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Novena to Our Mother of Perpetual Help Starts Today! Tuesday, June 18 to Wednesday, June 26 8:30am Mass in the Main Church 9:00 - 9:40am Novena and Holy Rosary in the Lady Chapel - Each of the nine days focuses on a different element of the icon using a special prayer booklet from Ligouri Publications
- Learn about the icon, make a special request for Our Lady’s intercession and enjoy the peace of the Lady Chapel with fellow parishioners
Unable to join us for the Novena? We will print the prayers and images in the daily eblast each day beginning June 18 through June 26 so you can follow along on your own. Questions? Email Jennifer Farber at heartsafireolph@gmail.com The Holy Rosary Group invites you to pray the Novena to Our Mother of Perpetual Help Before beginning the prayers, close your eyes and become aware of God’s presence with you. Now call to mind what it is you want to ask of Our Lady for this Novena. Let us begin. + In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Opening Prayer Most holy and Immaculate Virgin and our Mother Mary, you are our Perpetual Help, our refuge and our hope. We come to you today. We thank God for all the graces received through your intercession. Mother of Perpetual Help, we promise to love you always and to do all we can to lead others to you. Confident of your powerful influence with God, obtain for us these graces: the strength to overcome temptation, a perfect love for Jesus Christ, and a holy death so that we will live with you and your son for all eternity. Amen. Litany of Mary Holy Mother of God, pray for us. Holy Virgin of Virgins, pray for us. O Morning Star, pray for us. O Comforter of the Afflicted, pray for us. Mother of Christ, pray for us. Mother of Our Savior, pray for us. Cause of Our Joy, pray for us. Virgin Most Venerable, pray for us. Virgin Most Powerful, pray for us.
Day 1: Mary’s Face In the picture of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, Our Lady is calm and majestic. Her almond-shaped eyes set beneath those thin dark eyebrows, her narrow nose, and her pursed lips present her face with beauty and solemnity. Yet her eyes, slightly closed, express ineffable sorrow and sympathy because she sees the suffering her son will endure and the suffering of all people in the world. Her eyes gaze out from the picture toward us, full of pleading. They profoundly penetrate the hearts of everyone who looks at her. She does not look at her son, but with a sad tenderness seems to be in dialogue with us, her adopted children. It is as if she is expressing compassion for us in our fears and our sorrows. Mary’s eyes are large in this icon. That is because they see all our needs and invite us to bring them to her. The artist could not have done a better job to express Our Lady’s interest in our lives and our spiritual growth. Pause for a few moments and gaze at this beautiful picture of Mary. Let her eyes read what is in the depth of your heart... Closing Prayer All powerful and merciful Lord, you give us the picture of the Mother of your Son to venerate under the title of Our Mother of Perpetual Help. Graciously grant that in all the difficulties of our lives we may be assisted by the continuous protection of the Virgin Mary and obtain the reward of eternal redemption. You who live and reign forever and ever. Amen. + Pray the Holy Rosary https://www.marian.org/mary/rosary/howto.php All materials are from “Novena Meditations to Our Mother of Perpetual Help” from Ligouri Publications. Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible. Thank you for praying with us today! For more information, contact Jen Farber at heartsafireolph@gmail.com. | 
