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A Special
Kind Of Prayer
This
Prayer was posted in preparation
for the March 22-28 07 Pilgrimage to Lourdes, ... a special
kind of prayer. It is called a Novena and is very Powerful
when prayed fervently.
As we
walk together along our Spiritual Journey one observes
that many people are very familiar with certain devotions, prayers
and a multitude of rich and Precious Traditions in our Catholic
Church. As a teacher I have always been equally aware of the
one individual who may not have been exposed to that which others
take for granted. For this reason you will notice
that I may tend to touch upon a brief background or definition
of the subject at hand.
A
Novena is a nine-day period of private or public prayer to obtain
special graces, to implore special favors, or to make special
petitions. (Novena is derived from the Latin word "novem",
meaning nine.) As the definition suggests, the Novena has always
had more of a sense of urgency and neediness.
The
Novena may be prayed at any time of the year. When
there is a Feast Day connected with the Novena such as that of
Our Lady of Lourdes, the Novena begins 9 days before the Feast
(Feb 3) and ends on that Feast Day which is on February 10th.
I
invite you all to join our Special Novena this year in preperation
for our European Pilgrimage to this humble and magnificent
Grotto in France. I'm sending you this marvelous prayer
well in advance so that you may read it over and prepare
yourself personally for embarking upon this spiritual adventure
which will be so much more powerful as we join together in Mind
and Soul, placing our petitions at the feet of Our Lady of
Lourdes.
As
we approach the first day of the Novena I will send you more about
this powerful prayer and offer suggestions for you to enhance its
effectiveness in the eyes of Heavenly Father.
Begin
now to think deeply about what you desire to ask Our Lady
of Lourdes as she desires for all to be healed. May Jesus
touch you deeply with His Healing Hand and may it be the
Will of Heavenly Father that you receive the Miracle for which
you pray.
Love
and Healing Prayer,
Lorraine
of Jesus (prayer hermit
Novena
to OUR LADY of LOURDES
Prayer:
Be blessed,
O most pure Virgin, for having vouchsafed to manifest your shining
with life, sweetness and beauty, in the Grotto of Lourdes, saying
to the child, St. Bernadette: "I am the Immaculate Conception."
A thousand times we congratulate you upon your Immaculate Conception.
And now,
O ever
Immaculate Virgin, Mother of mercy, Health of the sick, Refuge
of sinners, Comforter of the afflicted, you know our wants, our
troubles, our sufferings deign to cast upon us a look of mercy.
By appearing
in the Grotto of Lourdes, you were pleased to make it a
privileged
sanctuary, whence you dispense your favors, and already many have
obtained the cure of their infirmities, both spiritual and physical.
We come, therefore, with the most unbounded confidence to implore
your maternal intercession. Obtain for us, O loving Mother, the
granting of our request. request Through gratitude for your favors,
we will endeavor to imitate your virtues, that we may one day
share your glory.
Our Lady of Lourdes , Mother of Christ, you had influence with
your divine
son while upon
earth. You have the same influence now in Heaven. Pray for us;
obtain for us from your Divine Son our special requests if it
be the Divine Will. Amen.
Our Lady of Lourdes , pray
for us.
Saint Bernadette, pray for
us.
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NINE
DAY
NOVENA
TO OUR
LADY
OF LOURDES
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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.
(make your request)
O
Brilliant star of purity, Mary Immaculate, Our Lady of Lourdes,
glorious in your assumption, triumphant in your coronation,
show unto us the mercy of the Mother of God, Virgin Mary,
Queen and Mother, be our comfort, hope, strength, and consolation.
Amen.
Our
Lady of Lourdes , pray for us.
Saint
Bernadette, pray for us.
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.
(make your request)
O
Brilliant star of purity, Mary Immaculate, Our Lady of Lourdes,
glorious in your assumption, triumphant in your coronation,
show unto us the mercy of the Mother of God, Virgin Mary,
Queen and Mother, be our comfort, hope, strength, and consolation.
Amen.
Our
Lady of Lourdes , pray for us.
Saint
Bernadette, pray for us.
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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.
(make your request)
O
Brilliant star of purity, Mary Immaculate, Our Lady of Lourdes,
glorious in your assumption, triumphant in your coronation,
show unto us the mercy of the Mother of God, Virgin Mary,
Queen and Mother, be our comfort, hope, strength, and consolation.
Amen.
Our
Lady of Lourdes , pray for us.
Saint
Bernadette, pray for us.
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.
(make your request)
O
Brilliant star of purity, Mary Immaculate, Our Lady of Lourdes,
glorious in your assumption, triumphant in your coronation,
show unto us the mercy of the Mother of God, Virgin Mary,
Queen and Mother, be our comfort, hope, strength, and consolation.
Amen.
Our
Lady of Lourdes , pray for us.
Saint
Bernadette, pray for us.
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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.
(make your request)
O
Brilliant star of purity, Mary Immaculate, Our Lady of Lourdes,
glorious in your assumption, triumphant in your coronation,
show unto us the mercy of the Mother of God, Virgin Mary,
Queen and Mother, be our comfort, hope, strength, and consolation.
Amen.
Our
Lady of Lourdes , pray for us.
Saint
Bernadette, pray for us.
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.
(make your request)
O
Lady of Bernadette, with the stars of heaven in your hair
and the roses of earth at your feet, look with compassion
upon us today as you did so long ago on Bernadette in the
Grotto of Lourdes .
O
Brilliant star of purity, Mary Immaculate, Our Lady of Lourdes,
glorious in your assumption, triumphant in your coronation,
show unto us the mercy of the Mother of God, Virgin Mary,
Queen and Mother, be our comfort, hope, strength, and consolation.
Amen.
Our
Lady of Lourdes , pray for us.
Saint
Bernadette, pray for us.
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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.
(make your request)
O
Brilliant star of purity, Mary Immaculate, Our Lady of Lourdes,
glorious in your assumption, triumphant in your coronation,
show unto us the mercy of the Mother of God, Virgin Mary,
Queen and Mother, be our comfort, hope, strength, and consolation.
Amen
Our
Lady of Lourdes , pray for us.
Saint
Bernadette, pray for 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.
(make your request)
O
Brilliant star of purity, Mary Immaculate, Our Lady of Lourdes,
glorious in your assumption, triumphant in your coronation,
show unto us the mercy of the Mother of God, Virgin Mary,
Queen and Mother, be our comfort, hope, strength, and consolation.
Amen.
Our
Lady of Lourdes , pray for us.
Saint
Bernadette, pray for us.
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.
(make
your request)
We
feel animated with confidence that your prayers in our behalf
will be graciously heard. O Mother of My Lord, through the
love you bear to Jesus Christ and for the glory of His Name,
hear our prayers and obtain our petitions.
O
Brilliant star of purity, Mary Immaculate, Our Lady of Lourdes,
glorious in your assumption, triumphant in your coronation,
show unto us the mercy of the Mother of God, Virgin Mary,
Queen and Mother, be our comfort, hope, strength, and consolation.
Amen.
Our
Lady of Lourdes , pray for us.
Saint
Bernadette, pray for us.
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