NOVENA
TO
OUR MOTHER
OF
PERPETUAL HELP
(Wednesday)
Opening Hymn
Immaculate Mother
To You do we plead
To ask God, our Father
For help in our need.
Ave, Ave, Ave, Maria
Ave, Ave, Ave, Maria
We pray for our country
The land of our birth,
We pray for all nations,
That peace be on earth.
Ave, Ave, Ave, Maria
Ave, Ave, Ave, Maria
Opening Prayer
Leader :
Brothers and sisters, as
children of our Blessed
Mother, we are gathered
before her miraculous
picture to honor her and
to pray for all our needs.
Opening Prayer
Unworthy children that
we are, let us first of all
ask God’s mercy and
pardon.
All:
Merciful Father you sent
your Divine Son to
redeem us by his death
and resurrection and to
give us new life.
By this you make us your
children to love one
another in Christ. How
many times in the past
we have forgotten this
sublime dignity.
We have sinned against
our brothers and sisters;
we have offended you,
Merciful Father, forgive
us. Repenting sincerely
of our sins we ask your
mercy; may we always
live as your truly devoted
children.
PLEASE KNEEL
Novena Prayer
Dearest Mother of
Perpetual Help, from the
cross Jesus gave you to
us for our Mother. You
are the kindest, the most
loving of all mothers.
Look tenderly on us your
children, as we now ask
you to help us in all our
needs, especially this one
( say your petition…)
While you were on earth,
dear Mother, you
willingly shared in the
sufferings of your Son.
Strengthened by your
faith and confidence in
the fatherly love of God,
you accepted the
mysterious designs of His
will.
We, too have our crosses
and trials. Sometimes
they almost crush us to
the ground. Dearest
Mother, share with us
your abundant faith and
confidence in God. Make
us aware that God never
ceases to love us; that He
answers all our prayers
in the way that is best for
us.
Strengthen our hearts to
carry the cross in the
footsteps of your Divine
Son. Help us to realize
that he who shares the
cross of Christ will
certainly share his
resurrection. Dearest
Mother, as we worry
about our own problems,
let us not forget the
needs of others.
You have always loved
others so much; help us
to do the same. While
praying for our own
intentions and for the
intentions of all here
present at this Novena,
we earnestly ask you, our
Mother, to help us
comfort the sick and the
dying; give hope to the
poor and the
unemployed; heal the
broken-hearted; lighten
the burden of the
oppressed; teach justice
to their oppressors and
bring back to God all
those who have offended
Him.
Dearest Mother, help us
to avoid sin , which
separates us from our
Heavenly Father and
from one another. Full of
trust in you, we place
ourselves under the
mantle of your maternal
protection and
confidently hope for your
powerful help. Amen.
Prayer for the Home
Mother of Perpetual
Help, we choose you as
Queen of our homes. We
ask you to bless all our
families with your tender
motherly love. May the
Sacrament of Marriage
bind husbands and wives
so closely together that
they will always be
faithful to each other and
love one another as
Christ loves his church.
We ask you to bless all
parents. May they love
and cherish the children
whom God has entrusted
to them. May they always
give them the example of
a truly Christian life.
Help them to bring up
their children in the love
and fear of God.
Bless all children that
they may love, honor and
obey their fathers and
mothers.
To your loving care, we
especially entrust the
youth of today. Give us all
sense of responsibility
that we may do our part
in making our home a
haven of peace like your
own home at Nazareth.
We take you as our
model. Help us to grow
daily in genuine love of
God and neighbor so that
justice and peace may
happily reign in the
entire family of mankind.
Amen.
Petitions to Our Mother
of Perpetual Help
Holy Mary...Pray for us.
Holy Virgin conceived
without sin...Pray for us.
Our Mother of Perpetual
Help...Pray for us.
We sinners call to you...
Loving Mother help us.
…Loving Mother help us.
That we may be filled
with the Holy Spirit and
become courageous
witnesses of Christ’s love
for men...
…Loving Mother help us.
