Novena to Mary, Mother of God

Day 1

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 to Mary, Mother of God

Opening prayer:

Holy Mother of God, beneath your protection we take refuge. You who carried in your womb the eternal Word, look upon us with a mother's tenderness and lead us always to your Son. Amen.

Read the meditation and offer the intention of the day.

Day 1: The Mother of God

At the Council of Ephesus in 431 the Church confessed that the child Mary bore is true God, and so she is rightly called Theotokos, Mother of God. This title does not exalt her above God, but proclaims the wonder that the eternal Word willed to be born of a creature. Because her Son is one divine Person, the woman who gave Him flesh is truly Mother of God.

O holy Mary, Mother of God, you carried within you the Maker of heaven and earth. Deepen my faith in the mystery I cannot fully grasp, that your Son, true God, took flesh for love of me. Teach me to adore Him with the reverence and wonder of your own heart. Amen.

Today's intention:

For a deeper faith in the mystery of the Incarnation.

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, Mother of God and our Mother, despise not our petitions in our necessities, but deliver us always from every danger. Through your intercession may we one day behold the face of your Son in glory. 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.