St Dymphna Prayer Novena
(Patron Saint Of Mental Illness)
St Dymphna Prayer Novena (Patron Saint Of Mental Illness)
St Dymphna prayer and novena are said to be a great help not just to the mentally ill but, indeed, to anyone experiencing anxieties in these troubled times! She is well known as a patron of mental illness and there are many miracles have taken place at her shrine, built on the spot where she was buried in Gheel, Belgium.
So who is this patron of those suffering from nervous and mental afflictions? Read on to find the story of this teenage legend!
Birth Of St Dymphna
St Dymphna was born in Ireland sometime in the 7th century to a royal pagan father with great wealth and power. Her mother was a very beautiful and devout believer of God and raised young Dymphna to be a Believer in secret.
By the time she was 14, young Dymphna had decided she wanted to live a celibate life for her faith.
Horrific Proposal
Young Dymphna was fourteen when her mother died. Her father, Damon, had loved his wife dearly. The royal widower’s heart remained beyond reach of comfort and his moody silences pushed him on the verge of mental collapse. Soon after her death, he was afflicted with a mental illness brought on by his grief.
Damon’s courtiers suggested he consider a second marriage. The king agreed, but only on the terms that the woman was as beautiful as his wife had been.
His envoys went far a field in search of the woman he desired. The quest proved fruitless. Then one of them had an outrageous idea: Why shouldn’t the king marry his daughter, the living likeness of her mother?
Repelled at first, the king then agreed. He broached the topic to his daughter.
Dymphna, appalled, stood firm as a rock. “Definitely not.” By the advice of St Gerebern, her confessor, she eventually fled from home to avoid the danger of her refusal.
Fled But Found
Young Dymphna fled from her castle together with St Gerebern, the court jester and his wife.
The group of four set out across the sea. On landing at Antwerp, on the coast of Belgium, they looked around for a residence. In the little village of Gheel, they settled near a shrine dedicated to St Martin of Tours.
Young Dymphna was happy for a time as she used her wealth to care for the impoverished and sick people of the town. Her generosity, including building a hospice, proved to be her end sadly.
Then spies from her native land arrived in Gheel and paid their inn fees with coins similar to those Dymphna had often handed to the innkeeper. Unaware that the men were spies, he innocently revealed to them where she lived.
The king came at once to Gheel for the final, tragic encounter. Despite his inner fury, he managed to control his anger. Again Damon coaxed, pleased, made glowing promises of money and prestige.
When this approach failed, he tried threats and insults; but these too left young Dymphna unmoved. She would rather die than break the vow of virginity she had made with her confessor’s approval.
In his fury, the king ordered his men to kill St Gerebern and Dymphna. They killed the priest but could not harm the young princess.
The king then leaped from his seat and with his own weapon cut off his daughter’s head. Dymphna fell at his feet.
She was then only fifteen years of age.
Crown Of Martyrdom
Dymphna received the crown of martyrdom in defense of her purity about the year 620.
In the town of Gheel, in the Flemish-speaking region of Belgium, great honor is paid to St Dymphna. Members of the town who had grown to love her buried the bodies in a nearby cave until a church was built there.
She is the patron of those suffering from nervous and mental afflictions. Many miracles have taken place at her shrine, built on the spot where she was buried in Gheel, Belgium.
Gheel has long been known as a place of pilgrimage for persons seeking relief or nervous or emotional distresses and mental illness. The town still welcomes pilgrims into their homes today.
St Dymphna Prayer
In our century, the name of St Dymphna as the heavenly intercessor for such benefits is increasingly venerated in the world.
Here are some prayers for those seeking seeking mental health and healing.
Patron Saint For Mental Illness Prayer
Lord, our God,
you graciously chose St Dymphna
as patroness of those afflicted
with mental and nervous disorders.
She is thus an inspiration
and a symbol of charity
to the thousands who ask her intercession.
Please grant, Lord,
through the prayers of this pure youthful martyr,
relief and consolation to all suffering such trials,
and especially those for whom we pray.
(Mention those for whom you wish to pray).
We beg you, Lord,
to hear the prayers of St Dymphna on our behalf.
Grant all those for whom we pray
patience in their sufferings
and resignation to your divine will.
Please fill them with hope,
and grant them the relief
and cure they so much desire.
We ask this through Christ our Lord
who suffered agony in the garden.
Amen.
