Novena Prayer
Glory be to the Father…
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.
Antiphon:
Adoremus in aeternum sanctissimum Sacramentum.
Let us adore for ever the most holy Sacrament.
Let us adore for ever the most holy Sacrament.
Quotes from Blessed Cyprian:
“Let us remember in our daily joys and daily sorrows the God of the tabernacle who delights to remain with the children of men.” (Bl. Cyprian)
“Let us show ourselves true children of God the Father whose sun shines on the just and on the unjust. Let us prove ourselves docile disciples of Christ our Lord whose compassion for men knows no bounds.” (Bl. Cyprian)
Prayer to Blessed Cyprian Tansi
Blessed Cyprian, during your life on earth, you showed your great faith and love in giving yourself to your people and by the hidden life of prayer and contemplation. Look upon us now in our needs, and intercede for us with the Lord (make your petition). May He grant us the favours we ask through your prayers. Amen.
Prayer to obtain graces
Lord, you chose the humble and poor in order that they may be signs of your power, you made your servant Cyprian Michael Tansi a faithful priest in spreading your Gospel and gave him a love for prayer and monastic life. Glorify him according to the designs of your love and through his intercession grant us the favours we ask. (make your petition) through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Prayer to Blessed Cyprian for priests
Blessed Cyprian Tansi, in your life as a priest, you preserved the dignity of the priesthood and concerned yourself more about the things of God than of the world. Pray that all priests be renewed with the Spirit of holiness and give themselves unreservedly to the ministry they received from Our Lord, Jesus, as co-workers with the order of Bishops. May they be faithful in spreading the good news, so that all the ends of the earth, and the family of nations, may become one holy people of God. Amen.
Novena for the canonisation of Blessed Tansi
O God who granted many graces to your Blessed Servant priest and monk, Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi, choosing him as your faithful instrument for evangelisation and sanctification of your people, grant also that I may spend my life, loving you and my neighbour and serving the Church. Deign to glorify your servant Cyprian and through his intercession grant me the favour I ask of you… (silently make your petition here for a moment). We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Prayer for resignation to the will of God
Blessed Cyprian Tansi, it was you who said: “If anyone wishes to be a Christian at all, they might as well live entirely for God.” I humbly beseech you to intercede for me before Our Lord Jesus Christ to whom you resigned yourself to do his Holy will and who gave his life, in obedience to the will of the Father, for my salvation. In all things may the most holy, the most just, and the most lovable will of God be done, praised and exalted, forever. Your will be done, O Lord, your will be done. The Lord has given; the Lord has taken; blessed be the name of the Lord. Amen.
Novena to Blessed Cyprian Tansi
HYMN (Text & Music by Archbishop Anthony Obinna)
Chorus:
Oh-O Filled with the Holy Spirit
Filled with the Holy Spirit
Filled with the Holy Spirit
Oh filled with the Spirit
Then Tansi filled with the Holy Spirit
Answered the call of God
Filled with the Holy Spirit
Lives now a Blessed man.
Let us now filled with the Holy Spirit
Go out to preach the good news
Filled with the Holy Spirit
Spread forth the love of God.
Prayer of self-offering to God
O Lord, your servant Cyprian Tansi offered himself unreservedly to your holy will; I know that all I am and all that I possess you have given to me. Take and receive my entire being, my memory and my understanding and my whole will. I surrender them all to you to dispose of according to your will. Give me only your love and your grace; with these I will be rich enough to live and will desire nothing more. Amen.
Prayer for Fortitude
In his life, Blessed Cyprian Tansi learnt to bear with great courage the difficult moments of his life and ministry. May you teach me, O Lord, to have courage in paths that I must follow. Bless me, and bless those whom I love, and give us the grace to see that these crosses bravely borne by us will keep us close to you. And when at times a shadow falls in unexpected ways, put your gentle hand in mine and guide me through the days. So bless my people, one and all, with your protecting grace, and impart to them your wisdom. Amen.
Invocation (English & Igbo)
Pray for us O Blessed Tansi
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ
Let us pray:
O Blessed Tansi, help our people to embrace the authentic teaching of Christ. Help us to be truly repentant and seek the Holy Church and eschew all false doctrines which the enemy might have introduced on the way of life. May paganism which has eaten deep into the minds of many people today be rooted out completely that the true faith may reign everywhere through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Litany of Blessed Cyprian Tansi
Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
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 Spirit, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God, have mercy on us.
Holy Mary, pray for us.
Holy Mary, Queen of Nigeria, pray for us.
St. Michael the Archangel, pray for us.
St. Cyprian, pray for us.
Blessed Tansi, son of Mary, mother of priests, pray for us.
Blessed Tansi persevering in prayer, pray for us.
Blessed Tansi, light of the pagans, pray for us.
Blessed Tansi, living entirely for God, pray for us.
Blessed Tansi, filled with heroic humility, pray for us.
Blessed Tansi, devout follower of Christ crucified, pray for us.
Blessed Tansi, teacher according to Christ’s mind, pray for us.
Blessed Tansi, whose obedience is divine, pray for us.
Blessed Tansi, lover of chastity, pray for us.
Blessed Tansi, heroic in reparation for his people, pray for us.
Blessed Tansi, full of patience and prayer, pray for us.
Blessed Tansi, helper of those in need, pray for us.
Blessed Tansi, trodden the down path, pray for us.
Blessed Tansi, ardent pursuer of perfection, pray for us.
Blessed Tansi, counsel of Christian marriages, pray for us.
Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world,
R. Spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world,
R. Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world,
R. Have mercy on us.