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Prayer
Be blessed, O most pure
Virgin, for having
vouchsafed to manifest
your shining with life,
sweetness and beauty, in
the Grotto of Lourdes,
saying to the child, St.
Bernadette: "I am the
Immaculate Conception."
A thousand times we
congratulate you upon
your Immaculate
Conception. And now, O
ever Immaculate Virgin,
Mother of mercy, Health
of the sick, Refuge of
sinners, Comforter of
the afflicted, you know
our wants, our troubles,
our sufferings deign to
cast upon us a look of
mercy.
By appearing in
the Grotto of
Lourdes, you were
pleased to make it
a privileged
sanctuary, whence
you dispense your
favors, and
already many have
obtained the cure
of their
infirmities, both
spiritual and
physical. We come,
therefore, with
the most unbounded
confidence to
implore your
maternal
intercession.
Obtain for us, O
loving Mother, the
granting of our
request. request
Through gratitude
for your favors,
we will endeavor
to imitate your
virtues, that we
may one day share
your glory.
Our Lady of
Lourdes, Mother of
Christ, you had
influence with
your divine son
while upon earth.
You have the same
influence now in
Heaven. Pray for
us; obtain for us
from your Divine
Son our special
requests if it be
the Divine Will.
Amen.
Our Lady of
Lourdes, pray for
us.
Saint
Bernadette, pray
for us.
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NINE DAY
NOVENA
TO OUR
LADY OF
LOURDES
DAY ONE
O Mary
Immaculate, Our
Lady of Lourdes,
virgin and mother,
queen of heaven,
chosen from all
eternity to be the
Mother of the
Eternal Word and
in virtue of this
title preserved
from original sin,
we kneel before
you as did little
Bernadette at
Lourdes and pray
with childlike
trust in you that
as we contemplate
your glorious
appearance at
Lourdes, you will
look with mercy on
our present
petition and
secure for us a
favorable answer
to the request for
which we are
making this
novena.
(make your
request)
O Brilliant
star of purity,
Mary Immaculate,
Our Lady of
Lourdes, glorious
in your
assumption,
triumphant in your
coronation, show
unto us the mercy
of the Mother of
God, Virgin Mary,
Queen and Mother,
be our comfort,
hope, strength,
and consolation.
Amen.
Our Lady of
Lourdes, pray for
us.
Saint Bernadette,
pray for us.
DAY TWO
Be blessed, O
most pure Virgin,
for having
vouchsafed to
manifest yourself
shining with
light, sweetness
and beauty, in the
Grotto of Lourdes,
saying to the
child Saint
Bernadette: "I am
the Immaculate
Conception!" O
Mary Immaculate,
inflame our hearts
with one ray of
the burning love
of your pure heart
Let them be
consumed with love
for Jesus and for
you, in order that
we may merit one
day to enjoy your
glorious eternity.
O dispenser of His
graces here below,
take into your
keeping and
present to your
Divine Son the
petition for which
we are making this
novena.
(make your
request)
O Brilliant
star of purity,
Mary Immaculate,
Our Lady of
Lourdes, glorious
in your
assumption,
triumphant in your
coronation, show
unto us the mercy
of the Mother of
God, Virgin Mary,
Queen and Mother,
be our comfort,
hope, strength,
and consolation.
Amen.
Our Lady
of Lourdes, pray
for us.
Saint Bernadette,
pray for us.
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DAY THREE
"You are all
fair, O Mary, and
there is in you no
stain of original
sin." O Mary,
conceived without
sin, pray for us
who have recourse
to thee. O
brilliant star of
sanctity, as on
that lovely day,
upon a rough rock
in Lourdes you
spoke to the child
Bernadette and a
fountain broke
from the plain
earth and miracles
happened and the
great shrine of
Lourdes began, so
now I beseech you
to hear our
fervent prayer and
do, we beseech
you, grant us the
petition we now so
earnestly seek.
(make your
request)
O Brilliant
star of purity,
Mary Immaculate,
Our Lady of
Lourdes, glorious
in your
assumption,
triumphant in your
coronation, show
unto us the mercy
of the Mother of
God, Virgin Mary,
Queen and Mother,
be our comfort,
hope, strength,
and consolation.
Amen.
Our Lady of
Lourdes, pray for
us.
Saint Bernadette,
pray for us.
DAY FOUR
O Immaculate
Queen of Heaven,
we your wayward,
erring children,
join our unworthy
prayers of praise
and thanksgiving
to those of the
angels and saints
and your own-the
One, Holy, and
Undivided Trinity
may be glorified
in heaven and on
earth. Our Lady of
Lourdes, as you
looked down with
love and mercy
upon Bernadette as
she prayed her
rosary in the
grotto, look down
now, we beseech
you, with love and
mercy upon us.
From the abundance
of graces granted
you by your Divine
Son, sweet Mother
of God, give to
each of us all
that your motherly
heart sees we need
and at this moment
look with special
favor on the grace
we seek in this
novena.