St Dymphna Prayer: In Nervous Or Emotional Distress
I turn to you,
dear virgin and martyr,
confident of your power with God
and of your willingness
to take my cause into your hands.
I praise and bless the Lord for giving you to us
as patron of the nervous and emotionally disturbed.
I firmly hope that
through your kind intercession
He will restore my lost serenity
and peace of mind.
May He speak to my heart
and reassure me:
“My peace I give you.
Let not your heart be troubled
nor let it be afraid.”
Pray for me, dear St Dymphna,
that my nervous and emotional turmoil may cease,
and that I may again know
serenity and personal peace.
Amen.
St Dymphna Prayer: In Physical Illness
I appeal to you in my illness,
dear St Dymphna.
I would be so grateful
for a total and happy recovery,
for the blessed gift of health
in every fiber of my being.
May the Lord Jesus,
who mercifully healed the sick during His earthly days,
have pity on me and make me well again.
Ask Him to command sickness to depart
and grant me a full measure of health,
that I may rejoice in giving Him glory and praise.
Amen.
For A Strong Faith
To you, dear St. Dymphna
who have completed your pilgrimage of faith
and now dwell with the Lord forever,
I appeal for the blessing of a strong and mature faith.
May I preserve in my baptismal promises to Christ,
no matter what the cost.
May I conduct myself now
and always as a true believer
in the eternal truths God has revealed.
Help me always with your prayers
as I walk in faith toward the reward promised
to those who, without having seen Christ,
yet love Him and believe in Him.
Amen.
For Relatives And Friends
I humbly request you,
dear virgin and martyr Dymphna,
to take under your protection
all who are bound to me
by ties of blood or friendship.
May all the lives which touch mine
experience the blessings God is pleased
to grant through your intercession.
I now commend to your prayers
all the intentions of all my relatives and friends.
Remember also those persons
who have asked me to pray for them.
Pray especially for the lonely
and forsaken who have no one to pray for them.
Thank you, dear St Dymphna,
for remembering us all before our God and Savior.
Amen.
St Dymphna Prayer For Any Special Need
Glorious St Dymphna,
you are the patron of the nervous and emotionally disturbed.
I am certain, however,
that your charity embraces everyone.
I am certain that you lend a listening ear
to any prayer offered for any special need.
You will, I am sure,
take my problem to heart
and pray for me
that it may be happily settled.
(Here mention your special problem or difficulty.)
You will plead for me
and obtain the help I need.
Already I offer you my sincere
and grateful thanks,
so great is my confidence
that God will hear and answer your prayers.
St Dymphna, Virgin and Martyr, pray for us.
St Dymphna, patron of nervous and emotional illnesses, pray for us.
St Dymphna, crowned for the glory in heaven, pray for us.
St Dymphna, faithful to your covenant with Christ, pray for us.
St Dymphna, precious in the eyes of the Lord, pray for us.
St Dymphna, our helper in every need, pray for us.
St Dymphna, our friend at heave’s court, pray for us.
Amen.
St Dymphna Novena
St Dymphna is usually associated with accounts of miraculous cures of mental illness.
You can pray this novena for her intercession and often invoked for those inflicted with emotional and mental distress.
Feast: May 15th
Patron Saint Of: runaways, mental disorders, neurological disorders, victims of incest, victims of sexual assault, depression, anxiety, sleep disorders.
Day 1: For Faith
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
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 5 times]
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Day 2: For Hope
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
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 5 times]
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Day 3: For Charity
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
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.
[Pray the Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be 5 times]
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Day 4: For Piety
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
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.
[Pray the Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be 5 times]
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Day 5: For Prudence
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
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,
e 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.
[Pray the Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be 5 times]
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Day 6: For Justice
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
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.
[Pray the Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be 5 times]
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Day 7: For Fortitude
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
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.
[Pray the Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be 5 times]
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Day 8: For Temperance
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
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.
[Pray the Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be 5 times]
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Day 9: For Chastity
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
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.
[Pray the Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be 5 times]
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
St Dymphna Prayer Novena (Patron Saint Of Mental Illness) Summary
In a world of stress and anxiety, St Dymphna can be a source of inspiration and devotion. Many have invoked her name and intercession for friends and family in need of healing from mental illness, as well as the stresses and anxieties of day-to-day living.
You may have a relative or friend suffering from mental illness or from the stress and anxiety brought about by modern life.
Know that this patron saint of mental illness represents a special devotion of help for those in such need. Say a St Dymphna prayer or commit to a 9-day St Dymphna novena for her intercession.
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