Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Novena to Our Lady of Americas


Our Lady of Guadalupe, patron of the Americas

Day One

Our Lady of America,
you asked that the United States of America
“be the country dedicated to my purity"
and that your children in America
“be the children of my Pure Heart."
Please intercede for us
that we may be granted this grace
and morally good leaders who will act
according to the revealed will of God
and the foundational principles
of the Declaration of Independence
and the Constitution of the United States of America.

Day Two

Our Lady of America, you said,
“I desire, through my children of America,
to further the cause of faith
and purity among peoples and nations.
Let them come to me with confidence and simplicity,
and I, their Mother,
will teach them to become pure like to my Heart
that their own hearts may be more pleasing to the Heart of my Son."
Please intercede for us
that we may be granted this grace
and morally good leaders who will act
according to the revealed will of God
and the foundational principles
of the Declaration of Independence
and the Constitution of the United States of America.

Day Three

Our Lady of America, you said,
“What I ask, have asked, and will continue to ask
is reformation of life.
There must be sanctification from within.
I will work my miracles of grace
only in those who ask for them
and empty their souls of the love and attachment to sin
and all that is displeasing to my Son."
Please intercede for us
that we may be granted this grace
and morally good leaders who will act
according to the revealed will of God
and the foundational principles
of the Declaration of Independence
and the Constitution of the United States of America.

Day Four

Our Lady of America, you said,
“My dear children,
either you will do as I desire and reform your lives,
or God Himself will need to cleanse you
in the fires of untold punishment.
You must be prepared to receive His great gift of peace."
Please intercede for us
that we may be granted this grace
and morally good leaders who will act
according to the revealed will of God
and the foundational principles
of the Declaration of Independence
and the Constitution of the United States of America.

Day Five

Our Lady of America, you said,
“It is the wish of my Son
that fathers and mothers strive to imitate me
and my chaste spouse in our holy life at Nazareth.
We practiced the simple virtues of family life,
Jesus our Son being the center of all our love and activity.
The Holy Trinity dwelt with us
in a manner far surpassing anything that can ever be imagined.
For ours was the earthly paradise
where once again God walked among men."…
“The Divine Trinity will dwell in your midst
only if you are faithful in practicing the virtues
of our life at Nazareth.
Then, you also, my children,
you also will become another paradise.
God will then walk among you and you will have peace."
Please intercede for us
that we may be granted this grace
and morally good leaders who will act
according to the revealed will of God
and the foundational principles
of the Declaration of Independence
and the Constitution of the United States of America.

Day Six

Our Lady of America,
you asked your beloved sons, the priests,
“to practice self-denial and penance in a special manner,
because it is you who must lead my children in the way of peace…
Thus, by sanctification from within you,
you will become a bright and burning light to the faithful,
who look to you for help and guidance."
Please intercede for us
that we may be granted this grace
and morally good leaders who will act
according to the revealed will of God
and the foundational principles
of the Declaration of Independence
and the Constitution of the United States of America.

Day Seven

Our Lady of America,
you asked that the youth of our nation
be the leaders of a movement of renewal
on the face of the earth.
You asked that they be prepared by instilling into them,
not only the knowledge of the Divine Indwelling,
but a serious study of it,
living it in such a way that the Divine Presence becomes,
as it were an intimate and necessary part of their life and daily living.
From this will flow a great love,
a conflagration that will envelop the world
in the flames of Divine Charity."
Please intercede for us
that we may be granted this grace
and morally good leaders who will act
according to the revealed will of God
and the foundational principles
of the Declaration of Independence
and the Constitution of the United States of America.

Day Eight

Our Lady of America,
you said that those who wear your medal
“with great faith and fervent devotion to you
will receive the grace of intense purity of heart
and the particular love of the Holy Virgin and her Divine Son."
You also said,
‘Sinners will receive the grace of repentance
and the spiritual strength to live as true children of Mary.
As in life, so in death,
this blessed medal will be as a shield to protect them
against the evil spirits,
and St. Michael himself will be at their side
to allay their fears at the final hour."
Please intercede for us
that we may be granted this grace
and morally good leaders who will act
according to the revealed will of God
and the foundational principles
of the Declaration of Independence
and the Constitution of the United States of America.

Day Nine

Our Lady of America,
you asked that a statue be made in your image and placed,
after being solemnly carried in procession,
in the Basilica of the National Shrine
of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.
You said that you wished to be honored there
in a special way as Our Lady of America,
the Immaculate Virgin.
You promised that the placement of your statue in the Shrine
would be a special safeguard for our country.
Please intercede for us
that we may be granted this grace
and morally good leaders who will act
according to the revealed will of God
and the foundational principles
of the Declaration of Independence
and the Constitution of the United States of America.
(The following prayer is said each day after the above prayer is completed.)
Prayer of Sister Mildred to Our Lady of America
O Immaculate Mother, Queen of our Country,
open our hearts, our homes,
and our Land to the coming of Jesus, your Divine Son.
With Him, reign over us, O heavenly Lady,
so pure and so bright
with the radiance of God’s light shining in and about you.
Be our Leader against the powers of evil
set upon wresting the world of souls,
redeemed at such a great cost
by the sufferings of your Son and of yourself,
in union with Him, from that same Savior,
Who loves us with infinite charity.
We gather about you, O chaste and holy Mother,
Virgin Immaculate, Patroness of our beloved Land,
determined to fight under your banner of holy purity
against the wickedness that would make all the world an abyss of evil,
without God and without your loving maternal care.
We consecrate our hearts, our homes,
our Land to your Most Pure Heart, O great Queen,
that the kingdom of your Son,
our Redeemer and our God,
may be firmly established in us.
We ask no special sign of you, sweet Mother,
for we believe in your great love for us,
and we place in you our entire confidence.
We promise to honor you by faith, love,
and the purity of our lives according to your desire.
Reign over us, then, O Virgin Immaculate,
with your Son Jesus Christ.
May His Divine Heart and your most chaste Heart
be ever enthroned and glorified among us.
Use us, your children of America,
as your instruments in bringing peace among men and nations.
Work your miracles of grace in us,
so that we may be a glory to the Blessed Trinity,
Who created, redeemed, and sanctifies us.
May your valiant Spouse, St. Joseph,
with the holy Angels and Saints,
assist you and us in “renewing the face of the earth."
Then when our work is over,
come, Holy Immaculate Mother,
and as our Victorious Queen,
lead us to the eternal kingdom,
where your Son reigns forever as King.
Amen.
Our Father…
Hail Mary… and
Glory Be…
By thy holy and Immaculate Conception, O Mary,
deliver us from evil!


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