Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Redemptorist method, 1927)
Feast: 27 Jun
When to pray: Any nine consecutive days, or on Tuesdays. A novena is prayed on nine consecutive days.
Say nine Hail Marys, the Litany of the Blessed Virgin and the following prayers for nine days. If possible, go to Communion every day during the Novena.
Prayer for each day
V.—Thou hast been made for us O Lady, a refuge.
R.—A Helper in need and tribulation.
Let Us Pray
O Lord Jesus Christ, Who didst give to us Thy Mother, Mary, whose renowned image we venerate, to be a mother ever ready to help us, grant, we beseech Thee, that we who constantly implore her aid may merit to enjoy perpetually the fruits of Thy redemption, who livest and reignest forever and ever. Amen.
Said every day
Hail mary
Say nine times:
Hail Mary, full of grace! the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Litany of the blessed virgin
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
God, the Father of heaven, have mercy on us.
God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God, the Holy Ghost, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.
Holy Mary, pray for us.
Holy Mother of God,
Holy Virgin of Virgins,
Mother of Christ,
Mother of divine grace,
Mother most pure,
Mother most chaste,
Mother inviolate,
Mother undefiled,
Mother most amiable,
Mother most admirable,
Mother of good counsel,
Mother of our Creator,
Mother of our Redeemer,
Virgin most prudent,
Virgin most venerable,
Virgin most renowned,
Virgin most powerful,
Virgin most merciful,
Virgin most faithful,
Mirror of justice,
Seat of wisdom,
Cause of our joy,
Spiritual vessel,
Vessel of honor,
Singular vessel of devotion,
Mystical rose,
Tower of David,
Tower of ivory,
House of gold,
Ark of the covenant,
Gate of heaven,
Morning star,
Health of the sick,
Refuge of sinners,
Comforter of the afflicted,
Help of Christians,
Queen of Angels,
Queen of Patriarchs,
Queen of Prophets,
Queen of Apostles,
Queen of Martyrs,
Queen of Confessors,
Queen of Virgins,
Queen of all Saints,
Queen conceived without original sin,
Queen of the Most Holy Rosary,
Queen of Peace.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Lord!
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Graciously hear us, O Lord!
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us!
V. Pray for us O holy Mother of God,
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Hail Mary and Litany text: see Prayer sources (Litany as printed in the 1921 Boston Lourdes novena booklet).
Prayers by day
Days 1-3
Behold at thy feet, O Mother of Perpetual Help! a wretched sinner who has recourse to thee and confides in thee. O Mother of Mercy! have pity on me. I hear thee called by all, the Refuge and the Hope of Sinners; be, then, my refuge and my hope. Assist me for the love of Jesus Christ; stretch forth thy hand to a miserable, fallen creature, who recommends himself to thee and who devotes himself to thy service forever. I bless and thank Almighty God, who in His mercy has given me this confidence in thee, which I hold to be a pledge of my eternal salvation. It is true that in the past I have miserably fallen into sin because I had not recourse to thee. I know, too, that thou wilt assist me, if I recommend myself to thee; but I fear that, in time of danger, I may neglect to call on thee, and thus lose my soul. This grace, then, I ask of thee, and this I beg, with all the fervor of my soul, that, in all the attacks of hell, I may ever have recourse to thee. O Mary! help me. O Mother of Perpetual Help, never suffer me to lose my God.
Days 4-6
O Mother of Perpetual Help! grant that I may ever invoke thy most powerful name which is the safeguard of the living and the salvation of the dying. O purest Mary! O sweetest Mary! let thy name henceforth be ever on my lips. Delay not, O Blessed Lady! to succor me, whenever I call on thee; for in all my temptations, in all my needs, I shall never cease to call on thee ever repeating thy sacred name, Mary, Mary. O what consolation, what sweetness, what confidence, what emotion fills my soul when I utter thy sacred name, or even only think of thee! I thank the Lord for having given thee, for my good, so sweet, so powerful, so lovely a name. But I will not be content with merely uttering thy name. Let my love for thee prompt me ever to hail thee, Mother of Perpetual Help.
Days 7-9
O mother of Perpetual Help, thou art the dispenser of all the gifts which God grants to us miserable sinners; and for this end, He had made thee so powerful, so rich, and so bountiful, in order that thou mayest succor us in our misery. Thou art the advocate of the most wretched and abandoned sinners who have recourse to thee; come to my help, I commend myself to thee. In thy hands I place my eternal salvation, and to thee I intrust my soul. Count me among thy most devoted servants; take me under thy protection, and it is enough for me. For, if Thou protect me, I fear nothing; not from my sins, because thou wilt obtain for me the pardon of them; nor from the devils, because thou art more powerful than all hell together; nor even from Jesus, my Judge, because by one prayer from thee He will be appeased. But one thing I fear; that in the hour of temptation, I may, through negligence fail to have recourse to thee and thus perish miserably. Obtain for me therefore, the pardon of my sins, love for Jesus, final perseverance, and the grace ever to have recourse to thee, O Mother of Perpetual Help!
Source
Traditional text, checked word for word against the printed source: Jos. A. Chapoton, Sketch of the Miraculous Image of Our Lady of Perpetual Help (1927), pp. 35–37. Public domain. How we check sources