Gozos de San Cayetano



"Gozos" de San Cayetano, publicado en Valencia, Siglo XVIII



¿Qué es un Gozo?

Los Gozos, Goigs o Gojos, son composiciones poéticas populares que se cantan en honor de la Virgen, Cristo o los santos. Se cantan en el marco de un acto religioso importante como es una Misa de fiesta mayor , una procesión o bendición de una imagen, etc,... Su finalidad consiste en dar gracias por bienes recibidos o como plegaria para una petición de protección contra los males.

De carácter oral o escrito , su origen arranca en la Edad Media y se plasman en muchos casos en documentos de gran valor artístico.

Sixth Day of the Novena in honour of St Cajetan, Patron Saint of the unemployed and job seekers

The vision of the heart of St Cajetan

Daily Preparatory Prayer

Omnipotent and Eternal God, who crowned St Cajetan with abundant heavenly favours because of his trust and dependance on your Divine Providence and rejection of worldly things; graciously grant that we who beseech the help of your Providence may be helped in our necessities through his holy intercession.

We ask this through Christ Our Lord. Amen

Fifth Day

O Glorious St Cajetan, whose heart was so full of love for God and charity for your fellow man, that whilst praying you were favoured with a vision of it flying up to Heaven on golden wings, and who always remained ever vigilant against sin, our mortal enemy; grant that imitating you we may reject sin and come to love God and our neighbour with all our hearts. Amen

conclude with the final prayers

(Pray Three Our Fathers in honour of the Most Holy Trinity)

Concluding Daily Prayers

A Prayer Composed By St Cajetan

Look down, O Lord, from Thy sanctuary, from Thy dwelling in heaven on high, and behold this sacred Victim which our great High Priest, Thy Holy Son our Lord Jesus Christ, offers up to Thee for the sins of His brethren and be appeased despite the multitude of our transgressions. Behold, the voice of the Blood of Jesus, our Brother, cries to Thee from the cross. Give ear, O Lord. Be appeased, O Lord. Hearken and do not delay for Thine own sake, O my God; for Thy Name is invoked upon this city and upon Thy people and deal with us according to Thy mercy. Amen.

Most Holy Lord, protector of those who trust in you and without whom nothing good or holy exists; copiously shed your mercy upon us that following St Cajetan's example, we may use our worldly possessions in such a way that we do not lose sight of the eternal things of Heaven.
We ask this through Christ Our Lord. Amen

O Glorious St Cajetan, Father of Providence,

give us your miraculous assistance each and every day!

Fifth Day of the Novena in honour of St Cajetan, Patron Saint of the unemployed and job seekers

St Cajetan renounces worldly riches

Daily Preparatory Prayer

Omnipotent and Eternal God, who crowned St Cajetan with abundant heavenly favours because of his trust and dependance on your Divine Providence and rejection of worldly things; graciously grant that we who beseech the help of your Providence may be helped in our necessities through his holy intercession.

We ask this through Christ Our Lord. Amen

Fifth Day

O glorious St Cajetan, whose life was such a shining example of the virtue of hope, that you rejected all noble dignities and the help offered by those in power, preferring to free yourself from wordly things and to rely on Divine Providence alone to sustain yourself and your Theatine brothers; grant that we may live with the unshakeable hope that by the merits of Christ Jesus we may attain Eternal Life, and the confidence that God will provide us with the things of this world which are necessary to live with honour and dignity. Amen

conclude with the final prayers

(Pray Three Our Fathers in honour of the Most Holy Trinity)

Concluding Daily Prayers

A Prayer Composed By St Cajetan

Look down, O Lord, from Thy sanctuary, from Thy dwelling in heaven on high, and behold this sacred Victim which our great High Priest, Thy Holy Son our Lord Jesus Christ, offers up to Thee for the sins of His brethren and be appeased despite the multitude of our transgressions. Behold, the voice of the Blood of Jesus, our Brother, cries to Thee from the cross. Give ear, O Lord. Be appeased, O Lord. Hearken and do not delay for Thine own sake, O my God; for Thy Name is invoked upon this city and upon Thy people and deal with us according to Thy mercy. Amen.

