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KatyA	Saturday, 29. November 2008, 11:46
Administrator Posts: 5,413 Group: Admin Member #6 Joined: September 26, 2006	Last year's novena prayers are above, but for those who want something different here is the Franciscan Novena. Prayers are given in Latin and English (to keep everyone happy) NOVENA FOR THE FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION. Veni Sancte Spiritus, reple tuorum corda fidelium, et tui amoris in eis ignem accende. V. Emitte Spiritum tuum, et creabuntur. R. Et renovabis faciem terrae. Oremus. Deus, qui corda fidelium Sancti Spiritus illustratione docuisti: da nobis in eodem Spiritu recta sapere, et de ejus semper consolatione gaudere. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. R. Amen. TRANSLATION. Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Thy faithful, and kindle in them the fire of Thy love. V. Send forth Thy Spirit, and they shall be created. R. And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth. Let us pray. O God, who hast taught the hearts of Thy faithful people by the light of the Holy Spirit; grant us in the same Spirit to relish what is right, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort. Through Christ our Lord. R. Amen. PREPARATORY PRAYER FOR EVERY DAY OF THE NOVENA. Virgin most pure, conceived without sin, all fair and stainless from thy Conception; glorious Mary, full of grace, Mother of my God, Queen of angels and of men, - I humbly venerate thee as Mother of my Saviour, who, though He was God, taught me by His own veneration, reverence, and obedience to thee, the honour and homage which are due to thee. Vouchsafe, I pray thee, to accept this Novena, which I dedicate to thee. Thou art the safe refuge of the penitent sinner; it is very fitting, then, that I should have recourse to thee. Thou art the Mother of compassion; then wilt thou surely be moved with pity for my many miseries. Thou art my best hope after Jesus; thou canst not but accept the loving confidence that I have in thee. Make me worthy to be called thy son, that so I may dare to cry unto thee, Monstra te esse matrem. Show thyself a mother. Nine Ave Maria’s, one Gloria Patri, and the following Prayer. PRAYER FOR THE FIRST DAY. Nov. 29. Behold me at thy sacred feet, O Immaculate Virgin. I rejoice with thee, because from all eternity thou wast elected to be the Mother of the Eternal Word, and wast preserved stainless from the taint of original sin. I praise and bless the Most Holy Trinity, who poured out upon thy soul in thy Conception the riches of that privilege. I humbly pray thee to obtain for me grace effectually to overcome the sad effects produced in my soul by original sin; make me wholly victorious over them, that I may never cease to love my God. Then say the Litanies of the Blessed Virgin, or V. Tota pulchra es, Maria. R. Tota pulchra es, Maria. V. Et macula originalis non est in te. R. Et macula originalis non est in te. V. Tu gloria Jerusalem. R. Tu laetitia Israel. V. Tu honorificentia populi nostri. R. Tu advocata peccatorum. V. O Maria. R. O Maria. V. Virgo prudentissima. R. Mater clementissima. V. Ora pro nobis. R. Intercede pro nobis ad Dominum Jesum Christum. After the Litanies, or Hymn as above, say as follows: V. In Conceptione tua, Virgo, immaculata fuisti. R. Ora pro nobis Patrem, cujus Filium peperisti. Oremus. Deus, qui per Immaculatam Virginis Conceptionem dignum Filii tui habitaculum preparasti: quaesumus, ut qui ex morte ejusdem Filii sui praevisa eam ab omni labe praeservasti, nos quoque mundos ejus intercessione ad te pervenire concedas. Dens omnium fidelium pastor et rector, famulum tuum N., quem pastorem Ecelesiae tuae praesse voluisti, propitius respice: da ei quaesumus, verbo et exemplo, quibus praeest, proficere, ut ad vitam una cum grege sibi credito perveniat sempiternam. Deus refugium nostrum et virtus, adesto piis Ecclesiae tuae precibus, auctor ipse pietatis; et praesta, ut quod fideliter petimus, efficaciter consequamur. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. R. Amen. TRANSLATION. V. All fair art thou, O Mary. R. All fair art thou, O Mary. V. The original stain is not in thee. R. The original stain is not in thee. V. Thou art the glory of Jerusalem. R. Thou art the joy of Israel. V. Thou art the honour of our people. R. Thou art the advocate of sinners. V. O Mary. R. O Mary. V. Virgin most prudent. R. Mother most clement. V. Pray for us. B. Intercede for us to our Lord Jesus Christ. V. In thy Conception, O Virgin, thou wast immaculate. R. Pray for us to the Father, whose Son was born of thee. Let us pray. O God, who through the Immaculate Conception of a Virgin didst prepare a worthy dwelling-place for Thy Son, we beseech Thee, who by the death of that Son, foreseen by Thee, didst preserve her from every stain of sin, to grant that by her intercession we also may be purified, and so may come to Thee. O God, the Shepherd and Ruler of all the faithful, graciously look down upon Thy servant N., whom Thou host chosen to be the pastor of Thy Church; and grant him, we beseech Thee, both by word and example, so to direct those over whom Thou hast placed him, that, together with the flock entrusted to his care, he may attain eternal life. O God, our refuge and strength, who art the author of all holiness, listen to the pious prayers of thy Church, and grant that what we ask in faith we may effectually obtain. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. The same order is to be observed en all the other days of the Novena, the Prayers for the Day alone being changed.


Immaculate Conception 8 December · Devotions to Mary the Mother of God