Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary of Guadalupe, that in thy celestial apparitions on the mount of Tepeyac, thou didst promise to show thy compassion and pity towards all who, loving and trusting thee, seek thy help and call upon thee in their necessities and afflictions. Thou didst promise to hearken to our supplications, to dry our tears and to give us consolation and relief. Never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession, either for the common welfare, or in personal anxieties, was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, we fly unto thee, O Mary, ever Virgin Mother of the True God! Though grieving under the weight of our sins, we come to prostrate ourselves in thy august presence, certain that thou wilt deign to fulfill thy merciful promises. We are full of hope that, standing beneath thy shadow and protection, nothing will trouble or afflict us, nor need we fear illness, or misfortune, or any other sorrow. Thou hast decided to remain with us through thy admirable image, thou who art our Mother, our health and our life. Placing ourselves beneath thy maternal gaze and having recourse to thee in all our necessities we need do nothing more. O Holy Mother of God, despise not our petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer us. [Here mention your petition.] Five Hail Marys. (in gratitude for the four apparitions to Juan Diego and the one to Juan Bernardino). MORNING OFFERING TO OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE Immaculate Heart of Mary, Heart of my Mother, Our Lady of Guadalupe, I unite to thy purity, thy sanctity, thy zeal and thy love, all my thoughts, words, acts, and sufferings this day, that there may be nothing in me that does not become through thee, a pleasure to Jesus, a gain to souls, and an act of reparation for the offenses against thy Heart. PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE #1 O Virgin of Guadalupe, Mother of the Americas, grant to our homes the grace of loving and respecting life in its beginnings, with the same love with which you conceived in your womb the life of the Son of God. Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Fair Love, protect our families so that they may always be united and bless the upbringing of our children. Our hope, look upon us with pity, teach is to go continually to Jesus, and if we fall help us to rise again and return to Him through the confession of our faults and our sins in the Sacrament of penance, which gives peace to the soul. We beg you to grant us a great love of all the holy Sacraments, which are, as it were, the signs that your Son left us on earth. Thus, Most Holy Mother, with the peace of God in our consciences, with our hearts free from evil and hatred, we will be able to bring to all others true joy and peace, which come to us from your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, who with the Father and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen. - (Pope John Paul II.) PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE #2 O our Lady of Guadalupe, mystical rose, make intercession for Holy Church, protect the Sovereign Pontiff, help all those who invoke thee in their necessities, and since thou art the ever Virgin Mary and Mother of the true God, obtain for us from thy most holy Son the grace of keeping our faith, sweet hope in the midst of the bitterness of life, burning charity and the precious gift of final perseverance. The following may be added. Dearest Lady, fruitful Mother of Holiness, teach me Your ways of gentleness and strength. Hear my prayer, offered with deep felt confidence to beg this favor... (State your prayer request here.) O Mary, conceived without sin, I come to your throne of grace to share the fervent devotion of your faithful Mexican children who call to Thee under the glorious title Guadalupe - the Virgin who crushed the serpent. Queen of Martyrs, whose Immaculate Heart was pierced by seven swords of grief, help me to walk valiantly amid the sharp thorns strewn across my path. Invoke the Holy Spirit of Wisdom to fortify my will to frequent the Sacraments so that, thus enlightened and strengthened, I may prefer God to all creatures and shun every occasion of sin. Help me, as a living branch of the Vine that is Jesus Christ, to exemplify His divine charity always seeking the good of others. Queen of Apostles, aid me to win souls for the Sacred Heart of my Savior. Keep my apostolate fearless, dynamic, and articulate, to proclaim the loving solitude of Our Father in Heaven so that the wayward may heed His pleading and obtain pardon, through the merits of Your Merciful Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. DEDICATION OF A CHILD TO OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE Dear Mary, Your Message of love and care on Tepeyac Hill floated like a lilting lullaby into the fresh golden dawn. Softly you called to Juan Diego, least of your sons, a man of middle years, but guileless and childlike in spirit. Through him you invited all your children to come to you, the ever-virgin Mother of God, to look to you as a mother who wanted only to show a mother’s love. You would give them whatever they needed, help and protection, strength and comfort. As a lasting proof you left us your own marvelous picture, unpainted by any human hand. Today we bring to you our child N.