Novena for Any Feast of Our Lady

Day 3

10 min

Sign of the Cross

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

In nómine Patris, et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Amen.

Novena for Any Feast of Our Lady

Opening prayer:

O Mary, honored [under this title/feast], I come before you as a child before its mother. You who are full of grace and never turn away from those who run to you, look upon me with the same love with which you watched over your Son. Lead me by your hand to Jesus, and obtain for me the graces I most need. Amen.

Read the meditation and offer the intention of the day.

Day 3: Mother of God

Mary bore in her womb the eternal Word and held God Himself in her arms. Because she is Mother of the Head, she is Mother of all His members, and so she is truly our Mother too. The Church confesses her as Theotokos, God-bearer, not to exalt her above her Son but to confess that the Child she carried was God made man. To call her Mother is to draw near to that mystery.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, you carried in your arms the One who holds the universe. Since you are Mother of the Head, be a true Mother to me, His lowly member. Draw me close to the Son you bore, and let me never doubt the tenderness of so great a Mother. Amen.

Today's intention:

For a deeper trust in Mary as my true and loving Mother.

Pray one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be.

Our Father

Our Father, who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come.

Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread,

and forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

Amen.

Pater noster, qui es in cælis,

sanctificétur nomen tuum.

Advéniat regnum tuum.

Fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra.

Panem nostrum quotidiánum da nobis hódie,

et dimítte nobis débita nostra,

sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris.

Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem,

sed líbera nos a malo.

Amen.

Hail Mary

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou amongst women,

and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners,

now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

Ave María, grátia plena, Dóminus tecum.

Benedícta tu in muliéribus,

et benedíctus fructus ventris tui, Iesus.

Sancta María, Mater Dei,

ora pro nobis peccatóribus,

nunc et in hora mortis nostræ.

Amen.

Glory Be

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,

world without end.

Amen.

Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper,

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Closing prayer:

Most holy Virgin Mary, I thank you for hearing the prayer of these nine days. Present my petitions to your Son, and if what I ask is for the good of my soul, obtain it for me; and if it is not, grant me instead the grace to want only what God wills. Keep me always near to your maternal heart. Amen.

Sign of the Cross

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

In nómine Patris, et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Amen.