Novena to Our Lady of Sorrows
Third day
The Flight into Egypt
For the second time the
sword of sorrow pierced Mary's heart when she was commanded to fly into Egypt
with her divine Child. Without manifesting undue perplexity or discontent, she
hastily gathered a few necessaries for the journey, while St. Joseph saddled
the beast of burden. Then taking the infant Jesus into her arms and pressing
Him to her throbbing heart, the holy pilgrims set forth into the cold, starry
night, away to a foreign land, through the trackless desert, and into a heathen
country. Arrived in Egypt, the experience of Bethlehem was renewed; no one gave
them shelter.
Prayer
Most sorrowful Mother, Your mother’s heart brimmed
over with sorrow at the hate of Herod for your innocent Son. To save Him from
the king’s jealousy, you had to flee with Him to Egypt. Your heart also
suffered at seeing the suffering of your holy spouse, Saint Joseph, at the
prospect of taking the divine babe and you, his delicate spouse, into the
wilderness and the unknown.
Queen of Martyrs let me unite my heart to yours in this
sorrow, and obtain for me the grace to avoid those who wish me evil, above all
evil to my soul. Let me avoid
temptations and never leave the difficult but royal road to heaven.
Hail
Mary
Hail
Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, Blessed art thou among 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 (OF LORETO)
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,
pray for us.
Holy Virgin of
virgins, pray for us.
Mother of Christ, pray
for us.
Mother of divine
grace, pray for us.
Mother most pure, pray
for us.
Mother most chaste,
pray for us.
Mother inviolate, pray
for us.
Mother undefiled, pray
for us.
Mother most amiable,
pray for us.
Mother most admirable,
pray for us.
Mother of good
counsel, pray for us.
Mother of our Creator,
pray for us.
Mother of our
Redeemer, pray for us.
Virgin most prudent,
pray for us.
Virgin most venerable,
pray for us.
Virgin most renowned,
pray for us.
Virgin most powerful,
pray for us.
Virgin most merciful,
pray for us.
Virgin most faithful,
pray for us.
Mirror of justice,
pray for us.
Seat of wisdom, pray
for us.
Cause of our joy, pray
for us.
Spiritual vessel, pray
for us.
Vessel of honor, pray
for us.
Singular vessel of
devotion, pray for us.
Mystical rose, pray
for us.
Tower of David, pray
for us.
Tower of ivory, pray
for us.
House of gold, pray
for us.
Ark of the covenant,
pray for us.
Gate of heaven, pray
for us.
Morning star, pray for
us.
Health of the sick,
pray for us.
Refuge of sinners,
pray for us.
Comforter of the
afflicted, pray for us.
Help of Christians,
pray for us.
Queen of angels, pray
for us.
Queen of patriarchs,
pray for us.
Queen of prophets,
pray for us.
Queen of apostles,
pray for us.
Queen of martyrs, pray
for us.
Queen of confessors,
pray for us.
Queen of virgins, pray
for us.
Queen of all saints,
pray for us.
Queen conceived
without original sin, pray for us.
Queen of the most holy
rosary, pray for us.
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, O Lord.
V. Pray for us, O holy
Mother of God:
R. That we may be made
worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray
Pour forth, we beseech
Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts, that we, to whom the incarnation of
Christ Thy Son was made known by the message of an angel, may by His passion
and cross be brought to the glory of His resurrection. Through the same Christ
our Lord. Amen.
V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray
Vouchsafe, O Lord,
that we may be helped by the merits of Thy most holy Mother's spouse; that what
of ourselves we can not obtain may be given us through his intercession. Who
livest and reignest, world without end. Amen.
Prayer
Ever glorious Blessed Virgin Mary, queen of
martyrs, mother of mercy, hope, and comfort of dejected and desolate souls,
through the sorrows that pierced thy tender heart I beseech thee take pity on
my poverty and necessities, have compassion on my anxieties and miseries. I ask
it through the mercy of thy divine Son; I ask it through His immaculate life,
bitter passion, and ignominious death on the cross. As I am persuaded that He
honors thee as His beloved Mother, to whom He refuses nothing, let me
experience the efficacy of thy powerful intercession, according to the
tenderness of thy maternal affection, now and at the hour of my death. Amen.
Mother
of Sorrows, queen of martyrs, pray for us!
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