God the Father painting Our Lady of Guadalupe with Jesus and the Holy Spirit
Novena to
Our Lady of Guadalupe,
Queen and Mother of America
Each day pray the Invocation for that day, the Refrain and an Our Father, 3 Hail Mary’s and a Glory
Refrain: O Lady of Guadalupe, pray for the Church in America and walk with us in the new millennium of faith.
Invocation Day 1: Mary, Mother of Jesus, hear the prayer of the Church in America, a people rich in promise, a people much in need of God's mercy. As you first brought faith to these lands, be with us in the jubilee of our redemption. Refrain: O Lady of Guadalupe, pray for the Church in America and walk with us in the new millennium of faith. Our Father, 3 Hail Mary’s and a Glory be etc.
Invocation Day 2: Mary, Mother of America, hear the many voices of our land, pleading for the mercy of your Son, seeking the shepherd's voice to lead them home. Hear the praise of your sons and daughters and bid your Son to free us from the scourges of addiction, selfishness, and want. Refrain: O Lady of Guadalupe, pray for the Church in America and walk with us in the new millennium of faith. Our Father, 3 Hail Mary’s and a Glory be etc.
Invocation Day 3: Mary, Mother of Compassion, hear the prayer of those most in need of God's mercy. Hear the little child whose belly hungers, the old man with no one to love, the mother tempted to abandon her child. Pray for them to the author of life, that the fruit of your womb may save and protect them. Refrain: O Lady of Guadalupe, pray for the Church in America and walk with us in the new millennium of faith. Our Father, 3 Hail Mary’s and a Glory be etc.
Invocation Day 4: Mary, Mother of Conversion, pray to your Son for the virtue of hope. Pray Him to free us from doubt and to give us the courage of the children of God. Pray that the light of the world may dispel the darkness of our fear, remaking our stony hearts in the image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus your Son. Refrain: O Lady of Guadalupe, pray for the Church in America and walk with us in the new millennium of faith. Our Father, 3 Hail Mary’s and a Glory be etc.
Invocation Day 5: Mary, Mother of all Saints, pray for your children in America. Pray for those who seek to imitate your example in humble service to the Gospel of Life and the poorest of the poor. Pray that your Son may lead us from the darkness of sin to the light of His eternal glory. Refrain: O Lady of Guadalupe, pray for the Church in America and walk with us in the new millennium of faith. Our Father, 3 Hail Mary’s and a Glory be etc.
Invocation Day 6: Mary, Mother of Unity, intercede for the Church in America, that we may be gathered together to form the one people of the New Covenant. Mother of the human race, ask your Son to pour out upon us a spirit of compassion and solidarity. Refrain: O Lady of Guadalupe, pray for the Church in America and walk with us in the new millennium of faith. Our Father, 3 Hail Mary’s and a Glory be etc.
Invocation Day 7: Mary, Mother of the Church, help the Church in these lands to follow your example of sublime love and profound humility. With you, may we be obedient to the commandment of love, and give our selves whole heartedly to seeking the glory of Christ and serving the needs of our brothers and sisters. Refrain: O Lady of Guadalupe, pray for the Church in America and walk with us in the new millennium of faith. Our Father, 3 Hail Mary’s and a Glory be etc.
Invocation Day 8: Mary, Mother of all Christians, hear the prayers of all who worship the name of your Son, Jesus, our hope and salvation. Under the protection of your prayers, may the Church in America enjoy unbroken peace. Refrain: O Lady of Guadalupe, pray for the Church in America and walk with us in the new millennium of faith. Our Father, 3 Hail Mary’s and a Glory be etc.
Invocation Day 9: God of power and mercy, you blessed the Americas at Tepeyac with the presence of the Virgin Mary of Guadalupe. By her prayers enable all people to accept each other as brothers and sisters. Instill justice in our hearts that your peace may reign in the world. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever. Refrain: O Lady of Guadalupe, pray for the Church in America and walk with us in the new millennium of faith. Our Father, 3 Hail Mary’s and a Glory be etc.
The words of our Lady of Guadalupe spoken to the Indian Juan Diego, on the hill of Tepeyac, December 9, 1531:
"My dear son, whom I love tenderly,
know that I am the Virgin Mary,
Mother of the True God.
Giver and maintainer of life,
Creator of all things,
Lord of heaven and earth, Who is in all places,
I wish a temple to be erected here,
where I can manifest the compassion I have for
the natives and for ALL who solicit my help."
These thy words, my heavenly Mother, fill my heart with love and gratitude with renewed faith and hope, because they were directed to me also. Therefore I turn to thee, confident of obtaining through thy intercession, the grace which will enable me to live in accordance with the teaching of thy diving Son Jesus, whom I desire to love with all my heart. Thou didst share in all that my Saviour suffered for me, therefore I belong to thee also, and thou art my loving Mother.
