Novena for the Purification
Novena, 24 January to 1 February 2027
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The Glories of Mary, 1902Source and notes
NOVENA FOR THE FEAST OF THE PURIFICATION
Source
| Printed in | The Glories of Mary |
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| Imprint | New York, Cincinnati, Chicago, Benziger Brothers, 1902 |
| Pages | pp. 255–258 |
| Scan | leaf 258, leaf 259, leaf 260, leaf 261 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. |
- Prayers for
- a special favour
Day 1
(Novena begins January 24th and ends February 1st.)
PRAYERS.
Come, Holy Ghost, etc., as on page 231.
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Bright mirror of all virtues, holiest Mary, forty days had scarcely elapsed from thy delivery when thou, though the purest of all virgins, didst will, according to the law, to be presented in the Temple to be purified: grant that we, like thee, may keep our hearts unstained by sin, that so we, too, may be made worthy to be presented to our God in the temple of his glory.
Hail Mary, etc.
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Virgin most obedient, at thy presentation in the Temple thou didst will, like other women, to offer the wonted sacrifice: obtain for us that we, too, following thy example, may learn how to offer ourselves a living sacrifice to God by practising every virtue.
Hail Mary, etc.
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Virgin most pure, in observing the precept of the law thou didst care little that men should account thee unclean: ask for us grace to keep our hearts forever pure, however blamable the world may think us.
Hail Mary, etc.
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Virgin most holy, in offering thy divine Son to his Eternal Father, thou didst gladden all the court of heaven: present our poor hearts to God, that he, by his grace, may keep them ever free from mortal sin.
Hail Mary, etc.
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Virgin most humble, in placing Jesus in holy old Simeon’s arms, thou didst fill his soul with heavenly joy: give our hearts into God’s holy keeping, that he may fill them with his Holy Spirit.
Hail Mary, etc.
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Virgin most zealous, by redeeming thy Son Jesus according to the law, thou didst coöperate in the salvation of the world: ransom now our poor hearts from the slavery of sin, that so they may be ever pure before the face of God.
Hail Mary, etc.
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Virgin most meek, on hearing the prophecy of Simeon foretelling thy woes, thou didst promptly bow to the good pleasure of God: enable us also to bear all troubles with patience and resignation to his divine will.
Hail Mary, etc.
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Virgin most compassionate, when through thy divine Son thou didst fill the soul of Anna the prophetess with light, thou didst make her magnify the mercies of God by recognizing Jesus as the Redeemer of the world: enrich our souls with heavenly grace that we may largely share the fruit of the divine redemption.
Hail Mary, etc.
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Virgin most resigned, who didst feel thy soul transfixed with sorrow when in spirit thou didst foresee all the bitter Passion of thy Son, and knowing the grief of Joseph, thy spouse, for all thy sufferings, didst with holy words console him; pierce through and through our souls with true sorrow for our sins that we may one day have the consolation to be made partakers of thy glory in heaven.
Hail Mary, etc.
Then say the Litany, and afterward:
V. Simeon received an answer from the Holy Spirit.
R. That he should not see death until he had seen the Christ of the Lord.
Let us Pray.
Almighty, everlasting God, we pray Thy majesty that, as Thy only begotten Son was presented in the Temple in the substance of our flesh, so Thou wouldst enable us to present ourselves before Thee with clean hearts. Amen.
For making the above novena an indulgence of three hundred days each time, and a plenary indulgence on the feast itself or on any day of its octave.—Pius VII., Aug. 4 and Nov. 24, 1808; Jan. 11, 1809.