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Novena in Honour of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Temple – The Ninth Day

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Novena in Honour of the Presentation
of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Temple

Feast Day of the Presentation is 21 November

The Ninth Day

Extract 9 – On How to Prepare to Celebrate
a Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary
By St Alphonsus Liguori (1697-1787)
Most Zealous Doctor

“ Finally, on the day of the Feast, after Communion, we should offer ourselves for the service of this divine mother, by asking of her the grace of the virtue proposed in the Novena, or some other specia favour.,
And, it is well every year, to set apart, among others, some Feasts of the Virgin, to which we have the greatest devotion and tenderness and, to make a particular preparation for this, by dedicating ourselves anew and, in a more especial manner, to her service – choosing her for our Lady, Advocate and Mother.
Then we should ask pardon for our negligence in her service during the past year, promising her greater fidelity for the year that is to come.
In a word, let us pray her to accept us as her servants and obtain for us, a holy death.”

The Novena Prayers

“Whoever is a little one, let him come to me” (Prov. 9:4).

Kindly and lovable art thou in thy splendour, O holy Mother of God!
Show me thy face. Let thy words sound in my ears, for thy voice is sweet and thy face is beautiful. Turn to us in thy beauty and loveliness!
Come forth in majesty and reign!
Hail Mary…

O blessed Mother of God, Mary ever Virgin, Temple of the Lord, Sanctuary of the Holy Ghost, thou alone, without an equal hast pleased Our Lord Jesus Christ!
Hail Mary…

Happy indeed art thou, O holy Virgin Mary and most worthy of all praise, for from thee arose the Sun of Justice, Christ our Lord.
Draw us, O Immaculate Virgin; we shall come after thee breathing the sweet fragrance of thy virtues.
Hail Mary…

The Blessed Virgin speaks:
I have asked the Lord for one thing and this shall I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life that I may enjoy the delights of the Lord and visit His temple (Ps. 26:4).

In the holy dwelling place I have ministered before Him (Ecclus. 24:14).

 V. Grant that I may praise thee, O holy Virgin.
 R. Give me strength against thy enemies.

Let us pray. O God, Who has willed that the Blessed Virgin Mary, herself the dwelling place of the Holy Ghost, should this day be presented in the temple, grant, we pray Thee, that through her intercession, we may be found worthy to be presented in the temple of Thy glory and that our special petition may be heard and granted. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

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Novena in Honour of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Temple – The Eighth Day

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Novena in Honour of the Presentation
of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Temple

Feast Day of the Presentation is 21 November

The Eighth Day

Extract 8 – On How to Prepare to Celebrate
a Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary
By St Alphonsus Liguori (1697-1787)
Most Zealous Doctor

“The servants of Mary are very attentive and fervent in celebrating the Novenas of her Feasts and, during these, the holy Virgin, full of love, dispenses to them innumerable and special blessings.
…[Forget not], on the Vigil of the Feast, to fast … ”

The Novena Prayers

“Whoever is a little one, let him come to me” (Prov. 9:4).

Kindly and lovable art thou in thy splendour, O holy Mother of God!
Show me thy face. Let thy words sound in my ears, for thy voice is sweet and thy face is beautiful. Turn to us in thy beauty and loveliness!
Come forth in majesty and reign!
Hail Mary…

O blessed Mother of God, Mary ever Virgin, Temple of the Lord, Sanctuary of the Holy Ghost, thou alone, without an equal hast pleased Our Lord Jesus Christ!
Hail Mary…

Happy indeed art thou, O holy Virgin Mary and most worthy of all praise, for from thee arose the Sun of Justice, Christ our Lord.
Draw us, O Immaculate Virgin; we shall come after thee breathing the sweet fragrance of thy virtues.
Hail Mary…

The Blessed Virgin speaks:
I have asked the Lord for one thing and this shall I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life that I may enjoy the delights of the Lord and visit His temple (Ps. 26:4).

In the holy dwelling place I have ministered before Him (Ecclus. 24:14).

