NOVENA In Preparation for the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary – DAY TWO, 25 January

NOVENA In Preparation for the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary – DAY TWO, 25 January

To all faithful Christians who, in private or public, in Church or in their own houses, shall keep any of theNovenas, in preparation for the principal Feasts of Most Holy Mary, Pope Pius VII, at the prayer of several holy persons, granted, by Rescripts issued through his Eminence the Cardinal-Vicar, 4 August and 24 November 1808 and 11 January 1800 (all of which are kept in the Segretaria of the Vicariate) —
i. An Indulgence of 300 days, daily.
ii. A Plenary Indulgence to all who shall assist at these Novenas everyday and, who shall afterwards, either on the Feast Day itself, to which each Novena respectively has reference, or on some one day in its Octave, after Confession and Communion, prayed to our Lord and to the Blessed Virgin, according to the pious intention of the Sovereign Pontiff.

Day Two

Virgin most obedient,
at thy presentation in the Temple
thou didst will, like other women,
to offer the wonted sacrifice:
obtain for us that we too,
following thy example,
may learn how to offer ourselves
as a living sacrifice to God,
by practicing every virtue.
Amen

Hail Mary …..

Litany of The Blessed Virgin Mary – The Litany of Loreto

V. Simeon received an answer from the Holy Ghost.

R. That he should not see death
until he had seen the Christ of the Lord.

Let us Pray

Almighty, everlasting God,
we pray Thy majesty
that as Thine Only-begotten Son
was presented in the Temple
in the substance of our flesh,
so Thou wouldst enable us
to present ourselves before Thee,
with clean hearts.
Amen