Month: July 2022

Novena to Our Lady of Assumption

Post author By Anna Theodosis
Post date July 26, 2022

Novena to Our Lady of the Assumption

FEAST: AUGUST 15

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Prayer

Lord Jesus Christ, You have destroyed the power of death and given the hope of eternal life for body and soul. You granted your Mother a special place in your glory, and did not allow decay to touch her body. As we rejoice in the Assumption of Mary, grant us renewed confidence in the victory of life over death. Amen

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9

DAY 1

Immaculate Virgin, Mother of Jesus and our Mother, we believe in your triumphant assumption into heaven where the angels and saints acclaim you as Queen of Heaven and earth.

We join them in praising you and bless the Lord who raised you above all creatures. With them we honour you.

We are confident that you watch over our daily lives and we ask that you intercede for us now.

(Mention your request)

We are comforted by our faith in the coming Resurrection and we look to you for prayers and comfort.

After this earthly life, show us Jesus, the blessed fruit of your womb, O kind, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.

O Queen Assumed into Heaven, pray for us. Amen

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DAY 2

Mary, Assumed into Heaven, we venerate you as the Queen of Heaven and earth.

As you tasted the bitterness of pain and sorrow with your Son on earth, you now enjoy eternal bliss with Him in Heaven.

Loving Queen, intercede for us in our needs.

(Mention your request)

We praise Jesus for giving us such a loving mother.

O Queen Assumed into Heaven, pray for us. Amen

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DAY 3

O Mother, Assumed into Heaven, because you shared in all the mysteries of our Redemption here below, Jesus has crowned you with glory.

With your most glorious and powerful intercession, help us O loving Mother and present to Jesus our request.

(Mention your request)

O Queen assumed into Heaven, pray for us. Amen

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DAY 4

O Dearest Mother Mary, Assumed into Heaven, God placed you at His right hand that you may intercede for his little ones as the Mother of God.

In the midst of all the saints you stand as their Queen and ours — dearer to the Heart of God than any creation. You pray for your children and grant us every grace won by our loving Savior on the Cross.

Please intercede for us in our needs and ask Jesus to grant our request if it be for the good of our souls.

(Mention your request)

O Queen Assumed into Heaven, pray for us. Amen

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DAY 5

O merciful and loving Mother, may your glorious beauty fill our hearts with a distaste for earthly things and an ardent longing for the joys of Heaven.

May your merciful eyes glance down upon our struggles and our weakness in this vale of tears.

Hear then loving Mother, our request and plead to Jesus for us.

(Mention your request)

Crown us with the pure robe of innocence and grace here, and with immortality and glory in Heaven.

O Queen Assumed into Heaven, pray for us. Amen

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DAY 6

Mary, our dear Mother and mighty Queen, take and receive our poor hearts with all their freedom and desires, all the love and all the virtues and graces with which they may be adorned.

All we are and all we might be, all we have and hold in the order of nature as well as of grace, we have received from God through your loving intercession.

Help us dear Mother to surrender to God all that we have, including our petitions.

(Mention your request)

Our Lady and Queen, into your gentle hands, we entrust all, that it may be returned to its noble origin.

O Queen Assumed into Heaven, pray for us. Amen

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DAY 7

Mary, Queen of every heart, accept all that we are and bind us to Jesus with the bonds of love so that we may be yours forever and may be able to say in all truth: "I belong to Jesus through Mary".

Our Mother, Assumed into Heaven and Queen of the Universe, ever-Virgin Mother of God, obtain for us what we ask, if it be for the glory of God and the good of our souls.

(Mention your request)

Our Mother, assumed into Heaven, we love you. Give us a greater love for Jesus and for you.

O Queen Assumed into Heaven, pray for us. Amen

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DAY 8

Mary, Queen Assumed into Heaven, we rejoice that you are the Queen of Heaven and Earth. You have given your holy fiat to God and became the Mother of our Savior.

Obtain peace and salvation for us through your prayers, for you have given birth to Christ our Lord, the Savior of all mankind.

Intercede for us and bring our petitions before the Throne of God.

(Mention your request)

Through your prayers, may our souls be filled with an intense desire to be like you, a humble vessel of the Holy Spirit and a servant of the Almighty God.

Pray for us O Queen Assumed into Heaven, pray for us. Amen

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DAY 9

O Blessed Mother Assumed into Heaven, after years of heroic martyrdom on earth, we rejoice that you have at last been taken to the throne prepared for you in Heaven by the Holy Trinity.

