{"id":9620,"date":"2025-06-19T00:23:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T00:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/societyofthemostholyredeemer.org\/?page_id=9620"},"modified":"2025-06-21T15:26:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T15:26:00","slug":"novena-to-our-lady-of-perpetual-help","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/societyofthemostholyredeemer.org\/es\/novena-to-our-lady-of-perpetual-help\/","title":{"rendered":"NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MANNER OF PRAYING THIS NOVENA:<\/strong><\/p>

Kneeling before an image of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, make the sign of the Cross and say an Act of Contrition.<\/em><\/p>

Then say the <\/em>Opening Prayer<\/strong>, which is to be repeated every day of the novena.<\/em><\/p>

Then the <\/em>Meditation<\/strong> of the particular day is read, with its corresponding <\/em>Oraci\u00f3n<\/strong> y <\/em>Pr\u00e1ctica<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>

Finally, the <\/em>Closing Prayer<\/strong> y <\/em>Final Supplications<\/strong> are to be recited, and repeated every day to conclude the exercise.<\/em><\/p>

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0O Holy Virgin Mary, who to inspire us with boundless confidence, hast been pleased to take the sweet name of Mother of Perpetual Help, I implore thee to come to my aid always and everywhere: in my temptations, after my falls, in my difficulties, in all the miseries of life, and, above all, at the hour of my death. \u00a0Give me, O loving Mother, the desire, nay more, the habit always to have recourse to thee, for I feel assured that if I invoke thee with fidelity thou wilt be faithful to come to my assistance. \u00a0Obtain for me, then, this grace of graces: the grace to pray to thee without ceasing, and with child-like prayer, that I may ensure thy perpetual help and final perseverance. \u00a0Bless me, O loving and ever helpful Mother, and pray for me now and at the hour of my death. \u00a0Amen.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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MEDITATION:\u00a0 <\/strong>The title of Our Lady of Perpetual Help<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0It is our loving Savior who inspired the faithful to give His beloved Mother the sweet name of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. \u00a0Proof of this are the favors and wonders that those who invoke her under this title incessantly obtain. \u00a0It was not, therefore, devised by men, but by God Himself.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The words of God are not vain or empty; they accomplish what they signify, they express the nature of things, and they say what they truly are. \u00a0Let us analyze, then, each of the words of this sweet invocation: Our Lady of Perpetual Help; they teach us what Mary Most Holy is for us. \u00a0Mary is “Lady,” that is, most worthy Mother of God, Sovereign of heaven and earth, Queen of Angels and Saints, Conqueror of hell; and after Jesus Christ, Redeemer of the world. \u00a0Mary is “ours.”\u00a0 Shortly before Jesus Christ expired on the Cross, He gave her to us, not as a judge, nor even as a queen, but as a Mother. \u00a0These words, \u201cBehold thy Mother,\u201d which Jesus then spoke to Saint John, were addressed to all Christians. \u00a0Pronounced by God, they instilled in Mary\u2019s heart a deep love for humanity and gave her all the power she needed to fully fulfill her role as Mother. \u00a0A father earns his children\u2019s sustenance, but the mother divides it among them. \u00a0Thus, Jesus Christ merited for us, by His painful death, all the graces we need to save ourselves. \u00a0However, He did not wish to distribute them Himself, but entrusted this pious office to His Most Holy Mother. \u00a0Thus, Mary is the \u201chelp\u201d of Christians. But to be saved, we must always avoid evil and practice good; we need, therefore, not only momentary help, but \u201cperpetual\u201d help. \u00a0Such is Mary for all those who invoke her. \u00a0She helps them not only occasionally, but continually, not just for a while, but at all times and in all circumstances, from their birth to their death, and even in Purgatory, until their entry into Heaven. \u00a0As she is the Mistress of the infinite merits of Jesus Christ and the inexhaustible treasures of divine goodness, there is no favor she cannot bestow upon her devotees, and because she has unspeakable affection and love for them all, there is no favor that she is not constantly ready to grant.<\/p>

Oraci\u00f3n<\/em><\/strong>:<\/em>\u00a0 Our Lady of Perpetual Help, obtain for us the grace to love and serve thee faithfully.<\/p>

