In
1858, in the grotto of Massabielle, near Lourdes in southern France, Our
Lady appeared 18 times to Bernadette Soubirous, a young peasant girl.
She
revealed herself as the Immaculate Conception, asked that a chapel be
built on the site of the vision, and told the girl to drink from a
fountain in the grotto.
No
fountain was to be seen, but when Bernadette dug at a spot designated by
the apparition, a spring began to flow. The water from this still flowing
spring has shown remarkable healing power, though it contains no curative
property that science can identify.
Lourdes
has become the most famous modern shrine of Our Lady.
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 (make your 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
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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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