Novena to the Blessed Virgin
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The Ursuline Manual, 1851Source and notes
Source
| Printed in | The Ursuline Manual |
|---|---|
| Imprint | New York, E. Dunigan and Brother, 1851 |
| Pages | pp. 527–529 |
| Scan | leaf 538, leaf 539, leaf 540 of the Internet Archive copy |
| Approval | Approved, ✠ John, Archbishop of New York, October 1st, 1851 |
| Transcription | One letter wholly hidden by an ink blot on p. 529 is supplied in brackets: "[d]idst". |
| Rights | Public domain in the United States. |
- Prayers for
- a special favour
Day 1
O MOST Holy Virgin! who wert chosen by the adorable Trinity from all eternity to be the most pure Mother of Jesus, permit me, thy humble and devoted client, to remind thee of the joy thou didst receive in the instant of the most sacred incarnation of our divine Lord, and during the nine months thou didst carry him in thy chaste womb. I wish most sincerely that I could renew, or even increase that joy, by the fervour of my prayers. O tender Mother of the afflicted! grant me, under my present necessities, that peculiar protection thou hast promised to those who devoutly commemorate this ineffable joy. Relying on the infinite mercies of thy Divine Son; trusting in that promise which he has made, that those who ask should receive; and penetrated with confidence in thy powerful prayers; I most humbly entreat thee to intercede for me, and to obtain for me the favours which I petition for in this Novena, if it be the holy will of God to grant them; and if not, to ask for me whatever graces I most stand in need of. (Here specify your requests.)
I desire by this Novena, which I now offer in thy honour, to prove the lively confidence I have in thy intercession. Accept it, I beseech thee, in honour of that supernatural love and joy with which thy sacred heart was replenished during the abode of thy dear Son in thy womb; in veneration of which, I offer thee the sentiments of my heart, and these nine Hail Maries.
Repeat the Hail Maries nine times, and then say the following
PRAYER.
O MOTHER of God! accept these salutations, in union with the respect and veneration with which the Angel Gabriel first hailed thee full of grace. I wish most sincerely, that they may become so many gems in the crown of thy occidental glory, which will increase in brightness to the end of the world. I beseech thee, O Comfortress of the afflicted! by the joy thou [d]idst receive in the nine months of thy pregnancy, to obtain for me the grant of the favours which I have now implored through thy powerful intercession. For this end, I offer thee all the good works which have ever been performed in thy honour. I most humbly entreat thee, for the love of the amiable heart of Jesus, with which thine was ever so inflamed, to hear my humble prayers, and to obtain my requests.