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Novena on the 150th
Anniversary of the Apparition
of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Lourdes
February 2 to 11, 2008
BEGINNING PRAYER
FOR EVERY DAY
O Mary Immaculate, Our Lady of Lourdes, virgin and mother, queen
of heaven, chosen from all eternity to be the Mother of the Eternal
Word and in virtue of this title preserved from original sin, we
kneel before you as did little Bernadette at Lourdes. We pray with
childlike trust in you that as we contemplate your glorious
appearance at Lourdes, you will look with mercy on our present
petition and secure for us a favorable answer to the request we now
make. O brilliant star of purity, Mary Immaculate, Our Lady of
Lourdes, glorious in your assumption, triumphant in your coronation,
show your mercy as the Mother of God. Virgin Mary, queen and Mother,
be our comfort, hope, strength, and consolation. Amen.
FINAL PRAYER FOR EVERY DAY
O ever Immaculate Virgin, Mother of Mercy, health of the sick,
refuge of sinners, comforter of the afflicted, you know my wants, my
troubles, my sufferings; look with mercy upon me. By appearing in
the Grotto of Lourdes, you were pleased to make it a privileged
sanctuary, whence you dispense your favors; and already many
sufferers have obtained the cure of their infirmities, both
spiritual and corporal. I come, therefore, with complete confidence
to implore your maternal intercession. Amen.
DAY ONE
O Mary Immaculate, Our Lady of Lourdes, virgin and mother, queen
of heaven, chosen from all eternity to be the Mother of the Eternal
Word and in virtue of this title preserved from original sin, we
kneel before you as did little Bernadette at Lourdes and pray with
childlike trust in you that as we contemplate your glorious
appearance at Lourdes, you will look with mercy on our present
petition and secure for us a favorable answer to the request for
which we are making this novena.
To obtain the grace you desire through this novena, say three Hail
Mary’s and a Glory, along with the final prayer
DAY TWO
Be blessed, O most pure Virgin, for having vouchsafed to
manifest yourself shining with light, sweetness and beauty, in the
Grotto of Lourdes , saying to the child Saint Bernadette: "I am the
Immaculate Conception!" O Mary Immaculate, inflame our hearts with
one ray of the burning love of your pure heart Let them be consumed
with love for Jesus and for you, in order that we may merit one day
to enjoy your glorious eternity. O dispenser of His graces here
below, take into your keeping and present to your Divine Son the
petition for which we are making this novena.
DAY THREE
"You are all fair, O Mary, and there is in you no stain of
original sin." O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have
recourse to thee. O brilliant star of sanctity, as on that lovely
day, upon a rough rock in Lourdes you spoke to the child Bernadette
and a fountain broke from the plain earth and miracles happened and
the great shrine of Lourdes began, so now I beseech you to hear our
fervent prayer and do, we beseech you, grant us the petition we now
so earnestly seek.
DAY FOUR
O Immaculate Queen of Heaven, we your wayward, erring children,
join our unworthy prayers of praise and thanksgiving to those of the
angels and saints and your own-the One, Holy, and Undivided Trinity
may be glorified in heaven and on earth. Our Lady of Lourdes, as you
looked down with love and mercy upon Bernadette as she prayed her
rosary in the grotto, look down now, we beseech you, with love and
mercy upon us. From the abundance of graces granted you by your
Divine Son, sweet Mother of God, give to each of us all that your
motherly heart sees we need and at this moment look with special
favor on the grace we seek in this novena.
DAY FIVE
O Mary Immaculate, Mother of God and our mother, from the
heights of your dignity look down mercifully upon us while we, full
of confidence in your unbounded goodness and confident that your
Divine Son will look favorably upon any request you make of Him in
our behalf, we beseech you to come to our aid and secure for us the
favor we seek in this novena.
DAY SIX
O glorious Mother of God, so powerful under your special title
of Our Lady of Lourdes, to you we raise our hearts and hands to
implore your powerful intercession in obtaining from the gracious
Heart of Jesus all the helps and graces necessary for our spiritual
and temporal welfare and for the special favor we so earnestly seek
in this novena.
DAY SEVEN
O Almighty God, who by the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed
Virgin Mary did prepare a worthy dwelling place for your Son, we
humbly beseech you that as we contemplate the apparition of Our Lady
in the Grotto of Lourdes, we may be blessed with health of mind and
body. O most gracious Mother Mary, beloved Mother of Our Lord and
Redeemer, look with favor upon us as you did that day on Bernadette
and intercede with him for us that the favor we now so earnestly
seek may be granted to us.
DAY EIGHT
O Immaculate Mother of God, from heaven itself you came to
appear to the little Bernadette in the rough Grotto of Lourdes! And
as Bernadette knelt at your feet and the miraculous spring burst
forth and as multitudes have knelt ever since before your shrine, O
Mother of God, we kneel before you today to ask that in your mercy
you plead with your Divine Son to grant the special favor we seek in
this novena.
DAY NINE
O glorious Mother of God, to you we raise our hearts and hands
to implore your powerful intercession in obtaining from the benign
Heart of Jesus all the graces necessary for our spiritual and
temporal welfare, particularly for the grace of a happy death. O
Mother of our Divine Lord, as we conclude this novena for the
special favor we seek at this time.
FINAL PRAYER FOR EVERY DAY
O ever Immaculate Virgin, Mother of Mercy, health of the sick,
refuge of sinners, comforter of the afflicted, you know my wants, my
troubles, my sufferings; look with mercy upon me. By appearing in
the Grotto of Lourdes, you were pleased to make it a privileged
sanctuary, whence you dispense your favors; and already many
sufferers have obtained the cure of their infirmities, both
spiritual and corporal. I come, therefore, with complete confidence
to implore your maternal intercession. Amen.
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