Pr\u00e1ctica<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 Repeat the above prayer frequently.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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MEDITATION:\u00a0 <\/strong>Our Lady of Perpetual Help and the sinner<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0In the opinion of a pious writer, there is no more effective or easier means to achieve the conversion of a sinner than to inspire in him a tender and sincere devotion to Our Lady of Perpetual Help. \u00a0It is no wonder, then, that among the wonders that this compassionate Virgin works daily, thousands of stupendous conversions, due to her intercession, figure in the forefront.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Mary is called the Mother of Perpetual Help. \u00a0Help, therefore, is provided to so many unfortunate people who turn to her; but who is more unfortunate than he who lives in mortal sin? \u00a0His soul, stripped of sanctifying grace, is dead, and as such, has become a dwelling place for demons, and is, like them, horrible in the eyes of God. \u00a0For that soul, the gates of Heaven are closed, but those of Hell are open, where death can deliver her at the least expected moment. \u00a0Could there be a greater misfortune? \u00a0That is why the Mother of sinners exhausts, so to speak, all the treasures of her mercy on them; she attracts them with the sweetness of the name of Mother of Perpetual Help, with the fame of her miracles, even with her merciful gaze. \u00a0How many unfortunate sinners have been converted simply by laying their eyes on this miraculous Virgin!
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0With what kindness does Mary welcome the sinner who comes to her, eager to convert!\u00a0 She does not reject him, even if he has committed countless sins; and if he continues to invoke her, Mary will continue to support him until she succeeds in removing him from sin through a sincere confession and a complete change of habits.\u00a0 She does not know how not to, nor can she fail to, pity and help any wretch who turns to her, because God created her to be Queen and Mother of mercy, and as Queen of mercy, she is obliged to care for the wretched.\u00a0 What pain will the Christian who has damned himself experience in hell, thinking that he could have been saved so easily by constantly resorting to this Mother of mercy, and that now there is no remedy!<\/p>

Oraci\u00f3n<\/em><\/strong>:<\/em>\u00a0 Most Pure Mother, raise me from the mire of sin and obtain for me the grace of reconciliation with God.<\/p>

Pr\u00e1ctica<\/em><\/strong>:<\/em>\u00a0 Pray three Hail Marys<\/em> to Our Lady of Perpetual Help every day, so that she may free us from all voluntary sin.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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MEDITATION:\u00a0 <\/strong>Mary, help of the despera<\/em><\/strong>te<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0There are sinners whose salvation seems impossible. \u00a0They are those who, although they occasionally perform some religious act, never go to confession. \u00a0Content with this false impression, which makes them appear in the eyes of the world as gentlemen and upright men, they disregard their religious duties, not caring that they live far from God. \u00a0Others do not go to Mass or pray; they do not attack religion, but they do not practice it either, and perhaps they do not believe in it. \u00a0Still others, finally, hate it; they do not allow their families and employees to practice it; they put their greatest effort and joy into perverting and corrupting souls, taking away their faith and filling them with sin. \u00a0If you speak to them of the dreadful eternity that awaits them, they laugh or become irritated and blaspheme. \u00a0Perhaps they are affiliated with secret societies, so they can wage a more brutal war against God and souls.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0If Mary did not exist, we would have to despair of the salvation of these unfortunates. \u00a0Christian soul, who wishes to achieve their conversion, place before their eyes the blessed Image of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, whose name alone will tell them that she can save them too. \u00a0Her face, covered with profound sadness, will tell them how much she pities them and desires to save them, having hitherto consented to the death of her beloved Son. \u00a0The Son Himself will tell them that, having died for them, He is ready to save them as soon as they have recourse to His beloved Mother. If they refuse to turn to her, do it for them with confidence and perseverance, and hopefully, one day, seeing your prayer heard, you will be able to exclaim with St. Bernard: “Through thee, O Mary, Heaven has been opened, hell has been closed, heavenly Jerusalem has been restored, and life has been given to the unfortunate, who awaited nothing but eternal damnation.”<\/p>

Oraci\u00f3n<\/em><\/strong>:<\/em>\u00a0 Refuge of sinners, health of the desperate, pray for me.<\/p>

