Novena for the Presentation of Our Lady
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Prayer-Book for Religious, compiled by F. X. Lasance, 1914Source and notes
Novena for the Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Source
| Printed in | Prayer-Book for Religious: A Complete Manual of Prayers and Devotions for the Use of the Members of All Religious Communities |
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| Imprint | New York, Cincinnati, Chicago, Benziger Brothers, 1914 |
| Pages | pp. 1024–1025 |
| Scan | leaf 1035, leaf 1036 of the Internet Archive copy |
| Approval | Nihil Obstat, Remy Lafort, Censor Librorum; Imprimatur, ✠ John M. Farley, Archbishop of New York, May 16, 1904 Title page dated 1914 |
| Rights | Public domain in the United States. |
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Day 1
O INCOMPARABLE Virgin, destined from all eternity to become the living temple of the most High! permit thy devoted clients to remind thee of that entire, fervent, and most perfect oblation, which thou didst offer of thyself on the day of thy Presentation in the Temple.
O sacred model of those who are called to leave all and follow Christ! thou art that Virgin by excellence, whose innocence and sanctity were never defiled.
To thee, then, it peculiarly belongs, not only to follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth, but also to lead many virgins in thy train. Oh, receive us into the happy number of those whom thy glorious example has urged to the heroic practice of religious perfection; obtain for us a share in the dispositions of thy heart, when, though a child in years, thou wast already far advanced in eminent holiness, and, forgetting thy people and thy father's house, didst enter the Temple, to live to God, and for Him alone. We beseech thee, by the singular graces bestowed on thee then, to employ thy powerful interest in our behalf, and to obtain for us the intentions of this novena.
Remember, O most holy Virgin! that thine early flight from the world, thy spirit of sacrifice and heroic perfection, even in childhood, were graces which entitle thee not only to our veneration, but to our tender confidence. Listen, then, to the petitions we now make, and obtain for us the true spirit of the interior life, that the Heart of Jesus may be our sanctuary, where we abide secure from all dangers. Teach us to commemorate thy consecration of thyself to God on the day of thy Presentation by a fervent renewal of our vows; that, after thine example, we may leave all in heart and will, and find all in Christ, and thus love God above all things most ardently, and all creatures, for His sake; that His adorable will may be ours, and that every exertion of our mind and body may be happily consecrated to the promotion of His greater glory. Amen.