ORDER OF DEVOTIONS 1. Invocation to the Holy Spirit 2. An Act of Contrition 3. One Our Father, Hall Mary, Glory for the Intentions of the Holy Father 4. Invocation to Our Lady 5. Summary of petitions and thanksgivings 6. Novena Prayers 7. Hymn-Mother Dear, O Pray for Me 8. Announcements and sermonette Silent Prayer 9. The Memorare 10. Exposition and Prayer before the Blessed Sacrament 11. Blessing of the sick 12. Hymn-Mary from thy Sacred Image 13. Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament 14. Hymn-Mother Dearest Mother Fairest NOVENA PRAYERS 1.COME HOLY GHOST (Stand) Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest, And in our Souls take up Thy rest, Come with Thy grace and heavenly aid To fill the hearts which Thou hast made. V. Send forth Thy Spirit and they shall be created; R. And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth. LET US PRAY O God , who didst teach the hearts of Thy faithful people by sending them the light of the Holy Spirit, grant us by the same Spirit, to have a right judgement in all things, and evermore to rejoice in His holy comfort, through Christ Our Lord, Amen 2. AN ACT OF CONTRITION ( Here, O God is my sacrifice, a broken spirit; a heart that is humbled and contrite, thou O God, will never disdain; ps 50:19) My God, I believe in Thee • I hope in Thee • I love Thee above all things • with all my soul, • With all my heart • and with all my strength ; • I love Thee because thou are infinitely good • and worthy of being loved; • and because I love Thee,• I repent with all my heart • of having offended Thee; • have mercy on me a sinner. • Amen 3. FOR THE INTENTIONS OF THE HOLY FATHER ( To gain the indulgences attached to this Novena in this Church) THE OUR FATHER Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses , as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen. THE HAIL MARY Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, JESUS Holy Mary Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. THE GLORY BE TO THE FATHER Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning , is now and ever shall be world without end . Amen 4. INVOCATIONS TO OUR LADY We fly to thy patronage, O Holy Mother of God • despise not our petitions in our necessities • but ever deliver us from all dangers • O glorious and blessed Virgin. Priest : O Mother of Perpetual Succour, Thou whose very name inspires confidence. People : Help me, O loving Mother. Pr. : That I may love and serve God with all my heart. Pe. : Help me, O loving Mother. Pr. : That I may never neglect prayer. Pe. : Help me, O loving Mother. Pr. : In temptations against the holy virtue of purity. Pe. : Help me, O loving Mother. Pr. : That I may quickly rise again should I have the misfortune to fall into sin. Pe. : Help me, O loving Mother. Pr. : That I may courageously resist the seductions of the world, evil companions, bad books and films Pe. : Help me, O loving Mother. Pr. : That I may often and devoutly receive the Sacraments and fulfil my Christian duties and the duties of my state. Pe. : Help me, O loving Mother. Pr. : That I may be patient and resigned in all trials and troubles of life. Pe. : Help me, O loving Mother. Pr. : In sickness and pain, in poverty and distress Pe. : Help me, O loving Mother. Pr. : That I may not delay my conversion from day to day Pe. : Help me, O loving Mother. Pr. : That I may ever love and serve thee and invoke thy assistance Pe. : Help me, O loving Mother. Pr. : That I may be able to lead others to love serve and pray to thee Pe. : Help me, O loving Mother. Pr. : When death is near and I am about to pass into eternity. Pe. : Help me, O loving Mother. Pr. : To my last hour, to my last breath do thou watch over me. Pe. : Help me, O loving Mother. Pr. : Pray for us O Mother of Perpetual Succour Pe. : That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. LET US PRAY O Almighty and merciful God • who in order to assist the human race • hast willed the Blessed Virgin Mary • to become the Mother of Thy only - begotten Son • grant we beseech Thee • That by her intercession • we may avoid the contagion of sin • and serve Thee with a pure heart • Through the same Christ Our Lord • Amen. 5. SUMMARY OF PETITIONS & THANKSGIVINGS 6. NOVENA PRAYERS O Mother of Perpetual Succour • behold me a miserable sinner at thy feet • I have recourse to thee and put my trust in thee • O Mother of Mercy, have pity upon me. • I hear thee called by all • the refuge and the hope of sinners; • be then my refuge and my hope. • succour me for the love of Jesus Christ; • stretch forth thy hand to me, • a poor sinner, • who recommend and dedicate myself to thee • as thy perpetual servant • I bless and thank God for having in His mercy given me this confidence in thee • the pledge , as I believe of my eternal salvation • Alas, too often in past times have I miserably fallen • because I had not recourse to thee • I know that with thy help I shall conquer • I know that thou will help me • if I recommend myself to thee • but I fear lest in the occasion of falling • I should cease to call upon thee • and so should lose my soul. • This then is the grace I seek from thee, • and I beg of thee, as far as I know how and can, • to obtain it for me, • namely, in the assaults of hell,• always to have recourse to thee and to say to thee: • O Mary help me • Mother of Perpetual Succour, • suffer me not to lose my God • Amen. Priest : Mother of Perpetual Succour People : Pray for thy Children. Hail Mary...