This novena starts on February 2 and ends on February 10.
” I was the eyes to the blind, and the feet to the lame” ( Job 29:15)
O most beautiful lady, who appeared to the humble little Bernadette In the Grotto of Lourdes, look with pitying eye upon the sick and the afflicted. Shower them with your healing grace through difficult times. Let me remember to say to you each day as do the pilgrims at Lourdes, “Ave, Ave, Ave Maria.”
DAY ONE
“O my mother, in your heart I placed all the anguish of my heart and it is there that I gain strength and courage.” …Sainte Berrnadette Personal Notebook p.28
We invite you to place your petition at the foot of our Lady and to join us in prayer…
NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF LOURDES
DAY TWO
The “Immaculate Conception”; This is a cry of hope:
Evil, sin, and death are no longer victorious
Mary, precursory sign, dawn of salvation!!! Mary!!!!You, the innocence and refuge of sinners!!!
Today, We pray to you…
NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF LOURDES
DAY THREE
Mary, my mother, It is you who lived in obscurity in Nazareth,
Show me the way to love everyday.
It is you who spent company with Jesus,
Help me to make more real the experience of His presence.
Immaculate Mother, I also offer to you in prayer those I care for.
Holy Mother of the Rosary, pray that we may have hope in times of trial.
NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF LOURDES
DAY FOUR
Together with Bernadette, we, your poor children. pray to you,
O Mary,our mother!!!
May we enter, like her, into the spirit of the Beatitudes.
Then, we will be able, here below,
begin to know the joy of the Kingdom of Heaven
and sing together with you :
MAGNIFICAT!!!
NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF LOURDES
DAY FIVE
With all our brothers and sisters of the human race,
With all people in need of peace and justice,
With young people in search of a way,
you chose to appear to little Bernadette,so young
With all those who are in mourning, who are ill, disabled, or facing a setback,
with those who may have a reason for despair:To You, Our Lady of Lourdes
We pray! ORA PRO NOBIS!
NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF LOURDES
DAY SIX
Many of those malades (the French word for the sick) who go to Lourdes and are not healed leave there stronger spiritually, if not physically, nonetheless.
They know that their various ailments still have a redemptive character, much like our Lord’s did at Calvary in His Passion and, as long as they do not lose faith in Him, their sufferings will not be in vain!
St. Bernadette once said of the spring she discovered that “ONE MUST HAVE FAITH AND PRAY; THE WATER WILL HAVE NO VALUE WITHOUT FAITH.”
Let us all be inspired by this prayer to Our Lady of Lourdes approach her with faith, hope and love!
