Novena for
the Annunciation of the BVM
SECOND
DAY
The Import of the Angel's Salutation
PREPARATORY PRAYER
My Queen,
my Mother, remember I am thine own. Keep me, guard me, as thy property and
possession!
Indulgence.
40 days, every time. (Pius IX, August 5, 1851.)
MEDITATION
"Hail, full of grace!" Mary was greeted as full of grace by the
Giver of grace Himself. The angel's salutation meant: "The grace of God
has preserved thee from all sin. Neither the stain of original sin, nor the
guilt of actual sin, ever obscured the mirror of thy soul. By the special favor
of God the most sublime virtues were infused into thy soul."
"The Lord is with thee." From all eternity the Lord was with
Mary. He was with her not only as He is with His whole creation, but He was
with her in a special manner. The eternal Father was with her from all eternity
as with His beloved Daughter. The divine Son was with her from all eternity as
with His chosen Mother. The Holy Ghost was with her from all eternity as with
His beloved Spouse. This intimate union never was disrupted. Therefore Mary is
"Blessed among women," and ever was, and ever shall be the beloved of
the Lord.
PRACTICE
Consider how Mary receives the angel's message. She is troubled, she is
disturbed at the praise, at the reverence of the angel. What an example of
humility! Let us imitate her in this virtue by the acknowledgment before God of
our weakness, our unworthiness, our nothingness, and by ordering our whole
being accordingly. Humility renders us pleasing in the sight of God and makes
us susceptible of His grace. Hence St. Augustine writes: "God resists the
proud and gives His grace to the humble. What a terrible punishment for the
proud, what a splendid reward for the humble! The proud man resembles a rock,
the humble man a beautiful valley. The grace of God descends from heaven like a
gentle rain. It can not penetrate the rock of pride, and hence the proud man
loses God's grace and love. But in the valley of humility the waters of divine
grace can diffuse themselves and fructify the soul of the humble man, so that
it may bring forth fruit unto eternal life."
PRAYER
Pour
forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts, that we unto 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 the resurrection.
Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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
O Mary, holiest Virgin, who, when the archangel Gabriel hailed thee in
thy annunciation, and thou wast raised by God above all choirs of the angels,
didst confess thyself "the handmaid of the Lord"; do thou obtain for
me true humility and a truly angelic purity, and so to live on earth as ever to
be worthy of the blessings of God.
Hail Mary
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 death. Amen.
Ejaculation
Virgin Mary, Mother of God, pray to Jesus
for me!
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