Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes

Feb 2–10

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 Our Lady of Lourdes

Opening prayer:

O Immaculate Virgin Mary, who at Lourdes opened heaven to a humble child, turn your merciful eyes upon me as you turned them upon Bernadette. Receive the petition I bring to your grotto and present it to your Son. Amen.

Read the meditation and offer the intention of the day.

Day 1: The Lady appears

On a cold February day in 1858, while gathering firewood by the river, Bernadette saw a beautiful Lady standing in the rocky niche of Massabielle, holding a rosary, and instinctively reached for her own. Heaven chose a poor, asthmatic, unlettered girl of fourteen to be its messenger, passing over the great and learned of the world. So God still loves to lift up the lowly and confound the proud, that the glory may be His alone.

O Our Lady of Lourdes, who appeared to a poor and humble child, open my eyes to recognize God's presence where the world least expects it, and give me the lowliness of heart that draws down heaven's gaze upon the small. Amen.

Today's intention:

For the grace to recognize God's presence in the humble and unexpected.

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:

Our Lady of Lourdes, health of the sick and refuge of sinners, obtain for me the grace I ask in this novena, if it be God's will, and above all the conversion and healing of my soul. Help me to do penance and to pray, as you asked at the grotto. 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.