Repeat the following Novena prayers every day for 9 consecutive days.

O God, you clothed our Father, Saint Peter Nolasco,
with the love of Christ;
and through the Blessed Virgin Mary
you made him a messenger of love and liberty
for Christians held in captivity.
Help us to imitate him
by working for the redemption of all the oppressed
and for the building up of your Church.
Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

Thou, O Jesus! camest to cast fire upon the earth,
and Thy desire is that it be enkindled in the hearts of men.
Thy desire was accomplished in Peter Nolasco,
and the children of his Order.
Thus dost Thou permit men to co-operate with Thee
in the designs of Thy sweet mercy, and,
by thus restoring harmony between man and his Creator,
Thou hast once more given to the earth
the blessing of fraternal love between man and man.
Sweet Infant Jesus! we cannot love thee,
without loving all mankind;
and thou, who art our Ransom and our Victim,
willest that we, also,
be ready to lay down our lives for one another.

Thou, O Peter!
wast the Apostle and the model of this fraternal charity;
and our God rewarded thee by calling thee to Himself
on the anniversary of the Birth of Jesus.
That sweet Mystery,
which so often encouraged thee in thy holy labours,
has now been revealed to thee in all its glory.
Thy eyes now behold that Jesus as the great King,
the Son of the Eternal Father,
before whom the very Angels tremble.
Mary is no longer the poor humble Mother,
leaning over the Crib, where lies her Son;
she now delights thy gaze with her queenly beauty,
seated as she is on a throne
nearest to that of the divine Majesty.
Thou art at home amidst all this glory,
for heaven was made for souls that love as thine did.
Heaven is the land of love,
and love so filled thy heart even when on earth,
that it was the principle of thy whole life.

Pray for us,
that we may have a clearer knowledge
of this love of God and our neighbour,
which makes us like to God.
It is written, that, he that abideth in charity,
abideth in God, and God in him (I. Joh, iv. 16);
intercede for us, that the Mystery of Charity,
which we are now celebrating,
may transform us into Him,
who is the one object of all our love
during this season of grace.
May we love our fellow-creatures as ourselves;
bear with them, excuse their weaknesses, and serve them.
May our good example encourage them,
and our words edify them;
may we comfort them and win them
to the service of God by our kindness, and our charities.

Pray for France, which is thy country,
and for Spain, where thou didst institute thy grand Order.
Protect the precious remnants of that Order,
by whose means thou didst work such miracles of charity.
Console all prisoners and captives.
Obtain for all men that holy Liberty of Children of God,
of which the Apostle speaks (Rom. viii. 21),
and which consists in obedience to the law of God.
When this liberty is in man's soul,
he never can be a slave;
but when the inner man is enslaved,
the outward man never can be free.
Oh! pray that the fetters of false doctrines
and passions may be broken,
and then the world will enjoy that true Liberty,
which would soon put an end to tyranny,
and make tyrants impossible.