Saint May 15 St.
Dymphna - Patron of Mental Illness and Incest Victims - Prayers and Novena
(Also known as Dympna and Dimpna). Virgin and martyr.
The earliest historical
account of the veneration of St. Dymphna dates from the middle of the
thirteenth century.
Under Bishop Guy I of
Cambrai (1238-47), Pierre, a canon of the church of Saint Aubert at Cambrai,
wrote a "Vita" of
the saint, from which we
learn that she had been
venerated for many years in a church at Gheel (province of Antwerp, Belgium),
which was devoted to her.
According to the
narrative, Dymphna — the
daughter of a pagan king of Ireland
After the death of her mother,
who was of extraordinary beauty, her father desired to marry his own daughter,
who was just as beautiful, but she fled with the priest Gerebernus and landed
at Antwerp
Thence they went to the village
of Gheel , where there was a chapel of St. Martin , beside which they took up their abode.
The messengers of her
father however, discovered their whereabouts; the father betook himself thither
and renewed his offer.
Seeing that all was in
vain, he commanded his servants to slay the priest, while he himself struck off
the head of his daughter.
The corpses were put in
sarcophagi and entombed in a cave where they were found later.
The body of St. Dymphna was
buried in the church
of Gheel
There are at Gheel
fragments of two simple ancient sarcophagi in which tradition says the bodies
of Dymphna and Gerebernus were found.
There is also a quadrangular
brick, said to have been found in one of the sarcophagi, bearing two lines of
letters read as DYMPNA.
In Christian art St.
Dymphna is depicted with a sword in her hand and a fettered devil at her feet.
Her feast is celebrated 15
May, she is also found in the Roman martyrology.
From time immemorial, the
saint was invoked as patroness against insanity.
Edited from the Catholic
Encyclopedia
Patron of Mental Illness, Incest Victims, Alzheimer Patients
Damh=stag and ait = little, thus her name means fawn
Patron of Mental Illness, Incest Victims, Alzheimer Patients
Damh=stag and ait = little, thus her name means fawn
PRAYERS, LITANY AND NOVENA TO ST. DYMPHNA:
SIMPLE PRAYER TO ST. DYMPHNA
Good Saint Dymphna, great wonder-worker in every
affliction of mind and body, I humbly implore your powerful intercession with
Jesus through Mary, the Health of the Sick, in my present need. (Mention it.) Saint
Dymphna, martyr of purity, patroness of those who suffer with nervous and
mental afflictions, beloved child of Jesus and Mary, pray to Them for me and
obtain my request.
(Pray one Our Father, one Hail Mary and one Glory Be.)
Saint Dymphna, Virgin and Martyr, pray for us.
St. Dymphna Novena Prayer
Day 1: For Faith
O
God, Source of our salvation, in the midst of a pagan people, Thou didst
enlighten St. Dymphna by the light of the true faith, which she professed under
the guidance of her holy confessor, Gerebran, with such constance that she
suffered martyrdom. Through the intercession of these two saints, we beg Thee
to strengthen the faith which Thou hast given us, so that by wisely subjecting
our souls to Thy Supreme Authority, and by faithfully conforming our lives
according to our faith, we may honor Thee with our whole heart and soul until
the hour of our death. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Pray
the Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be five times
Day 2: For
Hope
Almighty
and infinitely good God, Thou hast promised eternal salvation to those who obey
Thy commandments and make zealous use of Thy graces. Through the intercession
of St. Dymphna, who fled from the danger of sin by leaving the palace of her
father, and who, eager to gain eternal salvation, fled to Belgium to live in
poverty, we beg Thee to grant that we also, who are striving for eternal
happiness, may overcome all obstacles in the way of virtue and may attain
eternal salvation. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Pray
the Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be five times
Day 3: For
Charity
God of love, Thou art the
most perfect Being, and Creator of all that is good and beautiful. Through the
intercession of St. Dymphna, who in her youth loved Thee above all creatures
and for Thy sake loved her neighbor as herself, as the image and likeness of
Thee, as the price of the Blood of Jesus and as co-heir of heaven, be pleased
to help us by Thy powerful grace, that we may faithfully fulfill the two great
commandments of charity not only in word, but in action and in truth. Through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Day 4: For Piety
God,
Our Creator and Supreme Master, St. Dymphna served Thee with great zeal even in
her childhood, by hearing Thy word with delight, by assisting at Holy Mass with
fervent reverence, and by receiving Holy Communion from the hand of St.
Gerebran with tender devotion. Through her intercession we beg Thee to grant us
the same virtue of piety so that, having honored Thee during this life as our
Creator, we may possess Thee hereafter as our final reward. Through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.
Day 5: For
Prudence
O God, ruler of the
universe, Thou didst allow St. Dymphna to discover a helpful means of avoiding
the evil intentions of her father. Through the merits of Thy holy servant, be
pleased to grant that we may become, according to the words of Jesus, simple as
doves and wise as serpents, so that through prudent advice and sound judgment
we may recognize what we must do to achieve the great work of our salvation.
Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Day 6: For
Justice
O God, source of eternal
justice, Thou didst inspire St. Dymphna to flee from her country and her father
in order to render to Thee that which was Thine. Through her intercession we
beg Thee to make us seek after justice so that we may perform our duties toward
Thee as we ought. Though Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Day 7: For
Fortitude
O God, rewarder of those
who remain firm in their good resolutions, Thou gavest St. Dymphna such a love
of virtue that she had the courage to suffer privation, persecution, and even
martyrdom. Through her prayers we beg Thee to grant us fortitude that we may
courageously and perseveringly overcome ourselves and finally conquer the enemy
of our salvation. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Day 8: For
Temperance
O God, You made St.
Dymphna resplendent in the virtue of temperance so that she mastered sensual
inclinations and used temporal goods prudently. With temperance she combined
the beautiful virtues of modesty, docility and humility. Let us not forget that
humility is called the foundation of all virtue because it banishes from the
soul pride, the obstacle to grace. Through the intercession of St. Dymphna, we
beg Thee to guide and direct us, so that being preserved from evil and nervous
disorders, we may obey till death the commandments and counsels Thou hast given
us. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Day 9: For Chastity
O
God, lover of innocent souls, Thou gavest St. Dymphna the virtue of angelic
purity which made her reserved in all her actions, modest in her dress,
attentive in her conversation, upright in her character, so that she even shed
her blood to preserve this precious virtue. Through the intercession of St.
Dymphna, we beg thee to bestow upon us the virtue of chastity that we may enjoy
peace of conscience in this life and pure eternal joys of heaven hereafter.
Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Litany of Saint Dymphna
Lord have mercy
on us. Christ have mercy on us. Lord have mercy on us.
Christ hear us.
Christ graciously hear us.
God the Father
of Heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son,
Redeemer of the World, have mercy on us.
God the Holy
Ghost, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity,
One God, have mercy on us.
Holy Mary,
Virgin Mother of God, pray for us.
Health of the
sick, pray for us.
Comforter of
the afflicted, pray for us.
Our Lady, Help
of Christians, pray for us.
St. Dymphna,
virgin and Martyr, pray for us.
St. Dymphna,
daughter of royal parents, pray for us.
St. Dymphna,
child of great beauty of soul and body, pray for us.
St. Dymphna,
docile to the lessons of thy pious mother, pray for us.
St. Dymphna,
obedient to thy saintly confessor, pray for us.
St. Dymphna,
who abandoned the court of thy father father to
escape the
danger of impurity, pray for us.
St. Dymphna, who chose a
life of poverty on earth so that thou might lay up treasures in Heaven, pray
for us.
St. Dymphna, who sought
consolation at Holy Mass, Communion and prayer, pray for us.
St. Dymphna, ardent lover
of the Divine Bridegroom, pray for us.
St. Dymphna, devoted to
the Mother of God, pray for us.
St. Dymphna, beheaded by
thine own father, pray for us.
St. Dymphna, Martyr of
holy purity, pray for us.
St. Dymphna, brilliant
example of Christian youth, pray for us.
St. Dymphna, renowned for
many miracles, pray for us.
St. Dymphna, glory of
Ireland and Belgium, pray for us.
St. Dymphna, full of
compassion for those in need, pray for us.
St. Dymphna, protectress
against all nervous and mental disorders, pray for us.
St. Dymphna, consoler of
the afflicted, pray for us.
St. Dymphna, friend of the
helpless, pray for us.
St. Dymphna, comforter of
the despondent, pray for us.
St. Dymphna, light of
those in mental darkness, pray for us.
St. Dymphna,
patroness of those who suffer with nervous and mental diseases, pray for us.
That we may
love the lord our God with all our hearts and above all things, pray for us.
That we may
hate sin and avoid all occasion of sin, pray for us.
That we may
carefully preserve the virtue of purity to our state, pray for us.
That we may
receive the Sacraments frequently, pray for us.
That we may
obtain the spirit of prayer, pray for us.
That we may be
humble and obedient, resigning ourselves to God's Holy Will, pray for us.
That we may
learn to have confidence in God during our afflictions, pray for us.
That we may
obtain the grace of final perseverance, pray for us.
In moments of
temptation, pray for us.
In times of
sickness, disease, war, and persecution, pray for us.
In our last
illness, pray for us.
And at the hour
of our death, pray for us.
Lamb of God,
Who takest away the sins of the world, spare us O Lord.
Lamb of
God, Who takes away the sins of the world, graciously hear us O Lord.
Lamb of God,
Who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Pray for us
Saint Dymphna, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us Pray:
O God, since Thou didst give St. Dymphna to Thy Church as a model of all
virtues, especially holy purity, and willed that she shouldst seal her faith
with her innocent blood and perform numerous miracles, grant that we who honor
her as patroness of those afflicted with nervous and mental illness, may
continue to enjoy her powerful intercession and protection and attain eternal
life. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
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