Novena To Our Lady Of Altagracia (Patroness of the Dominican Republic) (January 13 - January 21)

Repeat the following Novena prayers every day for 9 consecutive days.

Oh, Dearest Mother,
Sweetest Virgin of Altagracia, our Patroness.
Look at us here, prostrate in your presence,
desiring to offer you this Novena
as a testimony of our love for you
and in thanksgiving for the innumerable favors
that we have received from your hands.
To you, our Advocate, we recommend our needs.
You are our Teacher and like disciples
we come to learn from the example of your holy life.
You are our Mother, and like children,
we come to offer to you all the love of our hearts.
Receive, dearest Mother our offerings
and listen attentively to our supplications.

Amen.

[Here mention your need(s)...]

Supplications

Oh sweetest Mother of Altagracia,
all pure and Immaculate from your Conception!
We beseech you to bless us, your children,
with the grace to love the purity you practiced
and to preserve the innocence of our children.

Say 1 Hail Mary...

Oh sweetest Mother of Altagracia,
admirable model of Christian mothers and wives
in the humble house of Nazareth,
we beseech you to bless our homes,
making them flourish in the holiness of matrimony.

Say 1 Hail Mary...

Oh sweetest Mother of Altagracia,
to you who received into your arms the Holy Infant
Who died for us on the Cross,
we give you all of our sufferings,
so that at the hour of our death
we may die with the name of Jesus on our lips
and in our hearts,
and fly to heaven with the help of your maternal arms.

Say 1 Hail Mary...

Final Prayer

Holy Virgin of Altagracia!
From your hands and your maternal heart
we receive each day the sustenance
that you give to us from Our Father in heaven.
You are our defense in danger,
our indispensable help in our necessities
and our hope in the sacrifices required of the Christian life.
Through your Immaculate Heart
we desire to pay tribute to God
with a hymn of thanksgiving
for all the benefits you have distributed.
We promise you, Oh Mother, gratitude and fidelity.
You will always reign in our homes and in our town,
where all venerate you as Our Lady and Mother,
you who make all virtues increase and thrive.
We are honored to be called your children.
We hope to finish our lives serving God and you
until we reach the highest grace possible,
the grace you will help us to attain,
the great gift of heaven itself.

Amen.

Our Lady of Altagracia,
Intercede on our behalf.

Our Lady of Altagracia,
Intercede on our behalf.

Our Lady of Altagracia,
Intercede on our behalf.