![]() MEASURE YOUR AID BY THE DEPTH OF OUR NEED. WE SINNERS HONOUR YOUR SINLESS PERFECTIONįALLEN AND WEAK, FOR GOD'S MERCY WE PLEAD. STRETCH OUT YOUR ARMS TO US, LIVING AND DYING, LOOK TO THIS EARTH WHERE YOUR FOOTSTEPS HAVE TROD LEADER: LET US NOW SING MARY IMMACULATE, STAR OF THE MORNINGĭESTINED TO BRING, THROUGH THE LIGHT OF YOUR DAWNING,īEND FROM YOUR THRONE AT THE VOICE OF OUR CRYING REPENTING SINCERELY OF OUR SINS WE ASK YOUR MERCY * MAY WE ALWAYS LIVE AS YOUR TRULY DEVOTED CHILDREN. WE HAVE SINNED AGAINST OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS * WE HAVE OFFENDED YOU. HOW MANY TIMES IN THE PAST * WE HAVE FORGOTTEN THIS SUBLIME DIGNITY. BY THIS YOU MAKE US YOUR CHILDREN * TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER IN CHRIST. UNWORTHY CHILDREN THAT WE ARE, LET US FIRST OF ALL ASK GOD'S MERCY AND PARDON.ĪLL: MERCIFUL FATHER * YOU SENT YOUR DIVINE SON * TO REDEEM US BY HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION * AND TO GIVE US NEW LIFE. LEADER: BROTHERS AND SISTERS, AS CHILDREN OF OUR BLESSED MOTHER, WE ARE GATHERED BEFORE HER MIRACULOUS PICTURE TO HONOR HER AND TO PRAY FOR ALL OUR NEEDS. LEADER : IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT LEADER : PLEASE STAND FOR THE OPENING HYMN IMMACULATE MOTHER WHEN YOUR PETITION HAS BEEN ANSWERED, WRITE A LETTER OF THANKS TO OUR BLESSED MOTHER AND PLACE IT IN THE BOX MARKED, "THANKSGIVING", SO THAT OTHERS ALSO BE INSPIRED TO SEE THE NOVENA AS A MEANS OF GOING TO GOD.WRITE YOUR PETITION TO OUR BLESSED MOTHER AND PLACE IT IN THE BOX MARKED, "PETITIONS".DURING THE NOVENA, MAKE A GOOD CONFESSION AND RECEIVE HOLY COMMUNION AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE.HAVE A BOOKLET WITH YOU AND JOIN IN THE PRAYERS AND HYMNS.ASSIST AT MASS AND NOVENA DAYS THOSE UNABLE TO GO TO THE CHURCH BECAUSE OF SICKNESS OR THE LIKE, MAY PRAY THE NOVENA AT HOME BEFORE A PICTURE OF OUR MOTHER OF PERPETUAL HELP ATTEND THE MASS AND NOVENA TO OUR MOTHER OF PERPETUAL HELP FOR NINE CONSECUTIVE WEDNESDAYS.the Novena).should be so drawn up that they harmonize with the liturgical seasons, accord with the sacred liturgy, are in some fashion derived from it, and lead the people to it." (s.c.13) It is in keeping with the same directives that the novena has now been similarly revised. FOREWORD Since the second Vatican Council the liturgy of the Mass has been gradually revised in accordance with the directives of that Council.
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