Devotion and prayer to Our Lady in difficult times
NOVENA TO MARIA ASSISTANT (From May 15 to 23)
First day
Prayer: O Most Holy Mary, powerful help of Christians who confidently resort to the throne of your mercy, listen to the prayers of this poor sinner, who implores your help to always be able to flee from sin and the opportunities to sin.
Ave Maria and Gloria
Maria, auxilium Christianorum, ora pro nobis (Mary Help of Christians, pray for us)
Second day
Prayer: Most Holy Mary, Mother of kindness and mercy, who several times freed the Christian people with your visible Patronage from the assaults and barbarism of the Muslims, free, please, my soul from the assaults of the devil, the world and the flesh , and make it possible for me to bring complete victory over the enemies of my soul at all times.
Ave Maria and Gloria
Maria, auxilium Christianorum, ora pro nobis (Mary Help of Christians, pray for us)
Third day
Prayer: Most powerful Queen Mary, who alone triumphed over the multiple heresies who sought to snatch many children from the bosom of our Mother Church, help me, please, to keep my Faith firm and my heart pure in the midst of so many pitfalls and the poison of the perverse doctrines.
Ave Maria and Gloria
Maria, auxilium Christianorum, ora pro nobis (Mary Help of Christians, pray for us)
Fourth day
Prayer: O Mary, my sweet Mother, you who are the Queen of Martyrs for the many heroic acts of courage and fortitude that you have done on earth, deign to instill in my heart the strength necessary to keep me constant in your service, so that by trampling on all human respect, I can openly practice all my religious duties without blushing, and always show me, on every occasion, your devoted son to death.
Ave Maria and Gloria
Maria, auxilium Christianorum, ora pro nobis (Mary Help of Christians, pray for us)
Fifth day
Prayer: Dear Mother Maria, who in the past in the triumph of the Pope (Pius VII) showed your valid Patronage, spread your pity on the whole Church, and especially on her Chief Augustus, the Supreme Pontiff; defend him at all times against the assaults of his many enemies; free him from time penalties and always assist him, so that the ship of St. Peter can safely lead to the port and triumph proud waves that try to submerge it.
Ave Maria and Gloria
Maria, auxilium Christianorum, ora pro nobis (Mary Help of Christians, pray for us)
Sixth day
Prayer: O Mary, Queen of the Apostles, take the Sacred Ministers and all the faithful of the Catholic Church under your valid protection; obtain for them the spirit of union, of perfect obedience to the Roman Pontiff and of zealous zeal for the salvation of souls; and especially you want to extend your loving assistance over the Missionaries, so that they can lead all the peoples of the earth to the true faith of Jesus Christ, so as to make the whole world a single Sheepfold under the guidance of a single Shepherd.
Ave Maria and Gloria
Maria, auxilium Christianorum, ora pro nobis (Mary Help of Christians, pray for us)
Seventh day
Prayer: O Mary, Mother of piety and clemency, who many times with your effective intercession have saved Christians from the plague and other corporal scourges, help them and free them now from the plague of impiety and irreligion, which in a thousand ways insinuates themselves into their soul to distance them from the Church and from practices of piety, especially with sects, the press and with perverse schools. Deh! I beg you, support the good ones so that they can persevere, strengthen the weak and call penance the wretched ones and sinners, so that the truth and the kingdom of Jesus Christ may triumph here on earth, and thus increase your glory, and the number of the elect in heaven
Ave Maria and Gloria
Maria, auxilium Christianorum, ora pro nobis (Mary Help of Christians, pray for us)
Eighth day
Prayer: O Mary, spiritual column of the Church and rescuer of Christians, please keep me stable in the divine Faith and keep in me the freedom of the children of God. As for me, I promise you not to stain or bind my soul with sin, never to take part in any society condemned by the Holy See; I promise you to obey the Supreme Pontiff and the Bishops who are in communion with him, wanting to live and die in the bosom of the Catholic Religion, in which only I can hope with certainty to obtain my eternal health.
Ave Maria and Gloria
Maria, auxilium Christianorum, ora pro nobis (Mary Help of Christians, pray for us)
Ninth day
Prayer: O Mary, my most compassionate Mother, who at all times wished to be the help of Christians,
assist me with your powerful Patronage in life, but especially at the point of death, and make sure that, after having loved and venerated you on earth, you can come to sing your mercies in heaven.
Ave Maria and Gloria
Maria, auxilium Christianorum, ora pro nobis (Mary Help of Christians, pray for us)