The Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes begins today

2 February
Novena of prayer to Our Lady of Lourdes -

Invoke in your life the grace and maternal love of the Virgin of Lourdes

Prayer
O consoler of the afflicted, Immaculate Mary, who moved by maternal charity, manifested yourselves in the grotto of Lourdes and filled with heavenly favors Bernardette, and today still healed the wounds of soul and body to those who confidently resort to you there, revive in trust me, and let all human respect overcome, show me in all circumstances, true follower of Jesus Christ.

Holy Mary…

Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us!

Prayer
O Immaculate Virgin, our Mother, who have deigned to show yourselves to an unknown girl, let us live in the humility and simplicity of the children of God, to have part in your heavenly communications.

Grant us to know how to do penance for our past mistakes, let us live with a great horror of sin, and ever more united to the Christian virtues, so that your Heart remains open above us and does not cease to pour out the graces, which make us live here below. divine love and make them ever more worthy of the eternal crown. So be it.