ACT OF CONTRITION
Oh my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended you. I detest all my sins because I dread the loss of Heaven and the pains of Hell, but most of all, because they offend you, my God, who are all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of your grace, to confess my sins, to do penance, and to amend my life. Amen.
INTRODUCTORY PRAYEREver Immaculate Virgin, Mother of Mercy, we call upon you as Health of the Sick, Refuge of Sinners, and Comfort of the Afflicted. You know my wants, my troubles, my sufferings. Deign to cast upon me a look of mercy. By appearing in the Grotto of Lourdes, you were pleased to make it a sanctuary whence you dispense your favours, and already many sufferers have obtained the cure of their infirmities, both spiritual and physical. I come, therefore, with the most unbounded confidence to implore your maternal intercession. Obtain, O loving Mother, the granting of my requests (mention them here). Through gratitude for favours, I will endeavour to imitate your virtues that I may one day share your glory.
MEDITATION: THE STORY OF LOURDES
(Part 8 – Bernadette after the Apparition)
– The vocation, death, and incorruptible body of Bernadette
Bernadette joined the order of the Sisters of Charity. Throughout her life, she remained sickly but attended patiently to her duties as infirmarian and sacristan in the convent. She died a holy death on April 16, 1879. She was 34 years old. Bernadette was buried in the convent’s grounds in Nevers, France. Her body was exhumed thirty years later on September 22, 1909, in the presence of two medical doctors, several appointed officials, and nuns from the local convent. When Bernadette’s coffin was opened, there was no odour, and her body was completely untouched by the laws of nature.
A second exhumation took place on April 3, 1919. The body of the then declared Venerable was found in the same state of preservation as ten years earlier, except that 
the face was slightly discoloured, due to the washing it had undergone during the first exhumation. A worker in wax was entrusted with the task of coating the face of the Saint who had been dead forty years. The sacred relic (Bernadette’s body) was placed in a coffin of gold and glass and can be viewed to this very day in the Chapel of Saint Bernadette at the motherhouse in Nevers, France.
DAY EIGHT PRAYER
O Immaculate Mother of God, from heaven itself you came to appear to the little Bernadette in the rough Grotto of Lourdes! And as Bernadette knelt at your feet and the miraculous spring burst forth and as multitudes have knelt ever since before your shrine, O Mother of God, we kneel before you today to ask that in your mercy you plead with your Divine Son to grant the special favour we seek in this novena (make your request). O Brilliant star of purity, Mary Immaculate, Our Lady of Lourdes, glorious in your assumption, triumphant in your coronation, immaculate in your dignity, show unto us your mercy, O Virgin Mary, my Queen and Mother, be our comfort, hope, good health, strength, and consolation. Amen.
Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.
Saint Bernadette, pray for us.
LITANY OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES
CONCLUDING PRAYERS
Be blessed, O most pure Virgin, for having vouchsafed to manifest your shining with life, sweetness and beauty, in the Grotto of Lourdes, saying to the child, St. Bernadette: ‘I am the Immaculate Conception. ‘ A thousand times we congratulate you upon your Immaculate Conception. And now, O ever Immaculate Virgin, Mother of mercy, Health of the sick, Refuge of sinners, Comforter of the afflicted, you know our wants, our troubles, our sufferings deign to cast upon us a look of mercy.
Through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Our Lady of Lourdes, may the Lord bless + us, protect us from all evil and bring us to everlasting life. Amen.
N.B: FOR THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS NOVENA, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU PRAY THE HOLY ROSARY ALONGSIDE (AT LEAST 5 DECADES), HOWEVER, IT IS NOT COMPULSORY. IF YOU WANT THE BEST, THEN GO FOR IT…
Shalom!
Compiled by Fr. Chinaka Justin Mbaeri, OSJ
Paroquia Nossa Senhora da Immaculada Conceição, Paulo Ramos, Maranhão, Brazil
nozickcjoe@gmail.com / fadacjay@gmail.com
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PS: Have you prayed your Rosary today?
Thanks padre
O Mary conceived without sin pray for us who have recourse to thee Amen
Our Lady of Lourdes, please be gracious and come to my aid. Amen
Amen
Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.
St Bernadette, pray for us.
Mama we trust in your great intercession as always amen amen amen amen amen amen amen
Our Lady Queen and Patroness of Nigeria, pray for your children.
We pray for enabling graces for Osi and Ehy to meet the demands of their new responsibilities.
Amen.
Our lady of Lourdes through your intercession God Divine will be done. Amen
Our Lady of Lourdes pray for us Amen
Amen
Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for the terminally ill and the faithful departed, Amen!
Amen
Our lady of Lourdes pray for us
Thank you Jesus for the gift of life. I pray that you bless us with abundant grace to remain faithful to your teachings and the intercession of Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Bernadette to our petitions/request. Amen
Thanks Padre for creating this opportunity to follow up with this Novena.
Our Lady Queen of Lourdes, pray for us
Amen
Our Lady of Lourdes intercede for us
Amen
Amen
Our Lady of Lourdes, comfort your people
Amen
Amen and Amen
Amen
Amen
O Mother of Immaculate Conception, Our Lady of Lourdes, come to the aid of Our Nation- Nigeria. Help us to overcome and deliver us from these economy crisis ravaging our homes. Amen
Our lady of Lourdes for our country Nigeria Amen
Thank You JESUS……….
Our lady of Lourdes, pray for us.
Amen.
Amen
Amen
Mother most pure, our Lady of Lourdes pray for us
Our lady of Lourdes
Pray for us
Our Lady of Lourdes pray for me
Amen
Our Lady of Lourdes, Refuge of sinners; Pray for me
Through the intercession of Mary our Lady of Lourdes, may God grant us all our petitions in Jesus Precious name amen
Amen
Our Lady of Lourdes comforter and help of dying souls pray for us amen
Amen
Let your will be done Lord…..Holy Mary pray for us
Our Lady of Lourdes, Help of Christians; Pray for us.
O Mother of God, we kneel before you today to ask that in your mercy you plead with your Divine Son to grant the special favour we seek in this novena. Amen
Our lady of Lourdes pray for us Amen
Amen
Our Lady of Lourdes pray for us
Our Lady of Lourdes, Pray for us,
St. Bernadette, Pray for us Amen
Amen
Pray for us
Amen