(make your
request)
O Brilliant
star of purity,
Mary Immaculate,
Our Lady of
Lourdes, glorious
in your
assumption,
triumphant in your
coronation, show
unto us the mercy
of the Mother of
God, Virgin Mary,
Queen and Mother,
be our comfort,
hope, strength,
and consolation.
Amen.
Our Lady of
Lourdes, pray for
us.
Saint Bernadette,
pray for us.
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DAY FIVE
O Mary
Immaculate, Mother
of God and our
mother, from the
heights of your
dignity look down
mercifully upon us
while we, full of
confidence in your
unbounded goodness
and confident that
your Divine Son
will look
favorably upon any
request you make
of Him in our
behalf, we beseech
you to come to our
aid and secure for
us the favor we
seek in this
novena.
(make your
request)
O Brilliant
star of purity,
Mary Immaculate,
Our Lady of
Lourdes, glorious
in your
assumption,
triumphant in your
coronation, show
unto us the mercy
of the Mother of
God, Virgin Mary,
Queen and Mother,
be our comfort,
hope, strength,
and consolation.
Amen.
Our Lady of
Lourdes, pray for
us.
Saint Bernadette,
pray for us.
DAY SIX
O glorious
Mother of God, so
powerful under
your special title
of Our Lady of
Lourdes, to you we
raise our hearts
and hands to
implore your
powerful
intercession in
obtaining from the
gracious Heart of
Jesus all the
helps and graces
necessary for our
spiritual and
temporal welfare
and for the
special favor we
so earnestly seek
in this novena.
(make your
request)
O Lady of
Bernadette, with
the stars of
heaven in your
hair and the roses
of earth at your
feet, look with
compassion upon us
today as you did
so long ago on
Bernadette in the
Grotto of Lourdes.
O Brilliant
star of purity,
Mary Immaculate,
Our Lady of
Lourdes, glorious
in your
assumption,
triumphant in your
coronation, show
unto us the mercy
of the Mother of
God, Virgin Mary,
Queen and Mother,
be our comfort,
hope, strength,
and consolation.
Amen.
Our Lady of
Lourdes, pray for
us.
Saint Bernadette,
pray for us.
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DAY SEVEN
O Almighty
God, who by the
Immaculate
Conception of the
Blessed Virgin
Mary did prepare a
worthy dwelling
place for your
Son, we humbly
beseech you that
as we contemplate
the apparition of
Our Lady in the
Grotto of Lourdes,
we may be blessed
with health of
mind and body. O
most gracious
Mother Mary,
beloved Mother of
Our Lord and
Redeemer, look
with favor upon us
as you did that
day on Bernadette
and intercede with
him for us that
the favor we now
so earnestly seek
may be granted to
us.
(make your
request)
O Brilliant
star of purity,
Mary Immaculate,
Our Lady of
Lourdes, glorious
in your
assumption,
triumphant in your
coronation, show
unto us the mercy
of the Mother of
God, Virgin Mary,
Queen and Mother,
be our comfort,
hope, strength,
and consolation.
Amen
Our Lady of
Lourdes, pray for
us.
Saint
Bernadette, pray
for us.
DAY EIGHT
O Immaculate
Mother of God,
from heaven itself
you came to appear
to the little
Bernadette in the
rough Grotto of
Lourdes! And as
Bernadette knelt
at your feet and
the magic spring
burst forth and as
multitudes have
knelt ever since
before your
shrine, O Mother
of God, we kneel
before you today
to ask that in
your mercy you
plead with your
Divine Son to
grant the special
favor we seek in
this novena.
(make your
request)
O Brilliant
star of purity,
Mary Immaculate,
Our Lady of
Lourdes, glorious
in your
assumption,
triumphant in your
coronation, show
unto us the mercy
of the Mother of
God, Virgin Mary,
Queen and Mother,
be our comfort,
hope, strength,
and consolation.
Amen.
Our Lady of
Lourdes, pray for
us.
Saint
Bernadette, pray
for us.
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DAY NINE
O glorious
Mother of God, to
you we raise our
hearts and hands
to implore your
powerful
intercession in
obtaining from the
benign Heart of
Jesus all the
graces necessary
for our spiritual
and temporal
welfare,
particularly for
the grace of a
happy death. O
Mother of our
Divine Lord, as we
conclude this
novena for the
special favor we
seek at this time.
(make your request)
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We feel
animated with
confidence that
your prayers in
our behalf will be
graciously heard.
O Mother of My
Lord, through the
love you bear to
Jesus Christ and
for the glory of
His Name, hear our
prayers and obtain
our petitions.
O Brilliant
star of purity,
Mary Immaculate,
Our Lady of
Lourdes, glorious
in your
assumption,
triumphant in your
coronation, show
unto us the mercy
of the Mother of
God, Virgin Mary,
Queen and Mother,
be our comfort,
hope, strength,
and consolation
.
Amen
.
Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.
Saint Bernadette,
pray for us.
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