Lift our hearts with you in the glory of your Assumption above the dreadful touch of sin and impurity.

Teach us how small earth becomes when viewed from heaven. Make us realize that death is the triumphant gate through which we shall pass to your Son and that someday our bodies shall rejoin our souls in the unending bliss of heaven.

From this earth, which we tread as pilgrims, we look to you for help.

In honour of your Assumption into Heaven, we ask for this favor.... (Mention your request)

At the hour of our death, lead us safely to the presence of Jesus to enjoy the vision of God for all eternity together with you.

Pray for us O Queen Assumed into Heaven, pray for us, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Amen

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Novena & Intentions to Saint Anne

Post author By Anna Theodosis
Post date July 13, 2022

Novena to Saints Anne & Joachim

FEAST: JULY 26

Pray the novena to Saints Anne & Joachim

Submit your prayer intentions to Saint Anne

Although Scripture is silent about the grandparents of Jesus, tradition tells us that Saints Anne and Joachim were married for many years before God blessed them with a child. During those years, they fasted, prayed and wept, mourning the child that would not come.

Painting of Anne and Joachim with the Blessed Virgin Mary as a Child Years of longing did not weaken their trust in God, but grief eventually drove Saint Joachim into the wilderness to fast and pray. Saint Anne, remaining at home, dressed in mourning clothes and wept because she had no child of her own. Seeing her mistress distressed, a servant girl reminded Anne to put her trust in God. Saint Anne washed her face, put on her bridal clothes and went to a garden to plead with God for a child.

Angels appeared to Saint Anne in her garden and Saint Joachim in the desert, promising that, despite their old age, they would give birth to a child who would be known throughout the world. The new parents ran to meet one another at Jerusalem’s Golden Gate, and rejoiced in the new life which God had promised would be theirs.

When that child became a woman and pronounced her "Fiat" to Saint Gabriel, Saints Anne and Joachim saw an even more wondrous answer to their prayers. Not just a grandchild, but a Savior who was God Himself, Jesus Christ.

July 26, the Church honours these holy grandparents for their prayers, their trust, and most of all for the foundation of faith they laid in the Blessed Virgin Mary’s life.

Beginning on July 17, pray the novena prayer below to Saints Anne and Joachim, trusting in their intercessory power with Our Lord, their Grandson, Jesus Christ.

Novena

To be prayed for nine consecutive days

O Holy Mother and Father of the Blessed Virgin Mary, as parents, you guided and nurtured Mary and, under your protection and love, watched her grow in holiness.

Through your faithfulness and goodness the Will of God was fulfilled; the fruits of your virtue and faith brought salvation to the whole world with the birth of the baby Jesus.

“The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.” (John 1:14)

Most Holy Saints Anne and Joachim, come close to us and guide our hands and our hearts in the way of virtue.

Help us to parent our children and grandchildren with a gentle heart as you did.

Show us how to raise our children in faith and bring our families into the Light of Jesus.

Remain close to us and help us on our journey to salvation.

Saints Anne and Joachim, we place our petitions in your hands and ask that you lay them before the child Jesus.

Seek this, my favour [Mention your request] but only if it be for the greater glory of God and the good of my soul.

Our Father....
Hail Mary....
Glory Be to the Father....

St. Anne and St. Joachim: Pray for Us!

PRAYER INTENTIONS TO SAINT ANNE

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Dear Saint Anne, please answer my prayers!

Yes, please take my intentions to the feet of Saint Anne at the Miraculous Shrine of Saint Anne de Beaupré in Quebec, Canada.

This will take place on July 26th, the feast day of Saint Anne celebrated by the Catholic faithful all over the world.

No request is too great or too small for the grandmother of Our Lord Jesus Christ!

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“Canada Needs Our Lady’ Is a Crusade to Restore Canada

Post author By Anna Theodosis
Post date July 8, 2022

‘Canada Needs Our Lady’ Is a Crusade to Restore Canada

JULY 1, 2022 | BY JOSEPH GENSENS

To address the moral crisis facing the nation today, the Canadian Society for the Defence of Christian Civilization started a special campaign called Canada Needs Our Lady. Founded in 2014, the campaign is a spiritual crusade to win the hearts and minds of Canadians for Mary Most Holy.