Pr\u00e1ctica<\/em><\/strong>:<\/em>\u00a0 Repeat this prayer frequently.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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MEDITATION:\u00a0 <\/strong>Mary, help in temptation<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0There are devotees of Mary who are almost too happy.\u00a0 They are never or rarely bothered by any sinful display, because this good Mother drives the devil and the corrupting world away from them and makes them almost equal to the Angels. \u00a0There are others for whom it is useful to be tempted. \u00a0But no matter how violent the attacks of the enemy, do not be troubled or discouraged; call upon Mary, and Mary will help you to resist valiantly. \u00a0It is not for nothing that she is called Our Lady of Perpetual Help, and every temptation overcome, far from staining the soul, beautifies it and makes it worthy of greater glory in heaven.\u00a0 No one refuses to reach out to another when by doing so they can save them from certain death; much less will our most loving Mother Mary refuse to free us from the death of sin if we have recourse to her in temptation, for only then can she help us effectively.\u00a0 Therefore Saint Alphonsus exclaims: “Oh, my sweetest Lady! \u00a0I know well that if I commend myself to thee, thou wilt help me and I will be victorious; but this is my fear, that in time of danger, I may neglect to call on thee and thus fall miserably. \u00a0This grace, then, I ask of thee, and this I beg with all the fervor of my soul, that in all attacks of hell I may always have recourse to thee, saying: ‘O Mary, help me.’\u00a0 My tender Mother, never suffer me to lose my God.”\u00a0 Following the example of this great Saint, let us ask Our Lady of Perpetual Help every day for the grace to invoke her in the moment of temptation, because in such moments it is sometimes difficult to pray, and so one fails to do so and sins. \u00a0Today more than ever it is fitting to ask for her precious grace, because if the devil and the rebellious flesh have always waged cruel war against man, perhaps never has innocence been more persecuted by the sensual, unbelieving, and shameless world.<\/p>

Oraci\u00f3n<\/em><\/strong>:<\/em>\u00a0 In the snares of the enemies of our salvation, protect us, kind Mother.<\/p>

Practice:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Say frequently: \u201cLord, lead us not into temptation.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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MEDITATION:\u00a0 <\/strong>Mary, help in the practice of virtues<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0To be saved, in addition to avoiding evil, it is necessary to practice good, because heaven is not acquired for free; it must be purchased with good works.\u00a0 Good works are those that are done with the intention of pleasing God and that are in conformity with His sovereign will.\u00a0 It is not enough to practice such works occasionally; they must be done habitually. \u00a0Only then can one be said to be virtuous; virtue is the habit of doing good, and this habit can be acquired by everyone. \u00a0Virtuous people are seen everywhere: and if others are virtuous, why shouldn’t we be? \u00a0God commands us to be so, and He does not command impossible things.\u00a0 It is true that we cannot be so without His help.\u00a0 \u201cWithout Me, that is, without My help,\u201d Jesus Christ tells us, \u201cYou can do nothing good;\u201d and Saint Paul adds, \u201cnor pronounce the Holy Name of Jesus with respect and love.\u201d \u00a0Consequently, much less can we habitually do good without God\u2019s help. \u00a0But with His help, we easily do what we could never do alone. \u00a0Since God is omnipotent, nothing is impossible to whom He helps, and He helps those who ask for help.\u00a0 He has said: \u201cAsk and you shall receive.\u201d
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Let us, then, ask God for His graces, but let us ask them through Mary, into whose hands He has seen fit to place them. \u00a0This august Lady is the treasurer and dispenser of divine graces, and her devotion is one of the indispensable means of obtaining them, so that devotion to Mary is not a mere adornment for Christians; it is an obligation imposed by God, although not by explicit command.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Do you see this, Christian soul? \u00a0Only through Mary can you be virtuous, and through her you can be easily virtuous. \u00a0Look at the virtuous people you know. \u00a0Aren’t they all very devoted to Mary? \u00a0They continually turn to her, and she perpetually helps them, and with Mary’s help, there is no virtue that cannot be easily practiced. \u00a0The more virtuous you are, the greater will be your happiness on earth and in heaven, your worth with God; and consequently your contribution to the eternal and temporal happiness of your neighbor.<\/p>

Oraci\u00f3n<\/em><\/strong>:<\/em>\u00a0 By thy Pure and Immaculate Conception, O Mary, make my body pure and my soul holy.<\/p>

