Novena for the Presentation of Mary

Day 5

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 5: The hidden years

Tradition pictures Mary in the temple growing in silence, prayer, and humble work, unknown to the world. She shows that holiness is forged not in display but in faithfulness to the hidden duties of each day. Far from human applause, she learned to find God in the quiet round of ordinary tasks. Her hidden years prepared the heart that would one day say yes to the angel; and they teach us that the obscure, unnoticed life, lived for God alone, is precisely where the greatest souls are formed.

O Lord, who shaped Mary in the silence of hidden years, teach me to love what no one sees. Let me serve You faithfully in the small and ordinary duties of each day, seeking Your eyes alone and not the praise of men. Amen.

Today's intention:

For the grace to love the hidden, ordinary duties of my life.

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.