 V. Grant that I may praise thee, O holy Virgin.
 R. Give me strength against thy enemies.

Let us pray. O God, Who has willed that the Blessed Virgin Mary, herself the dwelling place of the Holy Ghost, should this day be presented in the temple, grant, we pray Thee, that through her intercession, we may be found worthy to be presented in the temple of Thy glory and that our special petition may be heard and granted. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

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Novena in Honour of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Temple – The Seventh Day

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Novena in Honour of the Presentation
of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Temple

Feast Day of the Presentation is 21 November

The Seventh Day

Extract 6 – On How to Prepare to Celebrate
a Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary
By St Alphonsus Liguori (1697-1787)
Most Zealous Doctor

“Although the Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary had not as yet been declared a Dogma of Faith, nevertheless, St Alphonsus maintained it firmly and highly commended those members of his Congregation who, on finishing their theological studies took a vow, if necessary, to give their blood and their life, in defence of this holy Doctrine.
He said, “although faith does not oblige us to accept this prerogative of the Blessed Virgin as a truth revealed by God, still, all that is wanting is the formal declaration of the Church.
Would that I had the happiness to live to see the definition of this Article of faith.” [Sadly we know that St Alphonsus died 67 years before Pope Pius IX declared the Dogma in 1854 in the Papal Bull “Ineffabilis Deus.”

… The Blessed Mother rewarded her faithful servant even here on earth, for the devotion he showed towards her.
It can truly be said that in all doubts, she was his Counsellor and, in all undertakings, his trusted Guide.”

The Novena Prayers

“Whoever is a little one, let him come to me” (Prov. 9:4).

Kindly and lovable art thou in thy splendour, O holy Mother of God!
Show me thy face. Let thy words sound in my ears, for thy voice is sweet and thy face is beautiful. Turn to us in thy beauty and loveliness!
Come forth in majesty and reign!
Hail Mary…

O blessed Mother of God, Mary ever Virgin, Temple of the Lord, Sanctuary of the Holy Ghost, thou alone, without an equal hast pleased Our Lord Jesus Christ!
Hail Mary…

Happy indeed art thou, O holy Virgin Mary and most worthy of all praise, for from thee arose the Sun of Justice, Christ our Lord.
Draw us, O Immaculate Virgin; we shall come after thee breathing the sweet fragrance of thy virtues.
Hail Mary…

The Blessed Virgin speaks:
I have asked the Lord for one thing and this shall I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life that I may enjoy the delights of the Lord and visit His temple (Ps. 26:4).

In the holy dwelling place I have ministered before Him (Ecclus. 24:14).

 V. Grant that I may praise thee, O holy Virgin.
 R. Give me strength against thy enemies.

Let us pray. O God, Who has willed that the Blessed Virgin Mary, herself the dwelling place of the Holy Ghost, should this day be presented in the temple, grant, we pray Thee, that through her intercession, we may be found worthy to be presented in the temple of Thy glory and that our special petition may be heard and granted. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

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Novena in Honour of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Temple – The Sixth Day

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Novena in Honour of the Presentation
of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Temple

Feast Day of the Presentation is 21 November

The Sixth Day

Extract 6 – On How to Prepare to Celebrate
a Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary
By St Alphonsus Liguori (1697-1787)
Most Zealous Doctor

“O men!” he exclaims in the Glories Of Mary “why do you not love Mary who is so loving and deserving of love and so faithful here on earth.
She obtains for us, an abundance of consolation and of grace and, in Heaven, eternal glory from her Divine Son.
O Mary, Mary, thou art more beautiful than all creatures; thou art, after Jesus, more lovable than anything man can love; thou meritest our esteem more, than all created beings; thou art dearer than all which can rejoice the human heart.
Have compassion on my poor heart; yes, poor indeed it is, for it does not love thee as much as it should.
But thou canst inflame me with thy holy love.
So then, O Virgin Mary, turn thy loving eyes toward me; look upon me, draw me to thee and next to God, make me love nothing but thee, O thou most tender and loving Mother of Jesus and my spiritual Mother!”

The Novena Prayers

“Whoever is a little one, let him come to me” (Prov. 9:4).