Pr\u00e1ctica<\/em><\/strong>:<\/em>\u00a0 In honor of Mary’s purity, let us do all our works with right intention.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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MEDITATION:\u00a0 <\/strong>Mary, help in sickness<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0We have empathy for the ailments of our relatives and relieve them to the best of our ability.\u00a0 Now, would Mary, the Mother of Perpetual Help, who is all goodness and who disposes of the power of God at her pleasure, be less compassionate and generous toward us?\u00a0 It cannot be.\u00a0 She feels our sufferings as if they were her own, and she remedies them, as millions of prodigious deeds prove, and that is why we greet her with the sweet title of “Health of the Sick.”\u00a0 But \u2013 and thus the Lord has ordained it \u2013 only Mary can effectively help those who call upon her with complete trust.\u00a0 If we want her to restore our health, we must ask her without doubting that we will be heard.\u00a0 But if our health is to be harmful to us, if it is to diminish our eternal happiness, and above all, if it is to cause us to fall into hell, Mary, who above all desires to lead us to Heaven, instead of granting us such a fatal favor, will grant us another, in every sense, most precious.\u00a0 She will grant us holy patience, she will make us understand that it is God’s will that we suffer, and she will help us to offer our ailments to the Lord with a generous and constant love.\u00a0 Thus we will find ourselves happy in the midst of our sufferings, and we would not exchange them for all the riches and honors of this earth, knowing that they will be abundantly rewarded to us in heaven.\u00a0 Mary is the best of mothers, and she never abandons us.\u00a0 When, then, we find ourselves prostrate on our bed of pain, let us imagine \u2013 and this is true \u2013 that she looks down on us from the heights of Heaven, tender and compassionate, and offers our ailments to God, in order to obtain for us the grace of suffering in a meritorious way for all eternity.\u00a0 Just as a sick little child unhesitatingly entrusts itself to the care of its loving mother, let us place ourselves in the hands of our heavenly Mother; let us unite our ailments to those she herself experienced at the foot of the Cross during the agony of her Divine Son, and let us pray that she may present them to God, united with her own, and help us to suffer as she suffered in that agonizing moment, that is, without dejection or complaint, but with serenity, constancy, and complete conformity to the will of God.<\/p>

Oraci\u00f3n<\/em><\/strong>:<\/em>\u00a0 Most loving Mother, help me in my illnesses and help me bear them with patience.<\/p>

Pr\u00e1ctica<\/em><\/strong>:<\/em>\u00a0 Pray seven Hail Marys<\/em> for the seven sorrows of the Most Holy Mary, so that she may obtain for us from her Divine Son the grace to love suffering.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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MEDITATION:\u00a0 <\/strong>Mary, help in poverty<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Jesus Christ was poor, and so was his Most Holy Mother.\u00a0 No doubt Jesus could have made her immensely rich, but He judged it better for her to experience the privations of poverty.\u00a0 He arranged it this way so that, following the example of Mary Most Holy, the rich would esteem the poor and the latter would resign themselves to their lot.\u00a0 Poverty frees from many sins, is an opportunity to practice many virtues, and is an excellent way to do penance; now, Jesus Christ said: “If you do not do penance, you will all perish.”
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Are you rich?\u00a0 Ask Mary for holy detachment, so that if God wants to take your possessions from you, you may say sincerely with the holy man Job: “God gave them to me; He has taken them away; blessed be He!”\u00a0 Ask her also for love for the poor.\u00a0 Almsgiving is not a work of supererogation for the rich, but an obligation imposed by God upon them.\u00a0 He says, “Woe to those who close their ears to the cry of the poor, for they will cry out and not be heard!”\u00a0 Almsgiving is a loan.\u00a0 Whoever gives to the poor gives to God, and God returns it a hundredfold.\u00a0 Almsgiving is an honor.\u00a0 Our Divine Savior says: “Whatever you do to the least of these brothers, you have done to Me.”\u00a0 Those lesser brothers of His that Jesus Christ speaks of are the poor whose unfortunate fate their older brothers, the rich, must remedy.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Are you poor?\u00a0 Ask Mary to help you understand these words of Jesus Christ: “Blessed are the poor!\u00a0 Theirs is the kingdom of heaven!”\u00a0 Ask her to help you bear your sorrows without complaint, with resignation and even with joy.\u00a0 How beautiful your crown will then be in heaven!\u00a0 How complete your happiness!
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0And if you reach the point of lacking the necessities of life, do not despair.\u00a0 In such a distressing situation, lift your tearful eyes to Our Lady of Perpetual Help; cry out to Her; she has a special affection for the poor, and she will make some charitable soul, like an Angel sent by Her, fly to your aid.\u00a0 If no one has ever heard of anyone being abandoned by Mary, none of those who have taken refuge in her protection, could She abandon her beloved children, the poor, when they cry out to Her in their anguish?<\/p>