___________ (as yet Unborn). May this little one always know and love you as holy Mary, Mother of the true God in whom we live and have our being. May this new soul, fresh breathed forth from the creator, giving life to the body, be like the soul of Juan Diego, simple, pure and good. Dear Lady of Guadulupe, touch this petal of our hearts with the wintry roses of Tepeyac, so that a fragrant joy and peace may spread along its path of earthly life, reminding men of you and sweetly drawing them to your waiting heart. Take this child as your own. Lady lovely and demure, enfolded in the mantle of your care, until the day when in a new land, all your children join with you, their merciful mother, endlessly giving praise and thanks to God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. TRIDIUM TO OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE “I chose this place and made it holy, in order that my name might be honored, and my eyes and heart might remain there forever.” - 2 Chr. 7:16 Who is this that comes forth like the dawn, as beautiful as the moon, as resplendent as the sun..? - Song 6:10 Hail Mary... “I am the Mother of fair love,... and of knowledge, and of holy hope... My memory is unto everlasting generations” Eccl. 24:24, 28. Prayer: O God, You have been pleased to bestow upon us unceasing favors by having placed us under the special protection of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary. Grant us, your humble servants, who rejoice in honoring her today upon earth, the happiness of seeing her face to face in heaven. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. Prayer Remember, O most gracious Virgin of Guadalupe, that in your apparitions on Mount Tepeyac you promised to show pity and compassion to all who, loving and trusting you, seek your help and protection. Accordingly, listen now to our supplications and grant us consolation and relief. We are full of hope that, relying on your help, nothing can trouble or affect us. As you have remained with us through your admirable image, so now obtain for us the graces we need. Amen. CHAPLET OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE How to pray the Chaplet of Our Lady of Guadalupe The Chaplet of Guadalupe has a cross, 21 beads and a medal. Between the cross and the medal, there 1 bead, a set of 4 beads and then another bead. Elsewhere on the Chaplet, there are 4 sets of 3 beads, each separated by 1 bead (total of 3). Begin with the following prayer: Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mystical Rose, make intercession for our Holy Church, protect the sovereign Pontiff, help all those who invoke you in their necessities, and since you are the ever Virgin Mary and Mother of the true God, obtain for us from your most Holy Son the grace of keeping our faith, of sweet hope in the midst of the bitterness of life, of burning charity, and the precious gift of final perseverance. Amen. On the first bead, pray 1 Our Father.... Pray 4 Hail Marys... on the set of 4 beads in honour of Our Lady of Guadalupes 4 apparitions to Blessed Juan Diego. Pray 1 Glory Be.... Each set of 3 beads represents one apparition. The First Apparition: Our Lady of Guadalupe appears to Blessed Juan Diego. Our Lady requests a temple in her honour. Pray 1 Our Father... Prayer: Our Lady of Guadalupe, my Queen and my Mother, I thank you for your first apparition to Blessed Juan Diego when you revealed that you are the Most Pure Virgin, Mary, Mother of the True God and Mother of all mankind. I thank you for requesting a temple to be built where you stood, to bear witness to your love, your compassion, your aid and your protection for all who would love you, trust you, and invoke your help. Pray 3 Hail Marys... followed by 1 Glory Be.... The Second Apparition: Our Lady of Guadalupe gives Blessed Juan Diego encouragement after his return from the Bishop’s house. Pray 1 Our Father... Prayer: Our Lady of Guadalupe, my Queen and my Mother, I thank you for your second apparition to Blessed Juan Diego when, upon his return from the Bishop’s house, he knelt in humiliation and defeat before you since he was unable to accomplish your mission. I thank you for the courage and encouragement you gave to Blessed Juan Diego to make a second appeal to the Bishop. Pray 3 Hail Marys... followed by 1 Glory Be.... The Third Apparition: Our Lady of Guadalupe promises a sign to Blessed Juan Diego for the Bishop. Pray 1 Our Father... Prayer: Mother, I thank you for your third apparition to Blessed Juan Diego when, after this unsuccessful attempt to have a temple built, you said to him, So be it, son. Return tomorrow in order that you may secure for the Bishop, the sign for which he has asked. When this is in your possession, he will believe you; he will no longer doubt your world and suspect your good faith. Be assured that I shall reward you for all that you have undergone. Pray 3 Hail Marys... followed by 1 Glory Be.... The Fourth Apparition: Our Lady of Guadalupe fulfills her promise by showing herself on the tilma of Blessed Juan Diego. Pray 1 Our Father... Prayer: Our Lady of Guadalupe, my Queen and my Mother, I thank you for your fourth apparition to Blessed Juan Diego when you ordered him to pick the roses he would find on the summit of the hill and bring them to you. I thank you for arranging them in his tilma when you said, This cluster of roses is the sign that you shall take to the Bishop. You are to tell him, in my name, that in this he will recognize my will and that he must fulfill it. You will