saint Rosalia was venerated as the patron saint of Palermo, and a sanctuary was built in the cave where her remains were discovered.
Her post-1624 iconography is dominated by the work of the Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck, who was trapped in the city during the 1624–1625 quarantine, during which time he produced five paintings of the saint, now in Madrid, Houston, London, New York and Palermo itself. In 1629 he also produced Saint Rosalia Interceding for the City of Palermo and Coronation of Saint Rosalia to assist Jesuit efforts to spread her cause beyond Sicily.
9-Day Novena to St. Rosalia
(This Novena must be recited for 9 consecutive days without skipping days.
If you accidently miss a day, you must re-start the Novena again from the beginning.)
(This Novena must be recited for 9 consecutive days without skipping days.
If you accidently miss a day, you must re-start the Novena again from the beginning.)
Day 1 – St. Rosalia Novena
Let us begin, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
O God, our Father, mercifully look upon us, Your people, who come to You and grant through the intercession of St. Rosalia, who turned away from earthly delights to the joys of contemplation, that the world and we may be protected, shielded and delivered from this coronavirus, all plagues, and harm here on earth and in the future be welcomed into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Amen
(Mention your request here…)
Say 1: Our Father… Say 1: Hail Mary… Say 1: Glory Be…
Day 2 – St. Rosalia Novena
Let us begin, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
O God, our Father, mercifully look upon us, Your people, who come to You and grant through the intercession of St. Rosalia, who turned away from earthly delights to the joys of contemplation, that the world and we may be protected, shielded and delivered from this coronavirus, all plagues, and harm here on earth and in the future be welcomed into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Amen
(Mention your request here…)
Say 1: Our Father… Say 1: Hail Mary… Say 1: Glory Be…
Day 3 – St. Rosalia Novena
Let us begin, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
O God, our Father, mercifully look upon us, Your people, who come to You and grant through the intercession of St. Rosalia, who turned away from earthly delights to the joys of contemplation, that the world and we may be protected, shielded and delivered from this coronavirus, all plagues, and harm here on earth and in the future be welcomed into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Amen
(Mention your request here…)
Say 1: Our Father… Say 1: Hail Mary… Say 1: Glory Be…
Day 4 – St. Rosalia Novena
Let us begin, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
O God, our Father, mercifully look upon us, Your people, who come to You and grant through the intercession of St. Rosalia, who turned away from earthly delights to the joys of contemplation, that the world and we may be protected, shielded and delivered from this coronavirus, all plagues, and harm here on earth and in the future be welcomed into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Amen
(Mention your request here…)
Say 1: Our Father… Say 1: Hail Mary… Say 1: Glory Be…
Day 5 – St. Rosalia Novena
Let us begin, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
O God, our Father, mercifully look upon us, Your people, who come to You and grant through the intercession of St. Rosalia, who turned away from earthly delights to the joys of contemplation, that the world and we may be protected, shielded and delivered from this coronavirus, all plagues, and harm here on earth and in the future be welcomed into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Amen
(Mention your request here…)
Say 1: Our Father… Say 1: Hail Mary… Say 1: Glory Be…
Day 6 – St. Rosalia Novena
Let us begin, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
O God, our Father, mercifully look upon us, Your people, who come to You and grant through the intercession of St. Rosalia, who turned away from earthly delights to the joys of contemplation, that the world and we may be protected, shielded and delivered from this coronavirus, all plagues, and harm here on earth and in the future be welcomed into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Amen
(Mention your request here…)
Say 1: Our Father… Say 1: Hail Mary… Say 1: Glory Be…
Day 7 – St. Rosalia Novena
Let us begin, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
O God, our Father, mercifully look upon us, Your people, who come to You and grant through the intercession of St. Rosalia, who turned away from earthly delights to the joys of contemplation, that the world and we may be protected, shielded and delivered from this coronavirus, all plagues, and harm here on earth and in the future be welcomed into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Amen
(Mention your request here…)
Say 1: Our Father… Say 1: Hail Mary… Say 1: Glory Be…
Day 8 – St. Rosalia Novena
Let us begin, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
O God, our Father, mercifully look upon us, Your people, who come to You and grant through the intercession of St. Rosalia, who turned away from earthly delights to the joys of contemplation, that the world and we may be protected, shielded and delivered from this coronavirus, all plagues, and harm here on earth and in the future be welcomed into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Amen
(Mention your request here…)
Say 1: Our Father… Say 1: Hail Mary… Say 1: Glory Be…
Day 9 – St. Rosalia Novena
Let us begin, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
