Novena To Our Lady Of Perpetual Help DAY 7 Act Of Contrition My Lord Jesus Christ, true God and true man, my Father and Redeemer, behold at Thy feet a poor sinner who has so grievously afflicted Thy loving Heart, O lovable Jesus! How could I have offended Thee and filled with bitterness that Heart that loves me so and that has spared no effort to attain my Joy? How great has been my Ingratitude! But, O my Savior, be consoled, be consoled, I say to Thee; now I find myself repentant, such grief I feel for the afflictions I have caused Thee, that I would like to die of pure sorrow and contrition. O my Jesus! Who could make me weep for sin as Thou hast wept for it in Thy mortal life! My soul is oppressed for having offended Thee. Eternal Father, in satisfaction for my offenses I offer Thee the affliction and the sorrow the Heart of Thy Divine Son has felt for them. And Thou, O loving Jesus! Give me such a horror for sin that from now on it may make me avoid even the most trifling of faults. Depart from my heart, earthly affections I do not want to love anything now but my most bountiful Redeemer O my Jesus, help me, strengthen me, and pardon me My Mother of Perpetual Help, intercede for me and obtain for me the pardon of my sins. PREPARATORY PRAYER To Be Said Every Day O Most Blessed Virgin Mary! Who to Inspire us with boundless confidence has been pleased to take the sweet name of Mother of Perpetual Help, I implore Thee to come to my aid always and everywhere, In my temptations, after my falls, in my difficulties, in all miseries of life and, above all, at the hour of my death. Give me, O loving Mother, the desire nay more, the habit always to have recourse to Thee; for I feel assured that if I am faithful in invoking Thee, Thou wilt be faithful in coming to my assistance. Obtain for me, then, this grace of grace, the grace to pray to Thee without ceasing, and with childlike trust, that by means of my constant plea, I may ensure Thy Perpetual Help and final perseverance. Bless me, O tender and solicitous Mother, pray for me now and at the hour of my death. Amen. MEDITATION Our Lady Of Perpetual Help Grants Her Devotees Fidelity In Her Service Perseverance! A greet problem, a major question of life or death, a perpetual torment of souls who want to be saved. Have you not said trembling on seeing yourself surrounded by so many dangers, and above all, on seeing soul that seemed confirmed in good fall away, on feeling violent passions inflamed, and on examining your own fickleness have you not said: “O, will I be said? Have my sins’ been forgiven? I hope so. Am I in the grace of God? Will I persevere in good until the end? What will be my sentence at Judgment? Will I be found among the predestined? And finally, what will be my lot in eternity? Terrifying reflections, questions whose uncertain replies fill the heart with anxiety. St. Teresa Writing on this point, could not understand why the pen did not fall from her hand. St. Paul, after having preached to others, feared that would be among the reprobate, and St. Jerome responded beforehand to the sound of the trumpet of final judgment with cries of terror. How, then to get rid of this annoying doubt? How to find a guarantee of tranquility? A great saint tell us. “Of what value is it to stir up these questions disputed by the wise ones concerning whether you will be saved or lost? If we are true children of Mary, certainly we will be among the chosen ones “This is the doctrine of all the Doctors o the Church. it is Impossible for one who counts on the most powerful’ help of Mary to be condemned. A consoling word that should fill us with confidence and devotion. But this is understood on the condition that one lives with out sins, or desires at least to sinning; because If someone wants to sin with the hope that the Blessed Virgin will save him through his own fault he would make himself unworthy and Incapable of Her protection. It is true, then, Mother of Perpetual Help, that if I am Thy faithful servant, without doubt I will be saved. I will serve thee, then, I will love Thee; I will invoke thee always Nevertheless Christian soul, you are still not at peace concerning your perseverance, you must still fear one thing Without doubt Most Holy Mary will save you if you invoke Her but will you be faithful In Her service? Will you, one day, cease to be Her devotee? So great is the fickleness of our heart that tomorrow you will give up what today you have begun. Have, perchance, all those who were devotees of virgin in the beginning persevered In Her service? For this great misery, called inconstancy, there is a remedy in Our Lady of perpetual Help. She herself Is the One Who must help us to persevere in Her service, if all grace pass through the hands of Mary, why would not this most special grace of grace, that of invoking Her perpetually, also pass through them? And the very name Itself of Perpetual Help, is It not almost a sure guarantee that She will help us perpetually? How could we weaken in Her love and forget Her? If a mother, according to nature, knew that a child of hers could not be happy without enjoying the attentions of his mother what would she not do to keep him at her side? Well then, our August Queen knows that there cannot be happiness for us, Her very beloved children, without our having fidelity in Her service, which is intimately united to the service of the Lord, and that is why She provides Her devotees with His paternal help, abundantly and perpetually. When a soul who has been at one time Her devotee