be my ambassador, wholly worthy of my confidence. Only in the presence of the Bishop shall you unfold your mantle and disclose that which you carry. I thank you for your image printed on the tilma which appeared when the roses were released. Pray 3 Hail Marys... followed by 1 Glory Be.... Closing Prayer: Remember, 0 most gracious Virgin of Guadalupe, that in thy celestial apparition on the Mount of Tepeyac, thou didst promise to show thy compassion and pity towards all who, loving and trusting thee, seek thy help and call upon thee in their necessities and afflictions; also to hearken to our supplications, to dry our tears and to give us consolation and relief. Inspired with this confidence we come before thy august presence, certain that thou wilt deign to fulfill thy merciful promises. We are full of hope that, standing beneath thy protection nothing will trouble or afflict us. Thou has desired to remain with us through thy admirable image, thou who art our Mother, our health and our life. O Mary, Mother of God, hear our petitions and in thy mercy answer us. Amen Optional Prayer to Our Lady of Guadalupe Our Lady of Guadalupe, my mother, into your hands joined in prayer, take my prayers, petitions and hopes, and present them to Jesus for me. Remembering the love and care your hands rendered to Him, He will not refuse what they hold now, even though they are from me. Amen. Novena to Our Lady Of Guadalupe This novena prayer, written by Rev. Lawrence G. Lovasik, S.V.D., is approved by Bishop Burke for use preceding Consecration / Renewal. Our Lady of Guadalupe, According to your message in Mexico I venerate you as the Virgin Mother Of the true God for whom we live, The Creator of all the world, Maker of heaven and earth. In spirit I kneel before your most holy Image Which you miraculously imprinted Upon the cloak of the Indian Juan Diego, And with the faith Of the countless numbers of pilgrims Who visit your shrine, I beg you for this favor: To be a generous, self-sacrificing, Faithful Marian Catechist all the days of my life. Remember, O Immaculate Virgin, The words you spoke to your devout client, I am a merciful Mother to you And to all your people Who love me and trust in me And invoke my help. I listen to their lamentations and solace All their sorrows and their sufferings. I beg you to be a merciful Mother to me, Because I sincerely love you and trust in you And invoke your help. I entreat you, Our Lady of Guadalupe, To grant my request, If this should be the Will of God, In order that I may Bear witness to your love, your compassion, Your help and protection. Do not forsake me in my needs. Amen. Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us. Hail Mary . . . (3 times) First Day Dearest Lady of Guadalupe, Fruitful Mother of holiness, Teach me your ways Of gentleness and strength. Hear my humble prayer Offered with heartfelt confidence To beg this favor (State your petition). Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory. Second Day O Mary, conceived without sin, I come to your throne of grace To share the fervent devotion Of your faithful Mexican children Who call to you Under the glorious Aztec title of Guadalupe. Obtain for me a lively faith To do your Son’s holy will always: May His will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory. Third Day O Mary, Whose Immaculate Heart Was pierced by seven swords of grief, Help me to walk valiantly Amid the sharp thorns Strewn across my pathway. Obtain for me the strength To be a true imitator of you. This I ask you, my dear Mother. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory. Fourth Day Dearest Mother of Guadalupe, I beg you for a fortified will To imitate your divine Son’s charity, To always seek the good of others in need. Grant me this, I humbly ask of you. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory. Fifth Day O most holy Mother, I beg you to obtain for me Pardon of all my sins, Abundant graces to serve your Son More faithfully from now on, And lastly, the grace to praise Him With you forever in heaven. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory. Sixth Day Mary, Mother of vocations, Multiply priestly vocations And fill the earth with religious houses Which will be light and warmth for the world, Safety in stormy nights. Beg your Son to send us Any priests and religious. This we ask of you, O Mother. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory. Seventh Day O Lady of Guadalupe, We beg you that parents live A holy life and educate their children In a Christian manner; That children obey and follow The directions of their parents; That all members of the family Pray and worship together. This we ask of you, O Mother. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory. Eighth Day With my heart full Of the most sincere veneration, I prostrate myself before you, O Mother, To ask you to obtain for me The grace to fulfill the duties Of my state in life With faithfulness and constancy. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory. Ninth Day O God, You have been pleased To bestow upon us unceasing favors By having placed us Under the special protection Of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary. Grant us, your humble servants, Who rejoice in honoring her today upon earth, The happiness of seeing her face to face in heaven. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory.
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