This crusade promotes and defends the values of Catholic civilization. From its main office in Saint Hubert, Quebec, members reach out to concerned families and individuals, using every means to spread the message of Our Lady of Fatima.

Going into the streets: Public Square Rosary Rallies, and Marches for Life

Canada Needs Our Lady seeks to engage the culture through a variety of means.

One powerful way of spreading the Catholic faith today is through public prayer. Indeed, public prayer is a way of making reparation for all the public sins committed today. Each year, Canada Needs Our Lady organizes hundreds of Public Square Rosary Rallies across the country. On October 16, 2021, there were an encouraging 649 Rosary rallies throughout the country.

A big highlight of this effort was the 2017 celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Our Lady of Fatima’s apparitions. The rallies held in October of that year showed the enthusiasm of the participants. One rosary rally captain in Regina, Saskatchewan reported on her rally of 60 people that “Attendees doubled this year. . . Our Blessed Mother was touching and calling everyone to come.”

The Rosary Rallies organized in October 2020 faced difficult challenges because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdowns. The situation looked bleak because of the obstacles. However, when the Rosary Rallies took place, the final tally was 351!

Each year, Canada Needs Our Lady also joins thousands of pro-lifers at the National March for Life in Ottawa. Young volunteers play Marian hymns on bagpipes and drums to encourage the marchers as they take a stand for the unborn.

Going into Homes: The Fatima home visits, and Rosary Mailings

A crucial part of the Canada Needs Our Lady campaign is its home visitation program, spreading devotion to Our Lady of Fatima. A Canada Needs Our Lady custodian visits Catholics in their houses with a large statue of Our Lady of Fatima. He speaks about the importance of Our Lady’s message for today and gives the “homework” asked by Our Blessed Mother—prayer, the Holy Rosary, making sacrifices for poor sinners, and amendment of life.

During the home visits, the custodian focuses on the Five First Saturday’s devotion, which Our Lady asked as a means to make reparation for all the blasphemies and offences against her Immaculate Heart. The visit always concludes with the Rosary.

When Our Lady gave the Holy Rosary to Saint Dominic in 1214, she called it a “battering ram” against evil. Canada Needs Our Lady puts this powerful weapon into the hands of Catholics through home mailings. In the last eight years, over 275,000 rosaries have been distributed by mail to homes around the country.

Going Online: The e-mail and e-protest campaigns

Another part of this crusade to win Canada for Mary is the e-mail and e-protest campaigns. Canada Needs Our Lady uses modern e-mail techniques to protest against an ever-increasing number of blasphemies and attacks against Our Lord, Our Lady, and the Catholic faith.

During Christmas 2020, Canada Needs Our Lady organized an e-protest to prevent the removal of a Nativity scene in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Every year for the past 65 years, the Knights of Columbus of Thunder Bay have put up a Nativity scene in the city’s Connaught Square without a problem.

A local man Vic Germaniuk protested to the city explaining: “If city council does not rescind this parochial display, then in all fairness, the city and its parks must give way to other religious orders, such as the satanic temple, a Muslim display, a Buddhist shrine… or shut the whole thing down and remain neutral.” 1

A group of four Satanists took up this man’s cause and in a letter to the city council stated that “giving favours to one specific religious organization or creed...is not a practice befitting a public institution which is meant to represent constituents of dozens of different faiths."2

Moving Forward With the Certainty of Victory

There are few natural solutions to the present problems in Canada. That is why Canada Needs Our Lady can look to the future with courage and faith. With the most powerful weapon, the Holy Rosary, the Faithful can wage war against the devil with the certainty of victory. When Our Lady appeared at Fatima in 1917, she foretold the crisis, but she also proclaimed her victory, saying, “Finally, my Immaculate Heart will triumph.” With this in mind, Canada Needs Our Lady moves forward with confidence in the crusade to win hearts and minds for Mary Most Holy.

Footnotes:

1. https://www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/nativity-doesnt-belong-on-city-land-resident-says-3176662
2. https://www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/satanists-speak-out-against-nativity-display-on-city-land-3201817

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Our Lady of Mount Carmel and the Brown Scapular

Post author By Anna Theodosis
Post date July 5, 2022

Our Lady of Mount Carmel and the Brown Scapular

FEAST: JULY 16

One day, a long time ago, walking the streets of Rome, three outstanding men of God bumped into one another. Friar Dominic of Guzman was recruiting members for the Order of Preachers, later known as the “Dominicans,” which he had founded. Brother Francis of Assisi, the Poverello, had just brought together some men to serve what he called Lady Poverty. The third, Friar Angel, had come from Mount Carmel in Palestine, and was called to Rome because he was a great preacher.