Kindly and lovable art thou in thy splendour, O holy Mother of God!
Show me thy face. Let thy words sound in my ears, for thy voice is sweet and thy face is beautiful. Turn to us in thy beauty and loveliness!
Come forth in majesty and reign!
Hail Mary…

O blessed Mother of God, Mary ever Virgin, Temple of the Lord, Sanctuary of the Holy Ghost, thou alone, without an equal hast pleased Our Lord Jesus Christ!
Hail Mary…

Happy indeed art thou, O holy Virgin Mary and most worthy of all praise, for from thee arose the Sun of Justice, Christ our Lord.
Draw us, O Immaculate Virgin; we shall come after thee breathing the sweet fragrance of thy virtues.
Hail Mary…

The Blessed Virgin speaks:
I have asked the Lord for one thing and this shall I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life that I may enjoy the delights of the Lord and visit His temple (Ps. 26:4).

In the holy dwelling place I have ministered before Him (Ecclus. 24:14).

 V. Grant that I may praise thee, O holy Virgin.
 R. Give me strength against thy enemies.

Let us pray. O God, Who has willed that the Blessed Virgin Mary, herself the dwelling place of the Holy Ghost, should this day be presented in the temple, grant, we pray Thee, that through her intercession, we may be found worthy to be presented in the temple of Thy glory and that our special petition may be heard and granted. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

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Novena in Honour of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Temple – The Fifth Day

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Novena in Honour of the Presentation
of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Temple

Feast Day of the Presentation is 21 November

The Fifth Day

Extract 5 – On How to Prepare to Celebrate
a Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary
By St Alphonsus Liguori (1697-1787)
Most Zealous Doctor

“It was our Saint who first introduced the custom of saluting the Blessed Virgin Mary after the visit to the Blessed Sacrament.
He never allowed an opportunity of recommending devotion to the Blessed Virgin slip by.
If anyone came to visit him or to seek advice, he always found an opportunity to introduce, into the conversation, a word or two in honour of the Mother of God.
“She is our Mother,” he would say, “she must bring us to Heaven, she must assist us in the hour of death. How unhappy we should be, did this exalted Queen of Heaven not intercede for us!”
This devotion he recommended with particular emphasis to the young.
A youth who had been accepted into the Congregation, desired to visit him before entering the Novitiate, in order to receive his blessing.
The first words our Saint addressed to him were:
“Strive earnestly to acquire a great devotion to the Blessed Sacrament and to the Blessed Virgin Mary.”

Then, after he had blessed the youth, he continued: “My dear son, if you wish to persevere have great reverence for the Mother of God; if you fail to do so, you will lose your vocation.
The Blessed Virgin Mary is the Mother of perseverance.
Call upon her in the morning when you arise and say to her:
“Most Holy Virgin, thou art my Mother and my Queen;
I recommend myself to thee;
assist me that I may not lose my God.
Obtain for me, O my Queen,
a great and constant love for God,
the grace to serve Him faithfully
in this Congregation to which He has called me
and finally, the happiness to die in the grace of God
and as thy faithful servant.”

The Novena Prayers

“Whoever is a little one, let him come to me” (Prov. 9:4).

Kindly and lovable art thou in thy splendour, O holy Mother of God!
Show me thy face. Let thy words sound in my ears, for thy voice is sweet and thy face is beautiful. Turn to us in thy beauty and loveliness!
Come forth in majesty and reign!
Hail Mary…

O blessed Mother of God, Mary ever Virgin, Temple of the Lord, Sanctuary of the Holy Ghost, thou alone, without an equal hast pleased Our Lord Jesus Christ!
Hail Mary…

Happy indeed art thou, O holy Virgin Mary and most worthy of all praise, for from thee arose the Sun of Justice, Christ our Lord.
Draw us, O Immaculate Virgin; we shall come after thee breathing the sweet fragrance of thy virtues.
Hail Mary…

The Blessed Virgin speaks:
I have asked the Lord for one thing and this shall I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life that I may enjoy the delights of the Lord and visit His temple (Ps. 26:4).

