Novena of Grace

While waiting for the passage to Japan, Mastrilli organized the feast of the Immaculate Conception in the College of Naples.

Mastrilli supervised the removal of the temporary structure, a hammer slipped from the hands of a worker and fell on his head.

[3] Another tradition states that the first Novena of Grace took place in 1615 in Goa, India when a boy who was crippled from birth was cured.

[5] "Most amiable and most loving Saint Francis Xavier, in union with thee I reverently adore the Divine Majesty.

I implore thee to obtain for me, through thy powerful intercession, the greatest of all blessings - that of living and dying in the state of grace.

O God, Who didst vouchsafe, by the preaching and miracles of Saint Francis Xavier, to join unto Thy Church the nations of the Indies; grant, we beseech Thee, that we who reverence his glorious merits may also imitate his example.

In memory of Saint Francis Xavier's devotion to the Trinity: 3 Our Fathers 3 Hail Marys In thanksgiving for the graces in his ten-year ministry: 10 Glory Bes The novena will normally include a visit to a Jesuit church or chapel.

[6] The novena can also be held from 25 November to 3 December (St Francis Xavier’s feast day).