Most Holy Lord, protector of those who trust in you and without whom nothing good or holy exists; copiously shed your mercy upon us that following St Cajetan's example, we may use our worldly possessions in such a way that we do not lose sight of the eternal things of Heaven.
We ask this through Christ Our Lord. Amen

A. Vaccaro "El Desinteres de San Cayetano"

Museo Del Prado

O Glorious St Cajetan, Father of Providence,

give us your miraculous assistance each and every day!





Fourth Day of the Novena in honour of St Cajetan, Patron Saint of the unemployed and job seekers



An 18th century baroque wooden bust
of St Cajetan from Sicily



Daily Preparatory Prayer

Omnipotent and Eternal God, who crowned St Cajetan with abundant heavenly favours because of his trust and dependance on your Divine Providence and rejection of worldly things; graciously grant that we who beseech the help of your Providence may be helped in our necessities through his holy intercession.

We ask this through Christ Our Lord. Amen

Fourth Day

O Glorious St Cajetan, whose life was spent in passionate defence of the Faith against the errors of heresy and falsehood; grant that we may come to fully understand the inestimable value of faith, without which it is impossible to come close to God, and that we may firmly and swiftly reject all the subtle persuasions of error and falsehood. Amen

conclude with the final prayers

(Pray Three Our Fathers in honour of the Most Holy Trinity)

Concluding Daily Prayers

A Prayer Composed By St Cajetan

Look down, O Lord, from Thy sanctuary, from Thy dwelling in heaven on high, and behold this sacred Victim which our great High Priest, Thy Holy Son our Lord Jesus Christ, offers up to Thee for the sins of His brethren and be appeased despite the multitude of our transgressions. Behold, the voice of the Blood of Jesus, our Brother, cries to Thee from the cross. Give ear, O Lord. Be appeased, O Lord. Hearken and do not delay for Thine own sake, O my God; for Thy Name is invoked upon this city and upon Thy people and deal with us according to Thy mercy. Amen.

Most Holy Lord, protector of those who trust in you and without whom nothing good or holy exists; copiously shed your mercy upon us that following St Cajetan's example, we may use our worldly possessions in such a way that we do not lose sight of the eternal things of Heaven.
We ask this through Christ Our Lord. Amen



O Glorious St Cajetan, Father of Providence,

give us your miraculous assistance each and every day!



Second Day of the Novena in honour of St Cajetan, Patron Saint of the unemployed and job seekers



Daily Preparatory Prayer

Omnipotent and Eternal God, who crowned St Cajetan with abundant heavenly favours because of his trust and dependance on your Divine Providence and rejection of worldly things; graciously grant that we who beseech the help of your Providence may be helped in our necessities through his holy intercession. We ask this through Christ Our Lord. Amen

Second Day

Glorious St Cajetan, whose love for Jesus in the Holy Sacrament inspired you to build him beautiful shrines, adorning them with magnificence to reflect the glory of Heaven, and who exhorted the faithful to receive Holy Communion frequently and with piety; grant that through love for the Most Holy Sacrament we may always hear Mass with devotion and modesty, and that through our devout reception of Holy Communion we may merit Eternal Life. Amen

conclude with the final prayers

(Pray Three Our Fathers in honour of the Most Holy Trinity)

Concluding Daily Prayers

A Prayer Composed By St Cajetan

Look down, O Lord, from Thy sanctuary, from Thy dwelling in heaven on high, and behold this sacred Victim which our great High Priest, Thy holy Son our Lord Jesus Christ, offers up to Thee for the sins of His brethren and be appeased despite the multitude of our transgressions. Behold, the voice of the Blood of Jesus, our Brother, cries to Thee from the cross. Give ear, O Lord. Be appeased, O Lord. Hearken and do not delay for Thine own sake, O my God; for Thy Name is invoked upon this city and upon Thy people and deal with us according to Thy mercy. Amen.

Most Holy Lord, protector of those who trust in you and without whom nothing good or holy exists; copiously shed your mercy upon us that following St Cajetan's example, we may use our worldly possessions in such a way that we do not lose sight of the eternal things of Heaven.
We ask this through Christ Our Lord. Amen

O Glorious St Cajetan, Father of Providence,

give us your miraculous assistance each and every day!