Oraci\u00f3n<\/em><\/strong>:<\/em>\u00a0 Mother of Perpetual Help, protect me in my needs and make poverty the means for me to attain the eternal riches of heaven.<\/p>

Pr\u00e1ctica<\/em><\/strong>:<\/em>\u00a0 For love of the Blessed Virgin, give alms or some service to one’s neighbor.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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MEDITATION:\u00a0 <\/strong>Mary, help in life\u2019s sorrows<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Our life is but a long chain of sorrows.\u00a0 An unborn child endangers its mother’s existence and perhaps later tears her heart apart with its vices and disorders; painful suspicions torment many spouses; sudden reversals of fortune plunge many families into misery; death precipitates tender children into orphanhood and their mothers into sad widowhood.\u00a0 “What will become of our father?” many children cry out in pain, seeing him about to descend into the grave, burdened with sins, yet laughing at the filial fears and warnings of his family.\u00a0 Pious souls also have their sorrows, sometimes crueler than death: such are the constant fear of sinning, a violent inclination toward evil, and the terrible anguish of believing themselves abandoned by the Lord.\u00a0 \u201cWho can console us in such afflictions but she who is called the \u2018Comforter of the Afflicted,\u2019 the Mother of Perpetual Help?\u201d\u00a0 \u201cO Mary,\u201d Saint Germanus says to her, \u201cwho is as solicitous for our well-being as Thee?\u00a0 Who consoles us in our sorrows like Thee?\u201d\u00a0 \u201cNo one,\u201d Saint Antoninus replies, \u201cfor there is no one among the Saints who has such compassion for our miseries as this most pious Lady.\u00a0 We need only lay before her our sorrows, and she will immediately help and console us.\u201d\u00a0 Mary knows from experience what it is to suffer; all her life she was immersed in an ocean of bitterness, thinking of the sorrowful Passion of her beloved Son.\u00a0 Do not be disconsolate, then, afflicted soul; turn to her; she is so good, so compassionate, that she cannot help casting upon you a look of merciful tenderness; she will not allow those souls for whom you implore her to be eternally lost; she will help you offer your sufferings to the Lord with a heart submissive and resigned to the adorable designs of His Providence; even more: she will make you bear them with a certain consolation and joy, thinking that with them you can merit heaven and that they make you similar to her, the Queen of Martyrs, and to Jesus Crucified, Leader and Model of the predestined.<\/p>

Oraci\u00f3n<\/em><\/strong>:<\/em>\u00a0 Jesus and Mary, be always my love and hope.<\/p>

Pr\u00e1ctica<\/em><\/strong>:<\/em>\u00a0 Let us promise to always render special veneration to Mary under the title of Mother of Perpetual Help and to spread her devotion.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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MEDITATION:\u00a0 <\/strong>Mary, help in the hour of death<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0If Mary helps her devotees in all dangers, how could she abandon them at the hour of death, a moment on which eternity depends?\u00a0 \u201cI am a faithful mother,\u201d she said to Saint Bridget, \u201cand I want to be present at the death of all those who have served me; I want to assist them, protect them, and console them.\u201d\u00a0 Mary, being the most innocent of creatures, was not to suffer the penalty of sin, that is, death.\u00a0 But she submitted to it voluntarily in imitation of her Divine Son, who wished to satisfy God’s justice for the sins of men with His Passion and Death.\u00a0 God rewarded her for this sacrifice by placing under her special protection all His servants who invoke her at that moment.\u00a0 \u201cI,\u201d the Blessed Virgin said to the Venerable Sister Maria de Jesus, \u201cwill defend them against the devil, I will assist and protect them, I will finally present them to the tribunal of infinite mercy and intercede for them.\u201d
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0How holy, sweet, and blessed must be the death of the servants of Mary!\u00a0 Protected by such a kind Mother, they bear their sufferings with unwavering patience and offer them to God, along with the sacrifice of their lives, in atonement for their sins.\u00a0 They know that as soon as they have breathed their last, Jesus Christ will come to take them to account; but they are not troubled by this; they remember that Mary will be there interceding for them, and could Jesus then fail to give them a favorable sentence?\u00a0 Nor does Purgatory frighten them. They are consoled by the knowledge that Mary will soften and shorten those tremendous sufferings and that one day she will take them out and bring them with her to Paradise.<\/p>

