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Novena to Mary, Mother of God

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 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 7: Our Mother

Because she is Mother of the Head, Mary is Mother of all His members, given to us from the Cross as Christ's last gift. She watches over each of her children with a love that never wearies and never forgets, attentive to our smallest needs. No one who has run to her for help has ever been left forsaken.

O Mary, my Mother, given to me by Christ from the Cross, I place myself this day in your hands. Watch over me with your unwearied love, attend to the needs I cannot speak, and lead me as a true child ever closer to your Son. I am yours; keep me always your own. Amen.

Today's intention:

For trust in Mary's constant maternal care.

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.

About this prayer

A nine-day novena honoring the Blessed Virgin Mary under her highest title, Mother of God, imploring her maternal protection.

History

At the Council of Ephesus in 431, the Church solemnly proclaimed Mary 'Theotokos' — God-bearer, Mother of God — defending the truth that her Son is one divine Person. Because she gave human flesh to the eternal Word, she is truly the Mother of God, and from the Cross her Son gave her to us as our Mother. This novena draws on the ancient prayer Sub Tuum Praesidium, the oldest known prayer to Our Lady.

How to pray it

Pray once each day for nine consecutive days. Begin with the Sign of the Cross and the opening prayer, prayerfully read the meditation and offer the day's intention, then conclude with an Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be, and the closing prayer.

Portuguese text of the Sub tuum praesidium: Opus Dei, *Devocionário* — [opusdei.org](https://opusdei.org/pt-br/prayers/section/?section1=195&section2=)

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