Holy Spirit Novena
Dearest Holy Spirit, confiding in Your deep, personal love for me,
I am making this novena for the following request, if it be Your Holy
Will to grant it: (mention your request)
Teach me, Divine Spirit, to know and seek my last end; grant me the holy
fear of God; grant me true contrition and patience. Do not let me fall into
sin. Give me an increase of faith, hope and charity, and bring forth in my
soul all the virtues proper to my state in life.
Make me a faithful disciple of Jesus and an obedient child of the Church.
Give me efficacious grace sufficient to keep the Commandments and to
receive the Sacraments worthily.
Give me the four Cardinal Virtues, Your Seven Gifts, Your Twelve Fruits.
Raise me to perfection in the state of life to which You have called me
and lead me through a happy death to everlasting life.
I ask this through Christ our Lord,
Amen.
Prayers to Ne Recited Before the Pilgrim Virgin
The Holy Rosary
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Apostle Creed
Our Father, etc.
I salute thee, Daughter of God the Father; obtain
for us the gift of a firm faith.
Hail Mary, etc.
1 salute thee, Mother of God the Son; obtain for
us the gift of constant hope.
Hail Mary, etc.
I salute thee, Spouse of God the Holy Ghost;
obtain for us the gift of an ardent charity.
Hail Mary, etc.
Glory be to the Father, etc.
Mysteries of the Holy Rosary
The Five Joyful Mysteries
(10 be said on Mondays, Thursdays, and on Sundays
from the beginning of Advent to Septuagesima Sunday)
1. The Annunciation
2. The Visitation
3. The Birth of Jesus in Bethlehem
4. The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple
5. The Finding of Jesus in the Temple
The Five Sorrowful Mysteries
(10 be said on Tuesdays, Fridays, and on Sundays
from Septusgesima o Easter)
1. The Agony in the Garden
2. The Scourging at the Pillar
3. The Crowning with Thorns
4. Jesus Carries His Cross
5. The Crucifixion
The Five Glorious Mysteries
(10 be said on Wednesdays, Seturdays and on the
Sundays from Easter to Advent)
1. The Resurrection
2. The Ascension
3. The Descent of the Holy Ghost
4. The Assumption
5. The Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Fatima Aspiration
After the Glory be to the Father of each decade of the
Rosary say the Fatima Aspiration:
“O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from
the fires of hell, lead all souls to heaven, especially
those who are in most need of Thy mercy.”
Hail Holy Queen
Hail Holy Queen, Mother of mercy, our life,
our sweetness and our hope; to thee do we cry,
poor banished children of Eve; to thee do we send
up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley
of tears. Turn, then, most gracious advocats, thine
eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile
show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary!
Litany of Our Lady
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 the Church, 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 admirable, pray for us
Mother of good counsel, pray for us
Legion of Mary Prayers (The Tessera)
Opening Prayers
In the name of the Father, etc.
v. Come, O Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful, and enkindle in them the fire of your love.
v. Send forth your Spirit, O Lord, and they shall be created.
r. And you shall renew the face of the earth.
Let us pray. God our Father, pour out the gifts of your Holy Spirit on the world. You sent the Spirit on Your Church to begin the teaching of the gospel: now let the, Spirit continue to work in the world through the hearts of all who believe. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
v. You, O Lord, will open my lips.
r. And my tongue shall announce your praise. v. Incline unto my aid, O God.
r. O Lord, make haste to help me.
v. Glory be to the Father, etc.
r. As it was in the beginning, etc.
Then follow five decades of the Rosary with the Hail, Holy Queen.
Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy; hail, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To you we cry, poor banished children of Eve, to you we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, O most gracious advocate, your eyes of mercy towards us, and after this our exile, show us the blessed fruit of your womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
v. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.
r. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray. O God, Whose only-begotten Son, by His life, death and resurrection, has purchased for us the rewards of eternal salvation; grant, we beseech you, that meditating upon these mysteries in the most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may imitate what they contain, and obtain what they promise. Through the same Christ our Lord.
r. Amen.
v. Most Sacred Heart of Jesus r. Have mercy on us.
v. Immaculate Heart of Mary r. Pray for us.
v. St. Joseph r. Pray for us.
v. St John the Evangelist r. Pray for us.
v. St. Louis Marie de Montfort r. Pray for us.
In the name of the Father, etc.
The Catena Legionis
Antiphon: Who is she that comes forth as the morning rising, fair as the moon, bright as the sun, terrible as an army set in battle array?
v. My soul glorifies the Lord. r. My spirit rejoices in God, my Saviour.
v. He looks on His servant in her lowliness; henceforth all ages will call me blessed.
r. The Almighty works marvels for me. Holy his name!
v. His mercy is from age to age, on those who fear Him.
r. He puts forth His arm in strength and scatters the proud-hearted.
v. He casts the mighty from their thrones and raises the lowly
r. He fills the starving with good things, sends the rich away empty.
v. He protects Israel, his servant, remembering his mercy, r. The mercy promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his sons forever.
v. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. r. As it was in the beginning is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Antiphon: Who is she that comes forth as the morning rising, fair as the moon, bright as the sun, terrible as an army set in battle array?
v. O Mary, conceived without sin.
r. Pray for us who have recourse to you.
Let us pray. O Lord Jesus Christ, our mediator with the Father, you have been pleased to appoint the most Blessed Virgin, your Mother, to be our mother also, and our mediatrix with you, mercifully grant that whoever comes to you seeking your favors may rejoice to receive all of them through her. Amen.
Concluding Prayers
In the name of the Father, etc.
v. We fly to your patronage, O holy Mother of God; despise not our prayers in our necessities, but ever deliver us from all dangers, O glorious and blessed Virgin.
v. Mary Immaculate, Mediatrix of all Graces (or Invocation appropriate to Praesidium) r. Pray for us.
v. Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael r. Pray for us.
v. All you heavenly Powers, Mary’s Legion of Angels r. Pray for us.
v. St. John the Baptist r. Pray for us.
v. Saints Peter and Paul r. Pray for us.
Confer, O Lord, on us, who serve beneath the standard of Mary, that fullness of faith in you and trust in her, to which it is given to conquer the world. Grant us a lively faith, animated by charity, which will enable us to perform all our actions from the motive of pure love of you, and ever to see you and serve you in our neighbor; a faith, firm and immovable as a rock, through which we shall rest tranquil and steadfast amid the crosses, toils and disappointments of life; a courageous faith which will inspire us to undertake and carry out without hesitation great things for your glory and for the salvation of souls; a faith which will be our Legion’s Pillar of Fire – to lead us forth united – to kindle everywhere the fires of divine love – to enlighten those who are in darkness and in the shadow of death – to inflame those who are lukewarm – to bring back life to those who are dead in sin; and which will guide our own feet in the way of peace; so that – the battle of life over – our Legion may reassemble, without the loss of any one, in the kingdom of your love and glory. Amen.
v. May the souls of our departed legionaries and the souls of all the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen.
In the name of the Father, etc.