Novena to
Our
Lady of Lourdes
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
favours, 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. Through gratitude for your favours, we will endeavour
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.
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 favourable 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.
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.
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 favourably upon
any request you make of Him in our behalf, we beseech you to come to our aid and
secure for us the favour 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.
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 favour upon us as you did that day on
Bernadette and intercede with him for us that the favour 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 miraculous 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 favour 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 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 favour we seek at this time.
(make your request)
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.