Novena Day 3

 Novena to Our Mother of Perpetual Help - Day 3

+ In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. . . Amen!
  • 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 has spared no effort to attain my love?

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 affliction 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 has 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 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. Amen!

  • PREPARATORY PRAYER:

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 the 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 graces, 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!
Meditate and ask. . . Recite the Joys

  • EJACULATORY PRAYER:
O Mother of Perpetual Help! Do not let me fall into tepidity and, if by mishap I may have fallen into it, quickly lift me from it.

  • EXERCISE:
Before ending the novena make a serious and fervent Confession, as if it were your last.

  • PRAYER:
Behold me here, O my Mother! I am one of those unhappy souls who deserves to find myself abandoned by Thy Son and by Thee in the miserable state of tepidity in which I have lived so many years. But the new lights He imparts to me today through Thine intercession and that mysterious voice calling me to serve Him with fervor are signs He has not yet abandoned me. 

O Mother most kind! I have no fervor. I do not love Jesus as I should love Him. And, nevertheless, I want to be all His. Help me to consider venial sin in extreme horror. Make me fervent. Pray, do not cease praying for me so I leave my tepidity and serve God with fervor until attaining Heaven where I will be safe from all danger of losing God, sure of loving Him always and of loving Thee, also, O Mother of Perpetual Help, for all eternity. Amen.

Do you see, O man! Whoever you may be and in whatever occupation you find yourself, you have no reason to be discouraged. Find in Our Lady of Perpetual Help a most kind Mother Who helps you in your miseries if you confide in Her. She will help you continually until seeing you one day seated at Her side in Heaven.

May Thou be blessed, then, Lord, for in Thine infinite mercy Thou hast given us Thy Blessed Mother as a refuge and opportune aid in every tribulation. And blessed is She Who is the Perpetual Help of the exiled children of Eve in this valley of tears. 

O Mother of Perpetual Help, what consolations, what sweetness the soul feels on pronouncing Thy name! For the tongue that utters it, it is an exquisite honey; for the ear that hears it, an harmonious melody; and for the heart that savors it, the most pure and holy joy. Amen!

  • RECITE THE MEMORARE:
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thine intercession was left unaided.

Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my mother; to thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me.

Amen.




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