O God, our Father, mercifully look upon us, Your people, who come to You and grant through the intercession of St. Rosalia, who turned away from earthly delights to the joys of contemplation, that the world and we may be protected, shielded and delivered from this coronavirus, all plagues, and harm here on earth and in the future be welcomed into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Amen
(Mention your request here…)
Say 1: Our Father… Say 1: Hail Mary… Say 1: Glory Be…
Let us begin, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
O God, our Father, mercifully look upon us, Your people, who come to You and grant through the intercession of St. Rosalia, who turned away from earthly delights to the joys of contemplation, that the world and we may be protected, shielded and delivered from this coronavirus, all plagues, and harm here on earth and in the future be welcomed into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Amen
(Mention your request here…)
Say 1: Our Father… Say 1: Hail Mary… Say 1: Glory Be…
Day 2 – St. Rosalia Novena
Let us begin, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
O God, our Father, mercifully look upon us, Your people, who come to You and grant through the intercession of St. Rosalia, who turned away from earthly delights to the joys of contemplation, that the world and we may be protected, shielded and delivered from this coronavirus, all plagues, and harm here on earth and in the future be welcomed into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Amen
(Mention your request here…)
Say 1: Our Father… Say 1: Hail Mary… Say 1: Glory Be…
Day 3 – St. Rosalia Novena
Let us begin, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
O God, our Father, mercifully look upon us, Your people, who come to You and grant through the intercession of St. Rosalia, who turned away from earthly delights to the joys of contemplation, that the world and we may be protected, shielded and delivered from this coronavirus, all plagues, and harm here on earth and in the future be welcomed into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Amen
(Mention your request here…)
Say 1: Our Father… Say 1: Hail Mary… Say 1: Glory Be…
Day 4 – St. Rosalia Novena
Let us begin, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
O God, our Father, mercifully look upon us, Your people, who come to You and grant through the intercession of St. Rosalia, who turned away from earthly delights to the joys of contemplation, that the world and we may be protected, shielded and delivered from this coronavirus, all plagues, and harm here on earth and in the future be welcomed into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Amen
(Mention your request here…)
Say 1: Our Father… Say 1: Hail Mary… Say 1: Glory Be…
Day 5 – St. Rosalia Novena
Let us begin, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
O God, our Father, mercifully look upon us, Your people, who come to You and grant through the intercession of St. Rosalia, who turned away from earthly delights to the joys of contemplation, that the world and we may be protected, shielded and delivered from this coronavirus, all plagues, and harm here on earth and in the future be welcomed into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Amen
(Mention your request here…)
Say 1: Our Father… Say 1: Hail Mary… Say 1: Glory Be…
Day 6 – St. Rosalia Novena
Let us begin, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
O God, our Father, mercifully look upon us, Your people, who come to You and grant through the intercession of St. Rosalia, who turned away from earthly delights to the joys of contemplation, that the world and we may be protected, shielded and delivered from this coronavirus, all plagues, and harm here on earth and in the future be welcomed into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Amen
(Mention your request here…)
Say 1: Our Father… Say 1: Hail Mary… Say 1: Glory Be…
Day 7 – St. Rosalia Novena
Let us begin, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
O God, our Father, mercifully look upon us, Your people, who come to You and grant through the intercession of St. Rosalia, who turned away from earthly delights to the joys of contemplation, that the world and we may be protected, shielded and delivered from this coronavirus, all plagues, and harm here on earth and in the future be welcomed into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Amen
(Mention your request here…)
Say 1: Our Father… Say 1: Hail Mary… Say 1: Glory Be…
Day 8 – St. Rosalia Novena
Let us begin, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
O God, our Father, mercifully look upon us, Your people, who come to You and grant through the intercession of St. Rosalia, who turned away from earthly delights to the joys of contemplation, that the world and we may be protected, shielded and delivered from this coronavirus, all plagues, and harm here on earth and in the future be welcomed into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Amen
(Mention your request here…)
Say 1: Our Father… Say 1: Hail Mary… Say 1: Glory Be…
Day 9 – St. Rosalia Novena
Let us begin, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
O God, our Father, mercifully look upon us, Your people, who come to You and grant through the intercession of St. Rosalia, who turned away from earthly delights to the joys of contemplation, that the world and we may be protected, shielded and delivered from this coronavirus, all plagues, and harm here on earth and in the future be welcomed into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Amen
(Mention your request here…)
Say 1: Our Father… Say 1: Hail Mary… Say 1: Glory Be…
