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 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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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)
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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