Oraci\u00f3n<\/em><\/strong>:<\/em>\u00a0 Virgin Mary, you who are my perpetual help in life and my hope, be my protection in the hour of death.<\/p>

Pr\u00e1ctica<\/em><\/strong>:<\/em>\u00a0 Filled with trust in Mary’s protection, let us invoke her patronage for the last moments of our lives.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0O Mary, most powerful Mother! \u00a0Grant that from now on and forever I may invoke thee with the glorious title of Mother of Perpetual Help. \u00a0How much consolation, how much confidence is inspired by that exalted title, with which thou thyself hast taught us to invoke thee! \u00a0In this sweet name are contained all the wonders of thy mercy. \u00a0Sinners come to thee and thou dost obtain forgiveness for their sins; the sick come to thee and thou dost relieve their ills; the sad and disconsolate come to thee and become content; the poor and indigent come to thee and leave healed or provided with patience, a treasure superior to all riches; the dying come to thee and, breathing out their souls in thy arms, fly to eternal glory.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0My most loving Mother, I place myself in thy hands.\u00a0 Tell me what I must do to recover the favor of my Lord, and I will immediately do it.\u00a0 He sends me to thee that thou mayst help me; and He wills that I should have recourse to thy mercy, that not only the merits of thy Son, but also that thy intercession may help me to save my soul.\u00a0 To thee, then, I have recourse; do thou, who prayest for so many others, pray also to Jesus for me.\u00a0 Ask Him to pardon me and He will forgive me; tell Him that thou desirest my salvation, and He will save me; ask Him to grant me the favor that is the object of this novena (state your request),<\/em> and He will grant it to me; show how thou canst enrich those who trust in thee.\u00a0 Amen.\u00a0 Thus I hope, thus may it be.\u00a0<\/p>

V.\u00a0<\/em> O Mother of Perpetual Help, thou whose very name inspires confidence.
R<\/em>.\u00a0 Help me, O loving Mother.<\/p>

V<\/em>.\u00a0 That I may be victorious in the trying time of temptation.
R<\/em>.\u00a0 Help me, O loving Mother.<\/p>

V<\/em>.\u00a0 That I may quickly rise again should I have the misfortune to fall into sin.
R<\/em>.\u00a0 Help me, O loving Mother.<\/p>

V<\/em>.\u00a0 That I may break asunder any bonds of Satan in which I may become entangled.
R<\/em>.\u00a0 Help me, O loving Mother.<\/p>

V<\/em>.\u00a0 Against the seductions of the world, evil companions, and bad books.
R<\/em>.\u00a0 Help me, O loving Mother.<\/p>

V<\/em>.\u00a0 That I may soon return to my former fervor should I ever become lukewarm.
R<\/em>.\u00a0 Help me, O loving Mother.<\/p>

V<\/em>.\u00a0 In my preparation for the Sacraments and the performance of my Christian duties.
R<\/em>.\u00a0 Help me, O loving Mother.<\/p>

V.\u00a0 In all the trials and troubles of life.
R.\u00a0 Help me, O loving Mother.<\/p>

V<\/em>.\u00a0 Against my own inconstancy that I may persevere to the end.
R<\/em>.\u00a0 Help me, O loving Mother.<\/p>

V<\/em>.\u00a0 That I may ever love Thee and serve Thee and invoke Thy assistance.
R<\/em>.\u00a0 Help me, O loving Mother.<\/p>

V.<\/em>\u00a0 That I may be able to induce others to love, serve and pray to thee.
R.<\/em>\u00a0 Help me, O loving Mother.<\/p>

V<\/em>.\u00a0 O Mother, to my last hour, to my last breath, do thou ever watch over me.
R<\/em>.\u00a0 Help me, O loving Mother.<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0O Mother of Perpetual Help, protect also the Supreme Pontiff, the Church, my country, my family, my friends and enemies, all the unfortunate, my deceased relatives, and all the blessed souls in Purgatory: Come to their aid.\u00a0 Amen.<\/p>

Be loved, be praised, be invoked, be eternally blessed, <\/em>
O Virgin of Perpetual Help, <\/em>
my hope, my love, my Mother, my refuge, and my life! \u00a0<\/em>
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