Novena To Our Lady Of Manaoag (Philippines: Patroness of the sick, helpless and needy) (The 3rd Wednesday after Easter)

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

Introductory Prayer (Kneeling)

Lord our God, I come before you once more
to offer to you my prayers.
I have made my pleas to you again and again,
and each moment I do,
the more my faith increases
that you are truly the God of life and of love.

However, there have been a number of times also
that I fail to call on You.
That I fail to love my neighbors.
That I fail to keep my promises.
That I fail to ask for pardon
and to give pardon to others.
That I fail to give thanks
for all the blessings that come my way.
And yet in all these moments,
you are ever present O Lord,
to remind me that you are just around
to take me back once more
if I will but come to you.

By meditating on the mysteries of the Holy Rosary
especially in this Novena
in honor of the Queen of the Holy Rosary of Manaoag,
may I be led to find your presence in my life
as Mother Mary found it in her own life.
In every mystery of my joy,
in every mystery of my sorrow,
in every mystery of my glory,
may I be able to recognize your hand
that I may know you are indeed the Emmanuel
– the God who is with us, now and forever.

Amen.
 

Pray the Rosary of the Day

Daily Prayer of the Novena

O most clement Virgin
O tenderest Mother
O sweetest Mary
Comforter of the afflicted
and Refuge of Sinners
Mediatrix between God and men.

You are Noah’s ark
our salvation in the deluge of sin.
You are the rainbow of peace
our reconciliation with God.
You are the dove
that brings us the olive branch of peace.
As a token of your maternal love
you gave to the Catholic world
through your son, Dominic,
the most Holy Rosary.

Through this devotion
pagans were converted
heretics brought back to the true fold
enemies of the Church vanquished
and Christian society reformed.

Queen of the Most Holy Rosary
we call on you for assistance.
You alone did overcome
all heresies in the world.
Deliver now your Christian people
from the snares of the devil.
Great was your love for this nation.
For when the enemies of the Catholic religion
threatened to take away our faith
you saved us miraculously
through your intercession
and thus secured for yourself the title
of Queen and Mother of the Philippines.

Look down with mercy
on those who are deceived by the evil one,
that they may renounce their heresy
and return to the unity of the Catholic truth.
Illumine our rulers
that under your guidance
they may govern this land
as worthy representatives of God.
Inspire us all to study religion
to fulfill the Commandments
and to receive the Sacraments
which are the essentials
of true Christian life.

As we became Christians
through your intercession
we also hope to live
as such under your protection.
with your Rosary as our anchor
we hope to reach that heavenly kingdom
where for all eternity
we can have you as our Queen
and Christ our King.

Amen.

Closing Prayer

Queen of the Most Holy Rosary
Refuge of the human race
we humbly prostrate ourselves
before your throne,
confident that we shall receive mercy,
grace, assistance, and protection
not through our own inadequate merits
but solely through the great goodness
of your maternal heart.
May the sight of the widespread material
and moral destruction,
the sufferings and sorrows
of countless human beings
move you to compassion.

O Mother of Mercy
Obtain peace for us from God
and procure for us those graces
which prepare, establish and assure that peace.
Queen of peace, pray for us
and give to the world
and to the Philippines
peace in the truth, justice
and the charity of Christ.

Lastly, O Queen of Heaven
As the Church and the entire human race
are consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
so that in reposing all hope in Him
He might become for them
the pledge of victory and salvation;
so we in like manner consecrate ourselves
to you Queen of the Most Holy Rosary,
You, who have chosen to raise
your throne of mercy in Manaoag,
to be the beloved protectress and Patroness
of the Province of Pangasinan,
and from there to bestow your graces on us,
your children, banished in this valley of tears.
Look down with your eyes of mercy upon us,
who are beset with so many dangers of body and soul.
Despise not our petitions,
O Dearest Mother,
but intercede for us before your Divine Son
now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

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