NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
PRAYER OF ST. MAXIMILIAN MARIA KOLBE
O Immaculate Mother,
R. When will you become Queen of every soul?
When will all the souls in the entire world know the goodness and love of your heart toward them?
When will every soul show you its gratitude with ardent love,
so that you may form them according to the pattern of the Sacred Heart of your Son?
May we, your children, be dedicated to this cause until our last breath.
Help us, Our Queen, Our Lady, Our dearest Mother. Amen.
DAILY NOVENA PRAYER
Holy Virgin Mary,
R. Among the women born into the world, there is no one like you. Daughter and servant of the most high and supreme King and of the Father in heaven, Mother of our most holy Lord Jesus Christ,
Spouse of the Holy Spirit, pray for us with Saint Michael the Archangel, all the powers of heaven, and all the saints, at the side of your most holy beloved Son, our Lord and Teacher.
St. Francis: Antiphon from the Office of the Passion
You are all fair, O Mary.
R. No touch of original sin is in you.
Your raiment is bright as snow.
R. Your countenance is as the sun.
You are the exultation of Jerusalem.
R. You are the joy of Israel.
You are the glory of our people.
R. You are the defense of sinners.
You are the wisest of virgins.
R. You are the kindest of mothers.
O Mary, blessed are you above all women upon the earth.
R. You were free from sin from the moment of your conception.
Pray for us.
R. Intercede for us with your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.
We pray with Francis and the friars after him, forming with them an unbroken "golden thread" of filial devotion for Mary, our Mother and our Queen.
CONCLUDING PRAYER
Accept, O Lord, the prayers we offer in preparation for the solemn feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Grant that as we proclaim her to have been preserved by your grace from all stain of sin, so through her intercession may we be freed from all our sins. Grant this through her Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ.
R. Amen.
O Mary, conceived without sin,
R. Pray for us who have recourse to you.
