Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes Day 3 Feb 2 – Feb 10
Opening Prayer (repeat each day)
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Be blessed, O most pure Virgin, for having vouchsafed to manifest Thy shining glory 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 praise Thee for Thine Immaculate Conception. And now, O ever Immaculate Virgin, Mother of Mercy, Health of the Infirm, Refuge of Sinners, Comforter of the Afflicted, Thou knowest our wants, our troubles, and our sufferings; deign to cast upon us Thy look of mercy.
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By appearing in the grotto of Lourdes, Thou wast pleased to make it a privileged sanctuary, from whence Thou dost dispense Thy 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 Thy maternal affection, and intercession. Obtain for us, O loving Mother, the request we beseech of Thee…
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(state thy request)
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Through gratitude for Thy favors, we will endeavor to imitate Thy virtues, that we may one day share Thy glory. O Queen of Heaven.
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O Mary Immaculate, O Mother of Christ, Thine influence was plentitudinous with Thy Divine Son, while still upon earth. Do Thou shine forth Thine influence ever present in Heaven. Pray for us, and obtain for us from Thy Divine Son our special request, if it be His Will. Amen.
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Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.
Saint Bernadette, pray for us.
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DAY THREE
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“Thou art all fair, O Mary, and there is in thee 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 the rough hewn rocks at Lourdes, when thou didst speak to the child Bernadette, and a fountain broke from the plain earth, and miracles happened, and the great shrine of Lourdes began, do now, we beseech thee, hear our fervent prayer and likewise obtain for us the fulfilment of the intention we now so earnestly seek.
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(again state thy request)
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O Brilliant star of purity, O Mary Immaculate, Our Lady of Lourdes, glorious in thine Assumption, triumphant in thy Coronation, show unto us thy mercy, O Virgin Mary, O Queen of Heaven and Our Mother, and be our comfort, our hope, our strength, and our consolation. Amen.
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Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.
Saint Bernadette, pray for us.
(3× Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be)