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Age of Mary

Eleven Novenas in Honour of Our Lady
No. 200. The Raccolta (1910).

At any time of the year, with any form of prayer approved by competent ecclesiastical authority.

In honour of:

  1. the Immaculate Conception;
  2. the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary;
  3. the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary;
  4. the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary;
  5. the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary;
  6. the Sacred Delivery of Mary and Birth of JESUS;
  7. the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary;
  8. the Seven Dolours of the Blessed Virgin Mary;
  9. the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary;
  10. the Sacred Heart of Mary and her Patronage; and
  11. for the Feast of the Most Holy Rosary.

Website Note: No prayer is included on this website (AgeOfMary.com) unless it was at some point approved by “competent ecclesiastical authority”. Therefore, all are suitable for making these novenas. The following is taken from My Prayer-book, by Fr. F. X. Lasance:

Example from Fr. Francis Xavier Lasance

A very simple and satisfactory method of making a novena in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary consists in reciting the following prayers:

  1. The Litany of Loreto
  2. The Memorare, and an act of consecration.
  3. Three Our Fathers, Hail Marys, and Glorys in thanksgiving to the Blessed Trinity for the prerogatives and graces bestowed upon the Blessed Virgin Mary. Conclude with an ejaculation appropriate to the season or to the festival commemorated. The following will suffice for all seasons.

Ejaculation

O DOMINA mea! O Mater mea! memento me esse tuum.
Serva me, defende me, ut rem et possessionem tuam.		 MY Queen! My Mother! remember I am thine own.
Keep me, guard me, as thy property and possession.

Other Ejaculations

Sweet heart of Mary, be my salvation!
Indulgence of 300 days, each time.—Pius IX, Sept. 30, 1852.

O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee!
Indulgence of 300 days, each time.—Leo XIII, March 15, 1884; S.P. Ap., April 15, 1932.

Mary, Mother of God, and Mother of mercy, pray for me and for the departed.
Indulgence of 300 days, each time.—Leo XIII, Dec. 11, 1883; S.P. Ap., June 4, 1934.

[Fr. F. X. Lasance. My Prayer-book. 1908.]

Indulgences

i. 300 Days, each day.

ii. Plenary, once during the Novena or Octave. (Special Conditions: Confession, Communion, Prayer according to the Pope’s intention.)

Decrees of the Sacred Congregation of Indulgences:
Pius IX. Rescript, January 5, 1849.
Pius IX. Congregation of Bishops and Regulars, January 28, 1850.
Pius IX. Congregation of the Index, November 26, 1876.