- (Repeat three times) Holy Mary, • succour the miserable, help the faint hearted • cheer those that weep, • pray for the people,• be the advocate of the clergy, • intercede for all devout women, • Let all feel thine aid, • who implore thy perpetual succour. Priest : Thou has been made for us O Lady, a Refuge. People : A helper in need and tribulation. LET US PRAY O Lord Jesus Christ, • Who hast given us Thy Mother Mary, • whose wondrous image we venerate, • to be our Mother , • ever ready to succour us, • grant , we beseech Thee, • that we, who earnestly implore her maternal aid, • may deserve to enjoy perpetually the fruit of Thy redemption • Who lives and reigns world without end. Amen. 7. HYMN - MOTHER DEAR OH PRAY FOR ME Mother dear, Oh, pray for me Whilst far from Heaven and Thee, I wander in a fragile bark Oer lifes tempestuous sea. O Virgin Mother , from Thy throne. So bright in bliss above, Protect Thy child, and cheer my path, With Thy sweet smile of love. Chorus: Mother dear, Oh pray for me And never cease Thy care; Till in heaven eternally, Thy love and bliss I share. 8. ANNOUNCEMENT AND PREACHING SILENT PRAYER 9. THE MEMORARE Remember, O Most gracious Virgin Mary, • that never was it known, • that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help • or sought thy intercession, • was left unaided • Inspired with this confidence, • I fly unto thee, O Virgin of Virgins, my Mother • To thee I come , • before thee I stand, • sinful and sorrowful, • O Mother of the word Incarnate • despise not my petitions, • but in thy mercy hear and answer me. Amen. 10. EXPOSITION AND PRAYER BEFORE THE BLESSED SACRAMENT Merciful Lord whose mercies are without number and whose goodness is without end You abide with your people in wondrous manner and are with us all days even to the end of time. By your kindly presence direct our minds, with your guiding love watch over our paths, with your powerful help deliver us from every tribulation from all danger and sin that we may on earth always live with You and in You and in Your eternal dwelling enjoy Your presence for ever Amen. 11. BLESSING OF THE SICK V. Our help is in the Name of the Lord R. Who made heaven and earth. V. Lord, hear my prayer R. And let my cry come unto Thee V. Thy Lord be with you R. And with your spirit. LET US PRAY Grant , we beseech Thee, O Lord God that these Thy servants may enjoy perpetual health of mind and body; and by the glorious intercession of Blessed Mary, ever Virgin, be delivered from present sorrow and enjoy eternal gladness through Christ our Lord. Amen ( Extending his right hand towards the people) May the Lord Jesus Christ be amongst you, to defend you • within you, to preserve you • before you , to guide you • after you, to guard you • above you to bless you • who with the Father and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen. Through the intercession of our Mother of Perpetual Succour may the blessing of Almighty God, + Father, Son and Holy Spirit , descend upon you and remain with you forever. Amen. 12. MARY FROM THY SACRED IMAGE Mary, from thy sacred image, With those eyes so sadly sweet, Mother of Perpetual Succour! See us kneeling at thy feet. In thy arms thy Child thou bearest Source of all thy joy and woe; What thy bliss, how deep thy sorrows, Mother , thou alone canst know. 13. BENEDICTION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT Let us bow in adoration, To this Sacrament so great Here is new and perfect worship, All the old must terminate, Sense cannot grasp this marvel, Faith must serve to compensate. Glory, Honour, Adoration. Let us sing with one accord, Praised be God, Almighty Father, Praised be Christ, His Son our Lord, Praised be God the Holy Spirit, Triune God-head be Adored . Amen. Priest : Let us Pray : O God in this wonderful Sacrament you have left us the memorial of your passion. grant that we may so reverence the Sacred Mysteries of your Body and Blood, that the taste of the fruit of your redemption may ever be within us, who lives and reigns for ever and ever. People : Amen. THE DIVINE PRAISES Blessed be God Blessed be His Holy Name Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true Man Blessed be the Name of Jesus Blessed be His most Sacred Heart Blessed be His most Precious Blood Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most Holy Blessed be her Holy and Immaculate Conception Blessed be Her Glorious Assumption Blessed be the Name of Mary, Virgin and Mother Blessed be St. Joseph, her most chaste Spouse Blessed be God in His Angels and in His Saints. 14. MOTHER DEAREST, MOTHER FAIREST Mother dearest, Mother fairest, Help of all who call on Thee, Virgin purest, brightest, rarest Help us, help we cry to thee Chorus Mary, help us, help we pray Mary, help us, help we pray Help us in all care and sorrow, Mary, help us, help we pray Mary, help in pain and sorrow Soothe those rackd on bed of pain May the golden light of morrow Bring them hearlth and joy again. Chorus Help our priests, our sisters lowly, Help our Pope, long may he reign, Pray that we who sing their praises May in heavn all meet again. Chorus Mary, help the absent loved ones; How we miss their presence here, May the hand of Thy protection, Guard and guide them far and near. OCCASIONAL PRAYERS ( For Personal use only) THE SIGN OF THE CROSS In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen HE OUR FATHER Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen. THE HAIL MARY Hail Mary , full of grace , the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, JESUS. Holy Mary Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. THE APOSTLES CREED I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary, He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into Heven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the communication of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the