Illuminated by the Holy Ghost, the three recognized one another, and during the conversation made many prophecies. Saint Angel, for example, predicted God would give Saint Francis the stigmata. And Saint Dominic prophesied:

“One day, Brother Angel, the Blessed Mother will give your Carmelite Order a devotion that will be known as the Brown Scapular, and to my Order of Preachers a devotion that will be called the Rosary. And one day she will save the world through the Rosary and the Scapular.”

On the spot where that meeting took place, a chapel was built which exists in Rome to this day. 1

Mother and Splendour of Carmel

It was on the celebrated Mount Carmel, on the coast of Palestine, that Saint Elias, the “Prophet of Fire,” saw the little cloud that, in a period of great drought, was a forerunning sign that a redeeming rain would fall upon the parched earth.

Pilgrims at the grotto of St Elias, Mt Carmel Pilgrims at the grotto of St Elias, Mount Carmel, near Haifa, Israel Through a supernatural intuition he figured that the simple cloud, in the form of a human footprint, symbolized that blessed woman, later mentioned by Prophet Isaiah in chapter 7, verse 14 (“Behold a virgin will conceive, and bear a child . . . .”), who would be the Mother of the Redeemer.

From her virginal bosom would come He who, washing with His blood the earth dried out by sin, would open the life of grace for mankind.

According to tradition, the Order of Carmel, of which Mary is the Mother and splendour, was born from the followers of Elias and his successors.

And, in Isaias’ words, “[T]he glory of Libanus is given to it: the beauty of Carmel, and Saron” (Is. 35:2).

From Palestine, the hermits of Mount Carmel moved to Europe, laying down roots in several countries, including England, where Saint Simon Stock lived.

Saint Simon Stock: Noble and Holy

Saint Simon was born in 1165 in the castle of Harford, in Kent, England, thanks to the prayers of pious parents who were both very virtuous and from the highest nobility. Some authors believe they were related to the royal family.

His mother consecrated him to the Blessed Mother before he was born. Before breastfeeding him, in gratitude for her happy delivery and asking special protection for her son, the young mother would offer him to the Virgin Mary and say three Hail Marys on her knees. What a beautiful attitude by such a noble lady!

The boy learned to read at a very tender age. Like his parents, he began to pray the Little Office of Our Lady, and soon also the Psalter. At the age of seven, the young genius started to study fine arts at Oxford College and was so successful that his professors were surprised. At that time he also received his First Communion and consecrated his virginity to the Blessed Mother.

Persecuted by his envious older brother, and heeding an interior voice that gave Saint Simon a desire to leave the world, at the age of twelve he left home and found refuge in a forest where he lived entirely alone for twenty years in prayer and penance.

The Carmelite Order

Our Lady appears to St Simon Stock, by Lawrence OP, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic

Our Lady then manifested to Saint Simon her wish that he join some monks who were to come to England from Mount Carmel in Palestine, “especially because those religious had been consecrated to the Mother of God in a special way.” Simon thus left his solitude and, obeying another order from Heaven, studied theology and received Holy Orders.

Our Lady and St Simon Stock Representation of Our Lady giving the scapular to St Simon Stock He devoted himself to preaching until 1213, when two Carmelite friars finally arrived. He was then able to receive the habit of the Order in Aylesford.

In 1215, as the fame of Saint Simon’s virtues reached the ears of Saint Brocardo, Latin General of the Carmelite Order, he wished to make Simon lieutenant general of the Order. In 1226, Saint Brocardo appointed Saint Simon vicar-general of all Carmelite provinces in Europe.

Saint Simon had to face a real storm unleashed against the Carmelites in Europe, which the devil raised with men supposedly zealous for Church laws. On various pretexts, those men wanted at all cost to suppress the entire Order. But the pope issued a bull declaring the existence of the Carmelite Order to be legitimate and in accordance with the Lateran decrees, and allowed it to continue to establish new houses in Europe.

In 1237, Saint Simon participated in the General Chapter of the Order in the Holy Land. In 1245, in a new chapter, he was elected the sixth prior-general of the Carmelites.

