Novena for the Immaculate Conception

Day 7

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 the Immaculate Conception

Opening prayer:

O Mary conceived without sin, all-beautiful and full of grace, I come to you who were never for a moment a slave of the enemy. Draw me into your purity, and obtain for me the grace to hate sin and to love God as you do. Amen.

Read the meditation and offer the intention of the day.

Day 7: I am the Immaculate Conception

At Lourdes the Lady told Bernadette her name: 'I am the Immaculate Conception,' confirming from heaven what the Church had defined. To a poor and unlettered child she revealed the mystery the learned had long contemplated. Four years after the dogma was proclaimed, Mary set her own seal upon it, choosing a humble grotto and a simple girl. So she teaches us that heaven's deepest truths are entrusted to the lowly, and that the childlike heart understands what pride cannot grasp.

O Immaculate Conception, who revealed your name to little Bernadette at Lourdes, grant me the childlike heart that trusts your words. Make me lowly and pure, that I too may receive the truths heaven hides from the proud. Amen.

Today's intention:

For childlike trust in the words of our heavenly 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:

O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to you. By your Immaculate Conception, purify my heart, defend me from the snares of the evil one, and lead me safely to your Son. 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.