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Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes

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 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 7: Health of the sick

To Lourdes come the suffering of every land, the lame and the blind and the dying, carried to the grotto in hope and laid before Our Lady. Some are healed in body, their cures carefully examined by the Church; far more receive the deeper grace to bear their cross with Christ, finding peace where they sought relief. Mary, Health of the Sick, denies no one the help that is truly best for the soul.

O Mary, Health of the Sick, who at Lourdes bends over the suffering of every land, console all who bear the weight of illness and pain, granting healing where it serves their souls, and always the strength to carry their cross with your Son. Amen.

Today's intention:

For those who suffer, that they may find strength and consolation.

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.

About this prayer

A nine-day novena to Our Lady of Lourdes, the Immaculate Conception who appeared to St. Bernadette.

History

In 1858, at the grotto of Massabielle in Lourdes, the Blessed Virgin appeared eighteen times to a poor and unlettered girl, St. Bernadette Soubirous, calling herself 'the Immaculate Conception.' She asked for penance and prayer for sinners and revealed a spring whose waters have brought countless healings of body and soul. This novena draws near to Our Lady of Lourdes with the trust of a child seeking a Mother's help.

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.

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