The Great Promise

YOU WILL NOT GO INTO THE FIRE OF HELL

If the papal bull had momentarily placated the wrath of the enemies of Carmel, it did not stop it completely. After a period of calm, the persecution started again with more intensity.

Devoid of human aid, Saint Simon resorted to the Blessed Mother with all the sadness of his heart, asking her to help his beleaguered Order and to send a sign of her alliance with it.

In the morning of July 16, 1251, he was begging in earnest the Mother of Carmel for her protection, reciting a beautiful prayer he had composed, Flos Carmeli. 2 As he reported to his secretary and confessor, Father Peter Swayngton:

"Suddenly the Virgin appeared to me with a great retinue, and, having the habit of the Order in her hand, told me, “Receive, My beloved son, this habit of thy order: this shall be to thee and to all Carmelites a privilege, that whosoever dies clothed in this shall never suffer eternal fire . . . . It shall be a sign of salvation, a protection in danger, and a pledge of peace. Whoever dies clothed in this Scapular will not suffer eternal fire." 3

That most special grace was immediately distributed in places where the Carmelites were established and confirmed by many miracles to such an extent that the enemies of the Brothers of the Most Holy Virgin of Mount Carmel were silenced.

Saint Simon attained old age and extremely high holiness, working many miracles, and also receiving the gift of tongues. He surrendered his soul to God on May 16, 1265.

The Sabbatine Privilege

FREE OF PURGATORY ON THE FIRST SATURDAY AFTER DEATH

In addition to this special grace of eternal salvation, connected with the Scapular, Our Lady gave another, which became known as the Sabbatine Privilege. The following century, on March 3, 1322, she appeared to Pope John XXII, communicating to those who wear her scapular, “As a tender mother, I will descend into Purgatory on the Saturday after their death and will deliver them and bring them to the holy mountain, into the happy sojourn of life everlasting.” 4

What are the specific promises of Our Lady?

1. Whoever dies clothed with the Scapular, will not suffer the fire of Hell.

What did Our Lady mean with these words? First, on making this promise, Mary does not mean that a person who dies in mortal sin will be saved. Death in mortal sin and condemnation are the same thing. Mary’s promise undoubtedly translates into these words, “Whoever dies clothed in this Scapular, will not die in mortal sin.” To make that clear, the Church often adds the word “piously” to the pledge, “He who dies piously will not suffer the fire of Hell.” 5

2. Our Lady will free from Purgatory the person wearing her Scapular on the first Saturday after his or her death.

Although this privilege is often interpreted literally, that is, the person will be freed from Purgatory on the first Saturday after his or her death, “everything that the Church has officially stated on several occasions to explain these words, is that those who fulfill the conditions of the Sabbatine Privilege, through the intercession of Our Lady, will be freed from Purgatory shortly after death, and especially on Saturday.” 6

In any case, if we are faithful in observing the words of the Blessed Mother, she will be much more faithful in observing her own, as shown in the following example:

During the preaching of some missions, a young man who was touched by grace decided to quit his life of sin and receive the Scapular. Some time later he lapsed again into disorderly passions and became even worse. Nevertheless, he kept wearing the holy Scapular.

Being the mother that she is, the Most Holy Virgin struck him down with a serious illness. During his illness the young man dreamed that he found himself before the most just tribunal of God, Who condemned him to eternal damnation for his perfidy and his wretched life.

In vain did the hapless young man argue with the Supreme Judge that he was wearing the Scapular of His Holy Mother.

“And where are the customs that match this Scapular?” God asked him.

Not knowing what to answer, the unfortunate young man turned to Our Lady.

“I cannot undo what my Son has done,” she answered.

“But, Madam!” The young man exclaimed, “I will change!”

“Do you promise?”

“Yes.”

“Live then.”

At that point the patient awakened frightened to death by what he had seen and heard, and resolved thenceforth to wear Mary’s Scapular with greater seriousness. Indeed, he was healed and joined the Order of Premonstratensians. And after an edifying life, he surrendered his soul to God, as the chronicles of the Order narrate. 7

The Scapular and Fatima

IS THE SCAPULAR RELATED TO FATIMA IN ANY WAY?

Yes. After the last appearance of Our Lady at Cova da Iria, the seers saw three different scenes. In the first, the Mother of God appeared as Our Lady of the Rosary, standing by Saint Joseph and holding the Child Jesus on her lap. Then, she appeared as Our Lady of Sorrows, by the painful Christ on His way to Calvary. And finally, she appeared in glory, crowned as Queen of Heaven and Earth, as Our Lady of Carmel, with the Scapular in her hand.