That we may be more and
more like our Divine
Lord, as you were...
That we may reverence
our bodies as temples of
the Holy Spirit...
…Loving Mother help us.
That we may be meek and
humble of heart like your
Son, Jesus...
That we may fear losing
God’s friendship forever
by unrepented sin...
…Loving Mother help us.
That we may seek
Christ’s mercy and
forgiveness constantly in
the sacrament of
Penance...
…Loving Mother help us.
That we may be aware of
God speaking to us in the
events of daily life...
That we may pray daily
with love and trust,
…Loving Mother help us.
especially in moments of
temptation...
That we may realize the
value of worshipping God
together in the
Eucharist...
…Loving Mother help us.
That we may grow in the
love of Christ and
neighbor by frequent
Communion...
That we may strive to be
…Loving Mother help us.
true Christians by our
loving concern for
others...
That we may proclaim
the dignity of work by
…Loving Mother help us.
doing our own work
conscientiously...
That we may forgive from
our hearts those who
have wronged us...
…Loving Mother help us.
That we may see the evil
of seeking our own
interest at the expense of
others....
That we may work for the
…Loving Mother help us.
just distribution of this
world’s goods...
That we may share our
talents with others for
the good of the
community...
…Loving Mother help us.
That we may accept our
responsibility in the
community in a spirit of
genuine service...
…Loving Mother help us.
That the Holy Spirit may
guide and strengthen
Pope Francis, the
bishops, and the clergy...
…Loving Mother help us.
That we may be blessed
with an increase of
priestly and religious
vocations...
…Loving Mother help us.
That we may bring the
knowledge and love of
Christ to those who do
not know Him...
…Loving Mother help us.
That we may be aware of
our dependence on God
in the midst of human
achievements...
…Loving Mother help us.
That we may be ready at
death to enter the home
of our heavenly Father...
…Loving Mother help us.
That we may die at peace
with Christ and our
fellowmen...
That we may be
comforted at the death of
…Loving Mother help us.
our dear ones in the hope
of the Risen Lord...
That our departed
brothers and sisters
quickly share in your
Son’s resurrection...
…Loving Mother help us.
Let us pray in silence for
our own intentions...
…( pause )…
ALL:
Holy Mary help us in our
needs, pray for all the
people of God; may all
experience your
perpetual help.
LEADER:
Lord you gave us Mary to
be our Mother ever ready
to help us; grant us the
grace to have recourse to
her in all our needs.
ALL: Amen.
Thanksgiving Prayer :
ALL:
Lord Jesus Christ, truly
present in the Most
Blessed Eucharist, we
adore you. It has pleased
the Father that in You all
his fullness should dwell
and that through You He
should reconcile all
things to Himself. Grant
us the grace to be truly
grateful for all that our
Father has done for us.
Grant that we may be
truly sorry for our sins
and do penance for them.
Through you, we thank
the Eternal Father for the
gift of life. He has created
all the wonderful things
of this world for us. May
we learn to use them well
so that through them we
may grow in love for
Him.
Above all, we thank our
Father for sending you to
us, as the greatest
expression of his love; to
save us and all creation
by Your death and
resurrection.
We thank you Lord for
giving us your own
Mother to be our Mother
of Perpetual Help. May
the countless favors we
have received through
her intercession, and
especially through the
Novena, inspire us to
greater confidence in
God’s loving mercy and
her perpetual help.
Grant that we may always
do the holy will of God
and persevere in his love.
To the Most Holy Trinity,
Father, Son and Holy
Spirit, be honor, glory
and thanksgiving forever
and ever. Amen.
Prayer for the Sick
ALL:
Lord Jesus Christ, you
bore our sufferings and
carried our sorrows in
order to show us clearly
the value of human
weakness and patience;
graciously hear our
prayers for the sick.
Grant that those who are
weighed down with pain
and other afflictions of
illness may realize that
they are among the
chosen ones whom you
call blessed. Help them to
understand that they are
united with You in Your
sufferings for the
salvation of the world.
Amen.
