Saint
Joseph
Saint
Joseph
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.
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.
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.
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.
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)
DAY NINE
O Glorious Mother of God, to yoou we raise our hearts ansd hands to implore your powerful intercession in obtaining from the
benign Heart of Jesus all the araces necessary for our spirituak 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 favour we seek at this time.
(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.
