O Immaculate
Virgin Mary, Mother of Our Lord Jesus and our Mother, penetrated with
the most lively confidence in thy all-powerful and never-failing intercession,
manifested so often through the Miraculous Medal, we thy loving and
trustful children implore Thee to obtain for us the graces and favors
we ask during this Novena, if they be beneficial to our immortal souls,
and the souls for whom we pray.
[Here
privately form your petitions.]
Thou knowest,
O Mary, how often our souls have been the sanctuaries of thy Son,
Who hates iniquity. Obtain for us then a deep hatred of sin and that
purity of heart which will attach us to God alone so that our every
thought, word and deed may tend to His greater glory. Obtain for us
also a spirit of prayer and self-denial that we may recover by penance
what we have lost by sin and at length attain to that blessed abode
where thou art the Queen of Angels and of men. Amen.
