Epiphany of the Lord — Nine-Day Prayer with Historic Mass Collect
Day 5 of 9
Day 5 — Traditional Latin Collect — Epiphany of the Lord — Nine-Day Prayer with Historic Mass Collect, Day 5
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Giotto, The Adoration of the Magi, c.1320, Metropolitan Museum of Art, public-domain painting: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Adoration_of_the_Magi_MET_DT3.jpg
Sign of the Cross
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Opening prayer
Make the Sign of the Cross. Pray the historical liturgical collect in original Latin, repeated each day of this private nine-day devotion.
Prayer for day 5
Deus, qui hodierna die Unigenitum tuum gentibus stella duce revelasti: concede propitius; ut qui jam te ex fide cognovimus, usque ad contemplandam speciem tuae celsitudinis perducamur. Per eumdem Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum. Amen.
Lord Jesus Christ, Light of the nations, have mercy on us.
Traditional prayers
Our Father
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Hail Mary
Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Glory Be
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning is now, and ever shall be world without end. Amen.
Closing prayer
Conclude with the Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be, according to personal devotion.
Sign of the Cross
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Source · Historical Roman Missal Epiphany Collect, Latin 'Deus qui hodierna die'; see https://maternalheart.org/propers/Epiphany/Epiphany%20-%20Jan%206/Feast%20of%20the%20Epiphany.pdf . Nine-day arrangement is editorial, not a proper feast novena. Image public-domain Giotto, Wikimedia Commons.