“Why do you think Our Lady appeared with the Scapular in that last vision?” Lucia was asked in 1950.

“That’s because Our Lady wants everyone to wear the Scapular,” she replied.

“And this is why the Rosary and the Scapular, the oldest, most privileged, universal and valuable Marian sacramentals are more important today than in any past period in history.” 8

Origin and Historical Evolution of the Scapular

Both the Scapular (from the Latin scapulae, shoulders), and the monastic habit and liturgical vestments developed from lay clothing.

Our Lady of Mt Carmel and the brown Scapular Statue of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in the Church of Holy Mary of Carmel in Traspontina in Rome, Italy Over time, the monastic Scapular evolved until the twelfth century when it attained its present form, becoming an integral part of almost all monastic habits, including the Carmelite one. But it did not have the meaning that it later acquired, as we shall see.

With the development of the First Orders (monks or friars), there arose the Second Orders (nuns), and then the Third Orders or Oblates, formed by single or married lay people living with their families.

Members of the Third Orders were bound to the First Orders by vows or promises according to their state, and participated in the spiritual benefits of the Order.

These Third Order members received a simpler religious habit, which they wore every day or, more commonly, only on Sundays and religious feast days.

Later came the Confraternities for lay people unable to join the Third Orders.

According to Father María Simón Besalduch, the Confraternity of Our Lady of Carmel is as old as the Scapular.

Footnotes:

1. Cf. John Haffert, Maria na sua promessa do Escapulário (Edições Carmelo, Aveiro, Portugal, 1967), 265–266.
2. In Latin, that beautiful prayer says, “Flos Carmeli, Vitis florigera, Splendor Coeli, Virgo puerpera, Singularis; Mater mitis, sede viri nescia. Carmelitis da privilegia, Stella maris!” (Flower of Carmel, blossoming vine, Splendor of Heaven, incomparable and singular Virgin! O loving and ever virgin Mother, give Carmelites the privileges of thy protection, of Star of the Sea!).
3. Monsignor Paul Guérin, Les Petits Bollandistes (Bloud et Barral, Paris, 1882), 592.
4. Father Simón Ma. Besalduch, OCD, Enciclopedia del Escapulario del Carmen (Luis Gili Editor, Librería Católica Internacional, Barcelona, 1931), 243-293.
5. John Haffert, supra note 1, at 34.
6. Id. at 112.
7. Father Simón Ma. Besalduch, OCD, supra note 4, at 167.
8. John Haffert, supra note 1, at 269, 272.

Article courtesy of AmericaNeedsFatima.org. Written by Plinio Maria Solimeo, June 20, 2016

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Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Post author By Anna Theodosis
Post date July 4, 2022

Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel

FEAST: JULY 16

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9

Three Day Novena

NINE DAY NOVENA

First Day

O Beautiful Flower of Carmel, most fruitful vine, splendour of heaven, holy and singular, who brought forth the Son of God, still ever remaining a pure virgin, assist us in our necessity! O Star of the Sea, help and protect us!

Show us that you are our Mother! (Mention your request here)

Our Father....
Hail Mary....
Glory Be....
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.

Second Day

Most Holy Mary, Our Mother, in your great love for us you gave us the Holy Scapular of Mount Carmel, having heard the prayers of your chosen son Saint Simon Stock. Help us now to wear it faithfully and with devotion.

May it be a sign to us of our desire to grow in holiness. (Mention your request here)

Our Father....
Hail Mary....
Glory Be....
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.

Third Day

O Queen of Heaven, you gave us the Scapular as an outward sign by which we might be known as your faithful children. May we always wear it with honour by avoiding sin and imitating your virtues.

Help us to be faithful to this desire of ours. (Mention your request here)

Our Father....
Hail Mary....
Glory Be....
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.

Fourth Day

When you gave us, Gracious Lady, the Scapular as our Habit, you called us to be not only servants, but also your own children. We ask you to gain for us from your Son the grace to live as your children in joy, peace and love. (Mention your request here)

Our Father....
Hail Mary....
Glory Be....
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.