First Day of the Novena in honour of St Cajetan, Patron Saint of the unemployed and job seekers

St Cajetan praying and offering his heart to God

Daily Preparatory Prayer

Omnipotent and Eternal God, who crowned St Cajetan with abundant heavenly favours because of his trust and dependance on your Divine Providence and rejection of worldly things; graciously grant that we who beseech the help of your Providence may be helped in our necessities through his holy intercession. We ask this through Christ Our Lord. Amen

First Day

Glorious St Cajetan, you prized the practice of frequent prayer above all else and spent eight hours a day praying, thereby making your life a continual prayer; help us to realise that everything is possible through prayer and that without it our efforts are futile. Help us that we may crown all our prayers with ardent faith, reverent attention, profound humility, childlike trust and unceasing perseverance. Amen

conclude with the final prayers

(Pray Three Our Fathers in honour of the Most Holy Trinity)

Concluding Daily Prayers

A Prayer Composed By St Cajetan

Look down, O Lord, from Thy sanctuary, from Thy dwelling in heaven on high, and behold this sacred Victim which our great High Priest, Thy holy Son our Lord Jesus Christ, offers up to Thee for the sins of His brethren and be appeased despite the multitude of our transgressions. Behold, the voice of the Blood of Jesus, our Brother, cries to Thee from the cross. Give ear, O Lord. Be appeased, O Lord. Hearken and do not delay for Thine own sake, O my God; for Thy Name is invoked upon this city and upon Thy people and deal with us according to Thy mercy. Amen.

Most Holy Lord, protector of those who trust in you and without whom nothing good or holy exists; copiously shed your mercy upon us that following St Cajetan's example, we may use our worldly possessions in such a way that we do not lose sight of the eternal things of Heaven.
We ask this through Christ Our Lord. Amen

Holy Hope, which no prayer may be without!

O Glorious St Cajetan, Father of Providence,

give us your miraculous assistance each and every day!

Hymn To St Cajetan/Himno A San Cayetano

Giovanni Maria Delle Piane
"St Cajetan Receives The Christ Child From The Arms Of The Holy Virgin"
late 17th century

Himno A San Cayetano/Hymn to St Cajetan

Padre glorioso, San Cayetano traigo en mis manos mi corazón,

con la esperanza y la confianza abro mi alma con mi oración.

San Cayetano danos la paz, danos trabajo, danos el pan.

Siempre vivamos en alegría en la justicia y en el amor.

Cuando en mi alma sienta tristeza, cuando mi alma sienta dolor,

dame paciencia, dame tu fuerza, ayúdame mi protector.

Muéstrame siempre, San Cayetano, al Niño Dios, mi Salvador,

que en su mirada vea el amor y en sus bracitos, paz y unión.

Siempre tú fuiste, San Cayetano, desde el cielo, mi protector,

no me olvides en esta vida, dame siempre tu bendición.

Glorious Father, St Cajetan, I bring you my heart in my hands,

With hope and trust I open my soul to you in prayer.

St Cajetan give us peace, give us work, give us bread.

We will always live happily with justice and love.

When my soul weighs heavy with sadness, when it feels pain,

give me patience, give me your strength, help me holy protector!

Hold always before my eyes, St Cajetan, the infant Lord, my Saviour,

so that in his gaze I might see love, and in his arms peace and togetherness.

You have always been my protector in Heaven, St Cajetan,

do not forget me in this life, but always give me your blessing.

Monthly Commemoration of St Cajetan

An Italian Holy Card from 1947 commemorating

the 400th Anniversary of the Theatine Order

Only one month to go until St Cajetan's Feast on the 7th August!
The Novena will start on the 29th July to end on the eve of the feast.


St Cajetan on his monthly day of commemoration asks us to have hope and to trust in God's bounty, to look to the future and not to surrender to our doubts and fears.

O Glorious St Cajetan, Father of Divine Providence, help all those who are unemployed, who search for employment and who fear for their jobs, lead them towards what they are looking for and pray for us all that we may be courageous in the face of adversity

A Baroque altar of St Cajetan from Seville



The altar of St Cajetan in the church of San Roman, Seville.
Sculpted in 1774 by Cristobal Ramos, it depicts the Holy Virgin
placing the Christ Child in the arms of St Cajetan.

 

Detail of the sculpture of the vision of St Cajetan





An Agnus Dei depicting St Cajetan

An "Agnus Dei" depicting St Cajetan from the Pontificate of Benedict XIV (1740-1758)

A Miracle Worked by St Cajetan
When St. Cajetan sailed from Venice to Naples, a terrible storm arose, and all on board expected the boat to sink every moment. Cajetan took his Agnus Dei and threw it into the sea, which immediately became calm.


