Day 9: “Come, Lord Jesus”
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Opening Prayer
Glorious Saint John the Evangelist, the disciple whom Jesus loved and guardian of Our Lady, I come before you in this novena with confidence. You who knew Jesus with a unique intimacy and who brought to the world the deepest revelation of his love, intercede for me before the Lord. May I too discover that I am “the disciple whom Jesus loves.” Amen.
Meditation
Near the end of the Book of Revelation, we find this prayer: “He that giveth testimony of these things, saith: Surely I come quickly: Amen. Come, Lord Jesus” (Revelation 22:20). After all that he saw, all that he wrote, and all that he lived, John leaves us a prayer of hope and longing: “Come.” Johannine spirituality ends not with doctrine but with longing: the longing for the definitive encounter with the Lord he loved.
Prayer of the Day
Saint John the Evangelist, as I finish this novena, I want to make this prayer from Revelation my own: “Come, Lord Jesus.” Intercede for the intentions I have brought before you during these nine days. Teach me to live with a longing for the definitive encounter with Christ, not with fear of the end but with the joyful hope of someone who knows that the best is yet to come. Through Jesus Christ, the eternal Word. Amen.
Our Father × 1
Hail Mary × 1
Glory Be × 1
Closing Prayer
Glorious Saint John the Evangelist, beloved disciple of Jesus and guardian of Our Lady, receive the prayers of this novena. Intercede for me before the Lord and obtain for me the graces I need. May the revelation you proclaimed, “God is love,” become the certainty that sustains my life. May I live as “the disciple whom Jesus loves.” Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
