PERPETUAL NOVENA IN HONOR OF OUR LADY OF THE MIRACULOUS MEDAL
[All stand] The Lourdes Hymn: HERE.
OPENING PRAYER
Priest: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.
People: Amen.
Priest: Come, O Holy Ghost, fill the hearts of Thy faithful and kindle in them the fire of Thy love.
Send forth Thy Spirit, and they shall be created.
People: And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth.
Priest: Let us pray. O God Who didst instruct the hearts of the faithful by the
light of the Holy Ghost, grant us in the same Spirit to be truly wise and
ever to rejoice in His consolation, through Jesus Christ Our Lord.
People: Amen.
Priest: O Mary, conceived without sin,
People: Pray for us who have recourse to Thee. [3 times]
Priest and People: O Lord Jesus Christ, Who hast vouchsafed to glorify by numberless miracles/ the Blessed Virgin Mary,/ immaculate from the first moment of Her conception,/ grant that all who devoutly implore Her protection on earth,/ may eternally enjoy Thy presence in Heaven,/ Who, with the Father and the Holy Ghost,/ livest and reignest, God, forever and ever. Amen.
O Lord Jesus Christ,/ Who for the accomplishment of Thy greatest works,/ hast chosen the weak things of the world,/ that no flesh may glory in Thy sight,/ and Who for a better and more widely diffused belief/ in the Immaculate Conception of Thy Mother,/ hast wished that the Miraculous Medal/ be manifested to Saint Catherine Laboure,/ grant, we beseech Thee,/ that filled with like humility,/ we may glorify this mystery by word and work. Amen.
Memorare: Priest and People: Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary,/ that never was it known/ that anyone who fled to Thy protection,/ implored Thy help,/ or sought Thy intercession,/ was left unaided./ Inspired by this confidence,/ we fly unto Thee,/ O Virgin of Virgins, our Mother./ To Thee do we come;/ before Thee we kneel/ sinful and sorrowful./ O Mother of the Word Incarnate,/ despise not our petitions,/ but in Thy mercy hear and answer them. Amen.
Novena Prayer: Priest and People: O Immaculate Virgin Mary,/ Mother of Our Lord Jesus and our Mother,/ penetrated with the most lively confidence/ in Thy all-powerful and never-failing intercession,/ manifested so often through the Miraculous Medal,/ we Thy loving and trustful children/ implore Thee to obtain for us/ the graces and favors we ask during this Novena,/ if they be beneficial to our immortal souls,/ and the souls for whom we pray./ [Here privately form your petitions.] Thou knowest, O Mary,/ how often our souls have been the sanctuaries of Thy Son! Who hates iniquity./ Obtain for us then/ a deep hatred of sin/ and that purity of heart/ which will attach us to God alone/ so that our every thought, word and deed! may tend to His greater glory./ Obtain for us also/ a spirit of prayer and self-denial/ that we may recover by penance/ what we have lost by sin/ and at length attain to that blessed abode/ where Thou art the Queen of Angels and of men. Amen.
AN ACT OF CONSECRATION TO OUR LADY OF THE MIRACULOUS MEDAL
Priest and People: O Virgin Mother of God,/ Mary Immaculate,/ we dedicate and consecrate ourselves to Thee/ under the title of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal./ May this Medal be for each one of us/ a sure sign of Thy affection for us/ and a constant reminder of our duties towards Thee./ Ever while wearing it,/ may we be blessed by Thy loving protection/ and preserved in the grace of Thy Son./ O most powerful Virgin,/ Mother of our Savior,/ keep us close to Thee/ every moment of our lives./ Obtain for us, Thy children,/ the grace of a happy death;/ so that in union with Thee,/ we may enjoy the bliss of Heaven forever. Amen.
Priest: O Mary, conceived without sin,
People: Pray for us who have recourse to Thee. [3 times] All Stand.
The Hymn, Hail, Holy Queen
