Novena to St. Maximilian Kolbe

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. Maximilian Kolbe

Opening prayer:

O St. Maximilian Kolbe, knight of the Immaculate and martyr of love, you laid down your life so that a father might return to his family. Kindle in me your fearless charity and your boundless devotion to Mary, that I too may live and die for others. Amen.

Read the meditation and offer the intention of the day.

Day 2: Total consecration to Mary

Maximilian gave himself entirely to the Immaculate, calling himself her property and her instrument in all things, and longing for nothing but to be a tool wholly in her hands. He saw consecration not as one devotion among many but as a complete surrender that purifies and directs every act. He shows that to belong wholly to Mary is the surest and swiftest road to belonging wholly to Christ, for she keeps nothing for herself.

O St. Maximilian, who belonged entirely to the Immaculate, obtain for me the grace to entrust my whole life into Mary's hands, to be her instrument in all I do, that through her I may be led wholly and swiftly to her Son. Amen.

Today's intention:

For the grace to entrust my whole life to Our Lady.

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. Maximilian, who turned a death camp into a place of song and hope, intercede for me before the Immaculate to whom you gave yourself wholly. Win for me the grace I now ask and a love so great that it counts no cost. 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.