Traditional English
The source says the first prayer has been used for the novena from the beginning and attributes it to Father Marcello Mastrilli, S.J.
Pray this each day for nine days, traditionally March 4 to 12. The source recommends going to confession and Communion on one of the nine days.
Most amiable and most loving Saint Francis Xavier, in union with thee I reverently adore the divine Majesty.
I rejoice exceedingly on account of the marvelous gifts which God bestowed upon thee.
I thank God for the special graces He gave thee during thy life on earth and for the great glory that came to thee after thy death.
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.
I also beg of thee to secure for me the special favor I ask in this novena.
Name the grace, spiritual or temporal, you wish to obtain.
In asking this favor I am fully resigned to the divine will.
I pray and desire only to obtain that which is most conducive to the greater glory of God and the greater good of my soul.
V.Pray for us, St. Francis Xavier.
R.That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray.
O God, Who didst vouchsafe, by the preaching and miracles of St. 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,
through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Amen.
Then say the Our Father and Hail Mary three times, in memory of St. Francis Xavier’s devotion to the Holy Trinity, and the Glory Be ten times, in thanksgiving for the graces of his ten years as a missionary.