Our Lady of Guadalupe Novena - Day Nine

Ninth Day

     O Holy Virgin, enthroned on the spot which you yourself chose, in teh very heart of an idolatrous nation, you marvelously accomplished its conversion.  After seeing your Image on teh tilma of their countryman, Juan Diego, the Indians stripped their temples of all idols and built beautiful churches on whose towers gleaming crosses shone in the sun.  The huge drum, which innumerable times had announced human sacrifices in honor of their gods, was heard no more.

     As Juan Deigo spent the remaining seventeen years of his life in giving your spoken message to the Indians, so permit me, my loving Mother, to help in making known your celestial message among my countrymen.  Animate and bless all who join in the Apostleship and Novena, in order to propagate the Catholic religion among their friends, having as their banner your admirable Image on Juan Diego's tilma, together with the cross, the emblem of our redemption.

     I beg your special aid in procuring the conversion of __________.

say four Hail Mary's and the Memorare to Our Lady of Guadalupe:

Memorare to Our Lady of Guadalupe

     Remember, O most gracious Virgin of Guadalupe, that in your heavenly apparitions on the mount of Tepeyac, you promised to show your compassion and pity towards all who, loving and trusting you, seek your help and call upon you in their necessities and afflictions.  You promised to hear our supplications, to dry our tears, and to give us consolation and relief.  Never has it been known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession, either for the common welfare, or in personal anxieties, was left unaided.

     Inspired by this confidence, we run to you, O Mary, ever-Virgin Mother of the true God!  Though grieving under the weight of our sins, we come to prostrate ourselves before your presence, certain that you will fulfill your merciful promises.  We fully trust that, standing beneath your shadow and protection, nothing will trouble or afflict us, nor do we need to fear illness, or misfortune, or any other sorrow.

     You wanted to remain with us through your admirable Image, you who are our Mother, our health, and our life.  Placing ourselves beneath your maternal gaze, and having recourse to you in all our necessities, we need do nothing more.

     Our Holy Mother of God, despise not our petitions, but in your mercy hear and answer us.  Amen.