Novena for the Presentation of Mary

Day 3

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 for the Presentation of Mary

Opening prayer:

O Mary, presented in the temple as a little child and given wholly to God, draw me into your spirit of total consecration. Teach me to belong to the Lord without reserve, as you did from your earliest years. Amen.

Read the meditation and offer the intention of the day.

Day 3: The living temple

Mary entered a temple of stone, yet she herself was the truer temple, conceived without sin and filled with grace. In her the Holy Spirit found a dwelling more glorious than any sanctuary built by hands. The ark of old held the tablets of the law; she would bear the Word made flesh. Her presentation in the temple foreshadowed the day she would become the temple where God Himself would dwell, teaching us that God seeks not buildings of stone but hearts made holy by His grace.

O Holy Spirit, who made Mary Your living temple, come and dwell in me. Cleanse my soul of all that is unworthy, adorn it with Your grace, and make of my heart a sanctuary where You delight to abide. Amen.

Today's intention:

That my soul may become a fitting temple of the Holy Spirit.

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:

Holy Virgin, living temple of the Most High, obtain for me the grace to offer myself daily to God as you offered yourself in the temple. Keep my heart pure and undivided, that I too may be a dwelling place worthy of the Holy Spirit. 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.