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.
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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 on 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
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 magic
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.
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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)
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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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