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Novena to Our Lady of the Rosary

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 the Rosary

Opening prayer:

O Queen of the Holy Rosary, who delights to lead your children through the mysteries of your Son, gather me now beneath your mantle. Teach me to pray the Gospel with your own loving heart, and obtain for me the grace I implore in this novena. Amen.

Read the meditation and offer the intention of the day.

Day 7: Mary's school of contemplation

Scripture says that Mary kept all these things, pondering them in her heart, and in the Rosary she shares that contemplation with us. Bead by bead she draws us into the silence where the soul gazes upon the face of Christ. The repeated prayers are not idle words but a gentle rhythm that quiets the mind and steadies the heart, so that we may rest in loving attention before her Son.

O Mary, who pondered all things in your heart, lead me into your school of silence. Still my restless mind and teach me to gaze with love upon the face of your Son, that the mysteries I repeat upon the beads may sink deep into my soul and quietly conform me to Christ. Amen.

Today's intention:

For a contemplative heart that ponders the mysteries of God in silence.

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 Queen of the Holy Rosary, terror of demons and help of Christians, who at Lepanto turned defeat into triumph, fight now for me in every spiritual battle. Bind me ever closer to your Son through your most holy beads, that I may share at last in the glory of His mysteries. 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 the Rosary, who through her beads leads us into the mysteries of Christ's life. In Mary's school of contemplation we learn to pray the Gospel and to entrust our battles to her victorious intercession.

History

The Holy Rosary, woven through centuries of Christian devotion and long associated with St. Dominic and the Order of Preachers, is the Gospel itself prayed on beads, leading the soul through the joyful, sorrowful, and glorious mysteries of Christ. The feast of Our Lady of the Rosary commemorates the victory of the Christian fleet at Lepanto on October 7, 1571, which Pope St. Pius V attributed to the Rosary prayed by the faithful throughout Christendom. In gratitude the Pope honored Our Lady under the title of Victory, later renamed the Rosary by Pope Gregory XIII. Through countless apparitions, including Fatima, Our Lady has continued to call her children to this prayer as a remedy for the world's ills.

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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