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Holy Virgin Mary, appointed by God to be the Help of Christians,
we choose you as the Mother and Protectress of our home.
We ask you to favor
us with your powerful protection. Preserve our home from every danger;
from fire, flood, lightning, storms, earthquakes, thieves, vandals,
and from every other danger.
Bless us, protect
us, defend us, keep us as your own, all the people who dwell in
this home. Protect them from all accidents and misfortunes, but
above all obtain from them the most important grace of avoiding
sin.
Mary,
Help of Christians
pray for all those who live in this home which is entrusted to you.
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OPENING PRAYER |
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name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
LET
US PRAY
Remember,
O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone
who fled to your protection, implored your help, and sought your
intercession, was left unaided, inspired with this confidence
I fly unto you; O Virgin of virgins, my Mother! To you I
come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful, O Mother of the
Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in your mercy hear
and answer me. Amen.
(These
introductory prayers are repeated every day.) |
DAILY PRAYERS
(Novena starts on the 15th day of every
month) |
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FIRST DAY
O
holy Mary, powerful help of Christians, I turn to you
with faith. In your mercy hear the prayers of
this poor sinner who implores your help to avoid sin
and all its occasions.
(Recite three times) Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory
Be.
(Recite
once) Hail HOly Queen. |
SECOND DAY
O
holy Mary, Mother of goodness and mercy, with your visible
aid you have often delivered Christians from the attacks
of their enemies, defend my soul, I pray, from the assaults
of the devil, the world and the flesh so that I may
be victorious over the enemies of my soul.
(Recite three times) Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory
Be.
(Recite
once) Hail Holy Queen. |
THIRD DAY
Mary, most powerful Queen, you alone triumphed over the many
heresies which sought to tear away many of your children
from the bosom of the Church, help me, I pray, to hold
on firmly to my faith and to keep myself free from the
snares and poison of so many perverse doctrines.
(Recite three times) Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory
Be.
(Recite
once) Hail Holy Queen. |
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FOURTH DAY
O
Mary, my sweetest Mother, the Queen of Martyrs, do infuse
into my heart the strength to persevere that, overcoming
all human respect, I may be able to live my religion
and show myself, on every occasion, a devout child of
yours.
(Recite three times) Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory
Be.
(Recite
once) Hail Holy Queen. |
FIFTH DAY
Dear
Mother Mary, in the triumph of Pope Pius Vii you showed
your powerful patronage, protect the whole Church and
especially her supreme head on earth, the Holy Father.
Defend him always from the attacks of his many enemies,
deliver him so that he may safely steer to port the
boat of St. peter and triumph over the proud billows
which strive to submerge it.
(Recite three times) Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory
Be.
(Recite
once) Hail Holy Queen. |
SIXTH DAY
O
Mary, Queen of the Apostles take under your powerful
protection the bishops, priest and all the children
of the Catholic Church; obtain for them the spirit of
union, of perfect obedience to the Holy Father, and
of fervent zeal for the salvation of men. I beg
of you especially to extend your loving patronage to
missionaries, that they may be able to bring all the
races of the earth to the true faith of Jesus Christ,
so that there may be just one flock under one Shepherd.
(Recite three times) Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory
Be.
(Recite
once) Hail Holy Queen. |
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SEVENTH DAY
O
Mary, gracious and merciful Mother, by your efficacious
intercession, you have saved Christians from plagues
and other bodily scourges, help me and deliver me from
the disease of impiety and irreligion which creeps into
my soul in many ways to turn me away from the Church
and the practices of religion. I implore you;
watch over the good that they may persevere, strengthen
the weak and call poor sinners to repentance, that truth
and the Kingdom of Jesus Christ may triumph here on
earth, so that Your glory and the number of the elect
may be increased in Heaven.
(Recite three times) Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory
Be.
(Recite
once) Hail Holy Queen. |
EIGHT DAY
O
Mary, Pillar of the Church and Help of Christians, I
ask you to keep me firm in my holy faith and to preserve
in me the liberty of a child of God. With the
help of grace, I promise obedience to the Holy Father,
and to the bishops in communion with him, desiring only
to live and to die in the bosom of the Catholic Faith,
where only I can hope with certainty to attain eternal
salvation.
(Recite three times) Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory
Be.
(Recite
once) Hail Holy Queen. |
NINTH DAY
Most
kind Mother, in every age you wished to be the help
of Christians, assist me with your invincible aid in
life, and especially at the hour of my death, so that
after having loved and praised you on earth, I may deserve
to come and sing your mercies forever in Heaven.
(Recite three times) Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory
Be.
(Recite
once) Hail Holy Queen. |
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CONCLUDING PRAYER |
LET
US PRAY
O Almighty
and Merciful God, you have given the Blessed Virgin Mary to all
Christians as their everlasting Protectress, graciously grant
now, that, strengthened by Her aid and striving onward in life,
I may be victorious over the wicked one in the hour of my death.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
(Say
three times) Mary Help of Christians.
Pray for us! |
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Oh Mary, powerful Virgin,
great and illustrious rampart of the Church, wonderful Help of
Christians, terrible as an army drawn up in battle array; you
alone overcome every error in the world; in anxieties, in struggles,
in every difficulty defend us from the enemy and at the hour of
our death receive our souls into paradise. Amen
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