Novena for the Presentation of Mary
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The Glories of Mary, 1902Source and notes
NOVENA FOR THE FEAST OF THE PRESENTATION OF MARY
Source
| Printed in | The Glories of Mary |
|---|---|
| Imprint | New York, Cincinnati, Chicago, Benziger Brothers, 1902 |
| Pages | pp. 385–387 |
| Scan | leaf 388, leaf 389, leaf 390 of the Internet Archive copy |
| Approval | Nihil Obstat, Remy Lafort, Censor Librorum; Imprimatur, ✠ John M. Farley, Administrator of New York, New York, June 18, 1902 Copyright, 1902, by Benziger Brothers |
| Rights | Public domain in the United States. |
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Day 1
(Novena begins November 12th and ends November 20th.)
Recite daily nine times the “Hail Mary”; then say the following prayer:
O beloved Mother of God, most amiable child Mary, thou didst present thyself in the Temple, and with promptitude and without reserve didst consecrate thyself to the glory and love of God; could I but offer thee this day the first years of my life, to devote myself without reserve to thy service, my holy and most sweet Lady! But it is now too late to do this; for, unfortunate creature that I am, I have lost many years in the service of the world and my own caprices, and have lived in almost entire forgetfulness of thee and of God. “Woe to that time in which I did not love thee!” But it is better to begin late than not at all. Behold, O Mary, I this day present myself to thee, and I offer myself without reserve to thy service for the long or short time that I still have to live in this world; and, in union with thee, I renounce all creatures, and devote myself entirely to the love of my Creator. I consecrate my mind to thee, O Queen, that it may always dwell on the love that thou deservest; my tongue, that it may praise thee; my heart, that it may love thee. Do thou accept, O most holy Virgin! the offering which this miserable sinner now makes thee; accept it, I beseech thee, by the consolation that thy heart experienced when thou didst give thyself to God in the Temple. But, since I enter thy service late, it is reasonable that I should redouble my acts of homage and love, thereby to compensate for lost time. Do thou help my weakness with thy powerful intercession, O Mother of mercy! by obtaining me perseverance from thy Jesus and strength to be always faithful to thee until death, that, thus always serving thee in life, I may praise thee in paradise for all eternity. Amen.
For making a novena in honor of the presentation of Our Lady in the Temple an indulgence is granted of three hundred days each day, and a plenary indulgence during the course of the novena or on one of the eight days immediately following it.—Pius IX., Jan. 5, 1849, and Jan. 28, 1850.