In the holy dwelling place I have ministered before Him (Ecclus. 24:14).

 V. Grant that I may praise thee, O holy Virgin.
 R. Give me strength against thy enemies.

Let us pray. O God, Who has willed that the Blessed Virgin Mary, herself the dwelling place of the Holy Ghost, should this day be presented in the temple, grant, we pray Thee, that through her intercession, we may be found worthy to be presented in the temple of Thy glory and that our special petition may be heard and granted. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

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Novena in Honour of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Temple – The Third Day

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Novena in Honour of the Presentation
of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Temple

Feast Day of the Presentation is 21 November

The Third Day

Extract 3 – On How to Prepare to Celebrate
a Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary
By St Alphonsus Liguori (1697-1787)
Most Zealous Doctor

“The honohr most dear to the Virgin, is the imitation of her virtues; wherefore, it is well, in every Novena, to propose to one’s self, some special virtue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, particularly adapted to the mystery,
As for example, on the Feast of the Conception, purity of intention;
of her Nativity, the renewing of the spirit and the awakening from tepidity;
of her Presentation, detachment from something to which we are most attached;
of the Annunciation, humility in bearing contempt, &c;
of the Visitation, charity towards the neighbour, alms-giving, &c, or at least, the praying for sinners;
of the Purification, obedience to superiors
and finally, of the Assumption, the practice of detachment, and doing all things as a preparation for death, living as if everyday were to be the last.
In this way, the Novena will prove of great service.”

The Novena Prayers

“Whoever is a little one, let him come to me” (Prov. 9:4).

Kindly and lovable art thou in thy splendour, O holy Mother of God!
Show me thy face. Let thy words sound in my ears, for thy voice is sweet and thy face is beautiful. Turn to us in thy beauty and loveliness!
Come forth in majesty and reign!
Hail Mary…

O blessed Mother of God, Mary ever Virgin, Temple of the Lord, Sanctuary of the Holy Ghost, thou alone, without an equal hast pleased Our Lord Jesus Christ!
Hail Mary…

Happy indeed art thou, O holy Virgin Mary and most worthy of all praise, for from thee arose the Sun of Justice, Christ our Lord.
Draw us, O Immaculate Virgin; we shall come after thee breathing the sweet fragrance of thy virtues.
Hail Mary…

The Blessed Virgin speaks:
I have asked the Lord for one thing and this shall I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life that I may enjoy the delights of the Lord and visit His temple (Ps. 26:4).

In the holy dwelling place I have ministered before Him (Ecclus. 24:14).

 V. Grant that I may praise thee, O holy Virgin.
 R. Give me strength against thy enemies.

Let us pray. O God, Who has willed that the Blessed Virgin Mary, herself the dwelling place of the Holy Ghost, should this day be presented in the temple, grant, we pray Thee, that through her intercession, we may be found worthy to be presented in the temple of Thy glory and that our special petition may be heard and granted. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

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Novena in Honour of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Temple – The Second Day

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Novena in Honour of the Presentation
of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Temple

Feast Day of the Presentation is 21 November

The Second Day

Extract 2 – On How to Prepare to Celebrate
a Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary
By St Alphonsus Liguori (1697-1787)
Most Zealous Doctor

“But better than all others, are the practices in these Novenas, of internal mortifications – as abstaining from the indulgence of curiosity, either through the eye or the ear;
remaining retired and silent;
obeying, not answering with impatience;
bearing contradictions and other things of the sort, which may be used with less danger of vainglory and greater merit
and, for these, the permission of a director is not needed.
The most useful exercise is to propose, at the beginning, the amending of some fault into which we are most liable to fall.
And, to this end, it is well, at each of the visits above-named, to ask pardon for some past sin, renew the intention of avoiding it in future and implore the help of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in keeping this resolution.”

The Novena Prayers

“Whoever is a little one, let him come to me” (Prov. 9:4).

