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NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF LOURDESPrayerBe blessed, O most pure Virgin, for having vouchsafed to manifest your shining with life, sweetness and beauty, in the Grotto of Lourdes, saying to the child, St. Bernadette: ‘I am the Immaculate Conception.’ A thousand times we congratulate you upon your Immaculate Conception. And now, O ever Immaculate Virgin, Mother of mercy, Health of the sick, Refuge of sinners, Comforter of the afflicted, you know our wants, our troubles, our sufferings: deign to cast upon us a look of mercy.By appearing in the Grotto of Lourdes, you were pleased to make it a privileged sanctuary, whence you dispense your favors, and already many have obtained the cure of their infirmities, both spiritual and physical. We come, therefore, with the most unbounded confidence to implore your maternal intercession. Obtain for us, O loving Mother, the granting of our request.(state your request)Through gratitude for your favors, we will endeavor to imitate your virtues, that we may one day share your glory.Our Lady of Lourdes, Mother of Christ, you had influence with your divine son while upon earth. You have the same influence now in Heaven. Pray for us; obtain for us from your Divine Son our special requests if it be the Divine Will. Amen.Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.Saint Bernadette, pray for us.

22 February- Ash Wednesday: Readings and Prayers proper to the Missal of 1962.

Ash Wednesday: Sacred Liturgy Today’s Mass embodies the spirit of Lent. All are reminded to be sorry for sin and to do penance, but not in a spirit of showy sadness or of inward despair. Rather, let the sincere and humble prepare with inner joy to celebrate their baptism in Christ. By living their baptismalContinue reading “22 February- Ash Wednesday: Readings and Prayers proper to the Missal of 1962.”

Lent begins next Wednesday, 22 February, the annual Holy Season of Penance, Fasting and Almsgiving

Why Penance? Our Redeemer said, “Unless you shall do penance, you shall all likewise perish” (Luke 13:3). Fasting in Biblical Times In principio, in the beginning, amongst the very first Commandments God gave to Adam and Eve was one of fasting from the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (cf.Continue reading “Lent begins next Wednesday, 22 February, the annual Holy Season of Penance, Fasting and Almsgiving”