Fifth Day

O Mother of Fair Love, through your goodness, as your children, we are called to live in the spirit of Carmel. Help us to live in charity with one another, prayerful as Elijah of old, and mindful of our call to minister to God's people. (Mention your request here)

Our Father....
Hail Mary....
Glory Be....
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.

Sixth Day

With loving provident care, O Mother Most Amiable, you covered us with your Scapular as a shield of defense against the Evil One. Through your assistance, may we bravely struggle against the powers of evil, always open to your Son Jesus Christ. (Mention your request here)

Our Father....
Hail Mary....
Glory Be....
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.

Seventh Day

O Mary, Help of Christians, you assured us that wearing your Scapular worthily would keep us safe from harm. Protect us in both body and soul with your continual aid. May all that we do be pleasing to your Son and to you. (Mention your request here)

Our Father....
Hail Mary....
Glory Be....
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.

Eighth Day

You give us hope, O Mother of Mercy, that through your Scapular promise we might quickly pass through the fires of purgatory to the Kingdom of your Son. Be our comfort and our hope. Grant that our hope may not be in vain but that, ever faithful to your Son and to you, we may speedily enjoy after death the blessed company of Jesus and the saints. (Mention your request here)

Our Father....
Hail Mary....
Glory Be....
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.

Ninth Day

O Most Holy Mother of Mount Carmel, when asked by a saint to grant privileges to the family of Carmel, you gave assurance of your Motherly love and help to those faithful to you and to your Son. Behold us, your children.

We glory in wearing your holy habit, which makes us members of your family of Carmel, through which we shall have your powerful protection in life, at death and even after death.

Look down with love, O Gate of Heaven, on all those now in their last agony!

Look down graciously, O Virgin, Flower of Carmel, on all those in need of help!

Look down mercifully, O Mother of our Saviour, on all those who do not know that they are numbered among your children.

Look down tenderly, O Queen of All Saints, on the poor souls! (Mention your request here)

Our Father....
Hail Mary....
Glory Be....
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.

THREE DAY NOVENA

Say this prayer for 3 consecutive days

Oh, most beautiful flower of Mount Carmel, fruitful vine, splendour of Heaven.

Oh, Blessed Mother of the Son of God; Immaculate Virgin, assist me in my necessity.

Oh, Star of the Sea, help me and show me you are my Mother.

Oh, Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to succour me in my necessity.

(Mention your request here)

There are none that can withstand your power.

Oh, Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee. (say three times).

Holy Mary, I place this prayer in your hands. (say three times). Amen

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Novena to Our Lady of the Assumption

FEAST: AUGUST 15

Prayer

DAY 1

DAY 2

DAY 3

DAY 4

DAY 5

DAY 6

DAY 7

DAY 8

DAY 9

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Novena to Saints Anne & Joachim

FEAST: JULY 26

Novena

To be prayed for nine consecutive days

PRAYER INTENTIONS TO SAINT ANNE

Dear Saint Anne, please answer my prayers!

‘Canada Needs Our Lady’ Is a Crusade to Restore Canada

JULY 1, 2022 | BY JOSEPH GENSENS

Going into the streets: Public Square Rosary Rallies, and Marches for Life

Going into Homes: The Fatima home visits, and Rosary Mailings

Going Online: The e-mail and e-protest campaigns

Moving Forward With the Certainty of Victory

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Our Lady of Mount Carmel and the Brown Scapular

FEAST: JULY 16

Mother and Splendour of Carmel

Saint Simon Stock: Noble and Holy

The Carmelite Order

The Great Promise

YOU WILL NOT GO INTO THE FIRE OF HELL

The Sabbatine Privilege

FREE OF PURGATORY ON THE FIRST SATURDAY AFTER DEATH

What are the specific promises of Our Lady?

1. Whoever dies clothed with the Scapular, will not suffer the fire of Hell.

2. Our Lady will free from Purgatory the person wearing her Scapular on the first Saturday after his or her death.

The Scapular and Fatima

IS THE SCAPULAR RELATED TO FATIMA IN ANY WAY?

Origin and Historical Evolution of the Scapular

Article courtesy of AmericaNeedsFatima.org. Written by Plinio Maria Solimeo, June 20, 2016

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Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel

FEAST: JULY 16

NINE DAY NOVENA

First Day

Second Day

Third Day

Fourth Day

Fifth Day

Sixth Day

Seventh Day

Eighth Day

Ninth Day

THREE DAY NOVENA

Say this prayer for 3 consecutive days

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