Novena to St. Louis de Montfort

Day 2

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 St. Louis de Montfort

Opening prayer:

St. Louis Marie de Montfort, faithful slave of Jesus in Mary, you spent your life leading souls to Christ through His holy Mother. Take me by the hand as I begin this novena and teach me to belong entirely to Jesus through Mary. Obtain for me the grace I now ask, that I may love God with an undivided heart. Amen.

Read the meditation and offer the intention of the day.

Day 2: Total Consecration

Montfort's great counsel was to give Mary everything: our body and soul, our goods within and without, and even the value of our good actions, past, present, and to come. Nothing is too small to entrust, nothing too great. This perfect gift, he promised, loses nothing; placed in the hands of the Mother of God, it is multiplied a hundredfold and returned, purified and increased, to her Son. "He who loses his life for My sake will find it," and to lose all in Mary is to find all in Jesus.

O Mary, into your hands I place all that I am and all that I have, my body and soul, my works and my poverty. Keep them as your own and offer them to your Son, that nothing of mine may be wasted, but all may serve His glory. Amen.

Today's intention:

For the courage to give myself entirely to God, holding nothing back.

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:

St. Louis Marie, who proclaimed that Mary is the surest, shortest, and most perfect way to Jesus, lead me along that royal road. Help me to consecrate myself wholly to Christ through her Immaculate Heart and to take up my Rosary each day. By your prayers, may I be among the apostles of the latter times whom you foretold. 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.