ressurection of the body, and the life everlasting, Amen. THE HAIL HOLY QUEEN Hail, holy Queen Mother of mercy, hail , our life our sweetness and our hope. Thee do we cry poor banished children of Even; to thee do we sigh mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Oh then, our advocate, turn thine eyes of mercy towards us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed Fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O merciful, O living, O Sweet Virgin Mary. PRAYER AGAINST EVIL SPIRITS Majestic Queen of Heaven and Mistress of the Angels, thou didst receive from God the power and commission to crush the head of Satan, where for we humbly beseech thee, send forth the legions of heaven, that under thy command, they may seek out all evil spirits, engage them everywhere in battle, curb their insolence and hurl them back into the pit of hell. Who is like unto God? O Good and tender Mother , thou shalt ever be our hope and the object of our love. O Mother of God , send forth the holy Angels to defend me and drive far from me the cruel foe. Holy Angels and Archangels , defend us keep us. PRAYER IN TEMPTATION O pure and Immaculate and likewise blessed Virgin, who art the sinless Mother of the Son, the mighty Lord of the Universe, thou who art inviolate and altogether holy, the hope of the hopeless and sinful, we sing thy praise. We bless thee as full of every grace, thou who didst bear the God-Man: We all bow low before thee; we invoke thee and implore thine aid. Rescue us, O holy and inviolate virgin, from every necessity that presses upon us and from all the temptations of the devil . Be our intercessor and advocate at the hour of death and Judgement; deliver us from the fire that is not extinguished and from the outer darkness; make us worthy of the glory of thy Son, O dearest and most clement Virgin Mother. Thou indeed art our only hope most sure and sacred in Gods sight, to whom be honour and glory, majesty and dominion for ever and ever world without end. Amen PRAYER IN AFFLICTION O Mary Immaculate, Our Mother and Consolation, take refuge in thy loving ehart with all the confidence of which I am capable, thou shait be the dearest object of my love and veneration. To thee, who art the dispenser of the treasures of heaven, I shall always have recourse in my sorrows to have peace, in my doubts to have light, in my dangers to be defended, in all my needs to obtain thy assistance. Be therefore my refuge, my strength, my consolation. O Mary the Consoler ! at the hour of my death, graciously receive the last sighs of my heart and obtain for me a place in the heavenly home, where all hearts shall praise with one accord the adorable Heart of Jesus for ever more as well as thy most lovable heart, O Mary our tender Mother. Comforter of the afflicted prayer for us who have recourse to thee. A PRAYER FOR COUNSEL Most glorious Virgin, chosen by the eternal Counsel to be the Mother of the eternal World made flesh, thou who art the treasurer of divine graces and the advocate of sinners, I who am thy most unworthy servant have recourse to thee; be thou pleased to be my guide and counselor in this vale of tears. Obtain for me through the Most Precious Blood of thy divine Son, the forgiveness of my sins, the salvation of my soul and the means necessary to obtain it. In like manner obtain for holy Church victory over her enemies and the spread of the kingdom of Jesus Christ upon the whole earth, Amen. A PRAYER FOR FORGIVENESS Almighty and merciful God, who in the blessed Mary ever Virgin hast set up a refuge and a help for sinners, grant that we, under her protection, may be absolved from all our sins and may obtain the blessed effort of thy great mercy. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen PRAYER FOR A FAMILY Defined, we beseech thee, O Lord, through the intercession of the blessed Mary ever Virgin, this thy family from all adversity; and as we humbly bow before Thee with all our hearts, graciously defend us, in thy mercy, from all the snares of the enemy. Though Christ our Lord. Amen A PRAYER FOR GOOD STUDIES Under thy patronage, dear Mother, and invoking thy mystery of thine Immaculate Conception. I desire to pursue my studies and my literary labours: I hereby solemnly declare that I am devoting myself to these studies chiefly to the following end: that I may better contribute to the glory of God and to the spread of thy veneration among men. I pray thee, therefore most loving Mother, who art the Seat of Wisdom, to bless my labours in thy loving kindness. Moreover I promise with true affection and willing spirit, as it is right that I should do, to ascribe all the good that shall accrue to me therefrom, wholly to thy intercession for me in Gods holy presence. Amen A PRAYER FOR A HAPPY DEATH O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee; O refuge of sinners. Mother of the dying for sake us not at the hour of our death; obtain for us the grace of perfect sorrow, sincere contrition, the pardon and remission of our sins, a worthy receiving of the holy viaticum; and the comfort of the Anointing of the Sick, in order that we may appear with greater security before the throne of the just but merciful judge, our God and our Redeemer. Amen AN ACT OF LOVE My God, I believe in Thee, I hope in thee , I love Thee above all things with all my soul, with all my heart and with all my strength; I love Thee because Thou art infinitely good and worthy of being loved; and because I love Thee, I repent with all my heart of having offended Thee; have mercy on me, a sinner. Amen (Prayer taken form the Racotti)
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