Kindly and lovable art thou in thy splendour, O holy Mother of God!
Show me thy face. Let thy words sound in my ears, for thy voice is sweet and thy face is beautiful. Turn to us in thy beauty and loveliness!
Come forth in majesty and reign!
Hail Mary…

O blessed Mother of God, Mary ever Virgin, Temple of the Lord, Sanctuary of the Holy Ghost, thou alone, without an equal hast pleased Our Lord Jesus Christ!
Hail Mary…

Happy indeed art thou, O holy Virgin Mary and most worthy of all praise, for from thee arose the Sun of Justice, Christ our Lord.
Draw us, O Immaculate Virgin; we shall come after thee breathing the sweet fragrance of thy virtues.
Hail Mary…

The Blessed Virgin speaks:
I have asked the Lord for one thing and this shall I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life that I may enjoy the delights of the Lord and visit His temple (Ps. 26:4).

In the holy dwelling place I have ministered before Him (Ecclus. 24:14).

 V. Grant that I may praise thee, O holy Virgin.
 R. Give me strength against thy enemies.

Let us pray. O God, Who has willed that the Blessed Virgin Mary, herself the dwelling place of the Holy Ghost, should this day be presented in the temple, grant, we pray Thee, that through her intercession, we may be found worthy to be presented in the temple of Thy glory and that our special petition may be heard and granted. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

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Novena in Honour of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Temple

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Novena in Honour of the Presentation
of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Temple

Feast Day of the Presentation is 21 November

The First Day

Extract 1 – On How to Prepare to Celebrate
a Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary
By St Alphonsus Liguori (1697-1787)
Most Zealous Doctor

“The servants of Mary are very attentive and fervent in celebrating the Novenas of her Feasts and, during these, the holy Virgin, full of love, dispenses to them innumerable and special blessings. …
The devotions to be used for the Novenas are the following:
1st – Mental prayer, morning and evening, with a visit to the Most Holy Sacrament, with the addition of an “Our Father,” “Hail Mary,” and “Glory be to the Father,” repeated nine times.
2nd – Three visits to some image of Mary, thanking the Lord for the graces granted to her and, asking of the Virgin, everytime, some special favour and, at one of these visits, the prayer which is placed at the end of each of her Feasts, should be read.
3rd – Make many Acts of Love, … to Mary and to Jesus, for we can do nothing more pleasing to her, as she said to St Bridget, than to love her Son – “If you wish to become dear to me, love my Son Jesus”:
4th – Read everyday of the Novena, for a quarter of an hour, some book which treats of her glories.
5th – Make some external mortification … with fasting, or some abstinence at table from fruits or other agreeable food, at least in part; chewing also some bitter herb and on the Vigil of the Feast, fast on bread and water.
But all this must be done always with the permission of a spiritual Father. …”

The Novena Prayers

“Whoever is a little one, let him come to me” (Prov. 9:4).

Kindly and lovable art thou in thy splendour, O holy Mother of God!
Show me thy face. Let thy words sound in my ears, for thy voice is sweet and thy face is beautiful. Turn to us in thy beauty and loveliness!
Come forth in majesty and reign!
Hail Mary…

O blessed Mother of God, Mary ever Virgin, Temple of the Lord, Sanctuary of the Holy Ghost, thou alone, without an equal hast pleased Our Lord Jesus Christ!
Hail Mary…

Happy indeed art thou, O holy Virgin Mary and most worthy of all praise, for from thee arose the Sun of Justice, Christ our Lord.
Draw us, O Immaculate Virgin; we shall come after thee breathing the sweet fragrance of thy virtues.
Hail Mary…

The Blessed Virgin speaks:
I have asked the Lord for one thing and this shall I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life that I may enjoy the delights of the Lord and visit His temple (Ps. 26:4).

In the holy dwelling place I have ministered before Him (Ecclus. 24:14).

 V. Grant that I may praise thee, O holy Virgin.
 R. Give me strength against thy enemies.

Let us pray. O God, Who has willed that the Blessed Virgin Mary, herself the dwelling place of the Holy Ghost, should this day be presented in the temple, grant, we pray Thee, that through her intercession, we may be found worthy to be presented in the temple of Thy glory and that our special petition may be heard and granted. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.