Agnus Deis


The name Agnus Dei has been given to certain discs of wax 
impressed with the figure of a lamb and blessed at stated seasons by the Pope. 
They are sometimes round, sometimes oval in diameter. 
The lamb usually bears a cross or flag, while figures of saints or the name and arms of the Pope are also commonly impressed on the reverse. 
These Agnus Deis may be worn suspended round the neck, or they may be preserved as objects of devotion. In virtue of the consecration they receive, they are regarded, 
like holy water, blessed palms, etc., as "Sacramentals".


The symbolism of the Agnus Deis is best gathered from the prayers used at various epochs in blessing them. As in the paschal candle, the wax typifies the virgin flesh of Christ, the cross associated with the lamb suggests the idea of a victim offered in sacrifice, and as the blood of the paschal lamb of old protected each household from the destroying angel, so the purpose of these consecrated medallions is to protect those who wear or possess them from all malign influences. In the prayers of blessing, special mention is made of the perils from storm and pestilence, from fire and flood, and also of the dangers to which women are exposed in childbirth. It was formerly the custom in Rome to accompany the gift of an Agnus Dei with a printed leaflet describing its many virtues. Miraculous effects have been believed to follow the use of these objects of piety. Fires are said to have been extinguished, and floods stayed.


Agnus Deis have not been produced since the Pontificate of Blessed John XXIII (1958 - 1963)

Ex Voto to St Cajetan

A Mexican Ex-Voto of St Cajetan, 1884

This ex-voto was painted at the request of Maria Angelica Maciel to show her devotion to St Cajetan. It was probably commissioned to thank the saint for a prayer answered and a miracle received. St Cajetan is shown wearing a large gold chain around his neck, which points to his aristocratic upbringing and title of "Count of Thiene". The cross which appears behind him which refers to the mystical crucifixion which he suffered on his death bed when his Theatine brothers wished to move him from the hard wood floor where he habitually slept, to a proper bed to make him more comfortable. However St Cajetan, resigned to the Will of God, happy to suffer in offering a last act of penance for himself and the world, and eager for death to attain the heavenly crown he so longed for, protested and said, "if hard wood is good enough for my Saviour to die on then it is good enough for me".

Vows or promises are often a very good way to seek the intercession of the Saints, they bind us to do good works and spread devotion and make us mindful of the graces received since as much as we ask, we must also thank. Also it is our weak human nature to always need props and approval before we fully trust in something, so the fact that someone has said publicly "This works, St Cajetan really helped me", means that others will be strengthened in their faith and approach their prayer more trustingly.

So as you hunt for your next job or pray for the continuation and success of your present one, consider making a vow to promise to thank St Cajetan for the grace you will receive. And remember to spread devotion to St Cajetan, so that others may gain hope and grace by means of this Holy and Miraculous Saint.



A New Mexican "Retablo" painting of St Cajetan
by Jose Rafael Aragon, 19th century





Monthly Day of St Cajetan

Grateful thanks to St Cajetan for his intercession for a friend who has just got a very good job after four months of searching. He suffered much anguish during his search which was often dispiriting but never lost hope in God's mercy and faith in his own qualities.

St Cajetan on his monthly day of commemoration asks us to have hope and to trust in God's bounty, to look to the future and not to surrender to our doubts and fears

 

St. Cajetan, pray for us!

St Cajetan, the jobseekers friend

A Jobseekers Prayer

St. Cajetan, pray for me so that I might find the perfect job. 

You were known for your eloquence and ability to move even the most hardened souls, please pray for me that I might write inspired covering letters, catch all of the typos in my CV, and connect with an employer who will offer me work that will bring me closer to God.
St. Cajetan, intercede for me that I might emulate your work ethic
and honour Christ through my career.

St. Cajetan, pray for us!

St Cajetan on his monthly day of commemoration asks us to have hope and to trust in God's bounty, to look to the future and not to surrender to our doubts and fears.

A Supplication

O San Cayetano, Padre de Providencia

Otorganos a diario tu milagrosa asistencia

Oh God, when I have food, help me to remember the hungry; when I have work, help me remember the jobless; when I have a warm home, help me to remember the homeless; when I am without pain, help me to remember those who suffer; and in remembering, help me to destroy my complacency and bestir my compassion. Make me concerned enough to help, by word and deed, those who cry out for what we take for granted. Amen