Novenas for the conclave and the new Pope

With the announcement of the start of the conclave on May 7, the Catholic Church enters a crucial period. Therefore, Catholics in the world have the responsibility of praying to ask the Holy Spirit to illuminate the cardinals in charge of choosing the new Bishop of Rome.

The novenas are a powerful way of spiritually joining the intentions of the entire Church in this time of discernment and hope. We invite you to pray with any of these novenas, ideally since May 1, Fiesta de San José Obrero.

With your prayer you can accompany the election process of the new Pope, asking to be holy, brave and faithful. You can also take advantage of these days to pray for the eternal rest of Pope Francis, for the unity and renewal of the Church to the current challenges and for all the intentions of your heart.

If possible, accompany any of these novenas with your participation in the Mass, with some moments of Eucharistic worship and/or with the prayer of the Holy Rosary:

Ninth to the Holy Spirit

Mass will be held on May 7 For choosing a pontiffwith which the conclave will officially begin. The cardinals are entrusted to the assistance of the Holy Spirit before the first vote, to maintain and strengthen the unity of the mystical body of Christ, whose visible foundation is the successor of Peter.

The faithful can join this intention with the novena to the Holy Spirit. Aimed at the third person of the Holy Trinity, it is a powerful supplication for the light, the strength and love that everything needs so much Christian, especially the cardinals, in these significant times.

Novenas dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Catholic Church is closely linked to the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the role she plays within God’s salvific plan. As Church mother, Maria watches for each of her children with maternal love, protects them from the insidies of the evil and accompanies them during her pilgrimage for this land.

Upon the papal election in May, it becomes a great opportunity to raise our intentions to the mother of the Church.

These are some novenas dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, which you can pray to ask for the good development of the conclave, always accompanied by the Queen of heavenwhich is recited during Easter time as a way of consecrating the day to God and the Virgin Mary:

1. Novena to Our Lady of Good Council

Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke has invited all the faithful to join a “solemn ninth of hope to Our Lady of Good Council”, to pray for the Universal Church, the world and the eternal rest of Pope Francis.

“I invite you to join with me, starting this May 1, in a novena to the mother of the good advice before the many challenges we face in our homes, in our families, in society and in the same church,” said the US cardinal.

2. Ninth to the Virgin of Guadalupe

Cardinal Burke also shared a Ninth to Our Lady of Guadalupeto pray especially for the Sacred Cardinal College gathered in conclave.

“At this tumultuous moment for the Church and for the world, pray to your divine Son that the cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, their mystical body, humbly obey the impulses of the Holy Spirit,” wrote the purple in his X account.

3. Ninth to the Virgin of Fatima

With the novena to the Virgin of Fatima, who is traditionally praying from May 4 to 12, we can honor the request of the Blessed Virgin to the seer sister -ups, and offer our pleas and sacrifices for forgotten souls and for the forgiveness of our sins.

In addition, it is a very common prayer to beg for peace and the protection of the Church in difficult times.

Ninth to San José

San José is a patron and protector of the Universal Church. In addition, as custodian of the Sagrada Familia, Jesus’ adoptive father is presented to us as a model of prudence, righteousness of will, discatement, full confidence in God and firmness in faith. Thanks to these virtues, it seems very necessary to entrust the cardinals to the special protection of this great saint, during the development of the conclave.

Here you can find the novena to San José.

Ninth to the Holy Family

Also, we can begs the Sagrada Familia de Nazareth May our love for the church increase. Let us ask Jesus that the cardinals, in the midst of the papal election, can imitate their humility, poverty, obedience and modesty; virtues with which the Lord wanted to bless the family he chose on earth.