wishes to abandon her, that tender Mother waits, so to speak, at the door of his heart and knocks until It Is opened, that Is, until the unfaithful one returns to his primitive fervor. We have, then, an Infallible means of assuring ourselves of Perseverance In the devotion to Mary; It suffices to ask Her for the grace to call on Her always; to ask Her for the grace today; to ask Her tomorrow and every day. In short, O soul devoted to Our Lady of Perpetual help, engrave In your memory that maxim of the great doctor, St. Alphonsus; “ I am sure that I will be saved, If I sincerely Invoke Mary; I am sure of invoking her, if I ask of Her the grace to do so always, and I will not tire of repeating this petition of Imploring Her with fidelity. Let us conclude, then, by saying with St. Bernard, O man, whoever you may be, do not forget that, rather than walking on earth, you go fluctuating between dangers and tempest, If you do not want to be immersed, do not take your eyes away from this star; Mary. Look at her often When in danger of sinning, in the anguish of temptations, in doubts concerning things you must resolve, remember that Mary can assist You, and call on Her right away, so She may help you. Never let Her powerful name leave your heart, so It may inspire you with confidence; nor your lips, so you may invoke it. Follow Mary, and you will not stay from the path of salvation commend yourself to Her and you will not lose confidence; if her hand sustains you, you will not fall; if She is your guide you will be saved without effort; and finally, if Mary takes your defense, undoubtedly you will arrive at the kingdom of the blessed. Do thus, and you will live. Amen. Meditate and ask.. Recite The Joys JOYS Thou art Perpetual Help benign: Come, therefore, I implore Thee; Come hasten to assist me, O Mother sweet and kind! Hear, 0 Virgin pure, Our fervent prayers of love That fly to Thee above On Thine exalted Throne. Come hasten to assist me, O Mother sweet and kind! Stained by guilt and sin I bow my head and cry And at Thy feet I sig For clemency and love. Come hasten… Free the careless’ soul From all its tepid ways, And set the soul ablaze With fervor in devotion. Come hasten…. Wretched in this vale Of pain and tribulation, For heavenly consolation I humbly beg of Thee. Come hasten…. If my virtue wanes When tempests howl and roar, My energies restore, beloved Morning Star, Come hasten…. To Thy faithful child Encouragement provide And toward virtue guide His weak, unsteady steps. Coma hasten… Free my fickle heart From all its lassitude, And grant it fortitude To lead a sinless life. Come hasten In the final clash With death in all Its fright, How great my soul’s delight If then I can exclaim: come hasten In Purgatory’s fire, Dear Mother, please be sweet; Great Lady, I entreat, Alleviate my pains. Come hasten Grant me, Mother dear, As fond farewell to Thee, To sing eternally With love and praise to Thee Come hasten to assist me, O Mother Sweet and kind! EJACULATORY PRAYER O Mother of Perpetuate help Grant me Thine omnipotent and grant that I may ask for It without ceasing. EXERCISE Do not let one day pass without reciting three hall Mary, morning and night, to Our Lady of Perpetual Help, to obtain the grace of invoking her on the following day. PRAYER O my Mother of Perpetual Help in Thy hands I place my poor soul I entrust to Thee my perseverance; intercede for me, an unhappy sinner, Take me under Thy protection and this will suffice for me indeed, If Thou protectest me, I have to fear. I do not fear my sins, because Thou wilt remedy the evil they have caused me. I do not fear the devils because Thou art more powerful than all hell. I do not even fear my Judge Himself, because by one word from Thee, Thou wilt appease His just indignation. No; I do not fear anything. O’ In spite of all this my Mother, one fear assaults me. And it is that of forgetting Thee, of ceasing, one day, to call Thee to my aid, and thus to be lost for all eternity. O my tender Mother! Obtain for me the grace of commending myself to Thee always; and if now Thou foreseest that one day I will abandon Thee, let me die today at Thy feet, before the world may be a witness to such great ingratitude. But no, O Mother, I will not forget Thee; I would rather that my right hand wither, that my tongue be paralyzed, than not one day go to sing Thy mercies forever and ever. Amen. EXAMPLE In a certain city in England, a man, completely given to drinking, used to come home every day In a state of intoxication. One day his unhappy wife, tired of all she was suffering from her husband’s perversity, lamented her lot before a devotee of Our Lady of perpetual help. The latter, moved to compassion, gave a medal of that Virgin to the afflicted wife, advising her to light a candle in honor of her dear Mother everyday. The woman promised to do so and began to recite the Holy Rosary before the miraculous medal. Her husband returned that day, at a late hour, as was his custom, but not intoxicated. After some time had passed, the woman related to her pious advisor, who was asking her about her husband. “Since I began to honour Our Lady of perpetual help, he has amended; he returned to his vice only once when, distractedly, I forgot to fulfill the promise I made. To the Mother of God”. Thus the Blessed Virgin rewards Her devotees. May the virgin Perpetual Help be belove, praised, invoked and eternally blessed! May she be my hope, my love, my mother, my refuge and my life Amen.
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