Do not abandon me in this vale of tears; take pity. I beseech thee, on my poverty and necessities; have compassion on my anxieties and cares; assist and comfort me in all my infirmities and miseries.
(After the prayer for each say, say four Hail Marys commemorating the four apparitions to Juan Diego, and the Memorare in Our Lady of Guadalupe which is on page 17.)
The merciful words spoken on the fourth and last visit to Juan Diego:
“Do not let anything afflict you,
And do not be afraid of any illness or
inaccident or pain.
Am I not here who am your Mother?
Are you not under my shadow and protection?
Do you need anything else?"
These thy words were also directed to me and they fill my heart with gladness and hope.
Turn then, most gracious mother, thine eyes of mercy towards me; perfect me in thy love, making it possible for me to put all my troubles and worries at thy feet knowing that thou will remember that thou art my mother,that I am under thy shadow and protection, and that thou wilt obtain for me the consolation of which, I am so much i need.
When thou didst visit Juan Diego’s dying uncle, Juan Bernardino curing him and telling him thy name, “Immaculate Virgin Mary who crushed the Serpent.” Thou didst fill the Indians hearts with job. It told them that they no longer needed to make human sacrifices in their pagan idols.
Hail! Holly Queen,
Merciful Mother.
Hail! Our life,
our sweetness and our hope!
Permit me to join in the canticles of praise that to this day this whole nation sends up to thy throne, many coming long distances to offer thee gifts and prayers.
Pray for us, Holy Mother of God, exterminate the SERPENT OF EVIL, from our lives, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ Thy Divine Son.
FOURTH DAY
When the Indians, saw the admirable image of thyself which thou didst leave on Juan Diego’s mantle, they recognized it to be a picture-writing containing a celestial message which was directed to them. Thy regal figure of the form of a human being taught them that thy dwelling place at one time must have been on earth. The rays of the Sun, the clouds which surround thy body, the stars on thy garment, the crescent under thy feet, the angel who transports thee through space, all denote that thy present abode is in heaven and called their attention to the immortality of their souls, that heaven is their goal and their inheritance. Amid the temptations and miseries of this life, let us think always of this home of peace, of glory and eternal bliss.
NOVENA--FIFTH DAY
For centuries the natives of Mexico had worshipped the Sun, sacrificing countless human beings in its honor. But when they beheld thy beautiful Image blotting it out so that only its rays are visible, they understood the lesson it was intended to convey.
After the Indian’s had heard thy message and read that which thy Image contains, they abandoned their false gods and embraced the loving doctrine of thy Divine Son.
Never have they ceased to give thanks for the great mercy that the Almighty God showered upon them when He sent thee to be their Queen, their Mother and their teacher.
O Holy Mary, through the mystery of the Incarnation of thy beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, wherein our salvation was begun, obtain for us light to understand the greatness of the benefit. He hath bestowed upon us in becoming our Brother and in giving thee. His own venerated Mother, to be our Mother also.
SIXTH DAY
The fires that burned on the altars of the false god: were extinguished forever after the Indians had contemplated thy image and seen thee attired with the firmament covered with stars. This showed them that the stars had been created by the Invisible God to serve mankind and therefore could not be deities to whom adoration and sacrifices were due.
Most holy Mary, who through thy image stamped my god on the indian’s garment, hast brought millions of pagans into the light of the true faith; I beg thee to obtain for me the grace of understanding the message it contains. Shed upon me the light of thy countenance; direct and sanctify all my undertakings.
NOVENA - SEVENTH DAY
The emblem of our redemption, stamped upon the golden brooch fastened to thy tunic, served to tell the Indians that the religion of their conquerors was the one they were to embrace; the cross on the banner of Hernando Cortez and on the brooch were the same. When they saw it upon thy image, they flocked around the Spanish Missionaries eager to know its meaning. They were t old about the Saviour who came from heaven to redeem the human race through his death on the cross, and that thou art the Virgin Mother of the Divine Victim, associated with him in the mystery of our redemption.
Happy nation to whom thou didst reveal thyself and God.
Holy Virgin Mary of Guadalupe, my Queen and Mother, more than four hundred years have passed since thou didst speak to Juan Diego, and so far only a few of thy children in other lands have become aware of the purpose of thy image on the altar of thy shrine. Inspire us then to see in this thy miraculous picture, the instrument for the conversion of ALL to the Catholic Apostolic Faith, thou who art the adorable Queen and Mother of the Apostles and Missionaries.
EIGHT DAY
After Juan Diego had cut the flowers that had bloomed suddenly on the barren hill of Tepeyac, he brought them to thee at the foot of the mount where thou wast waiting. With thine own hands thou didst arrange them in his tilma, tying it around his neck, telling him to take them to Bishop Zumarraga, that this sign would induce him to start building thy temple. The last words which he heard from thy adorable lips were: “Thou art my ambassador worthy of confidence, go in peace.”
The sacred picture on the coarse cloth of the tilma could not have been painted by human hands. It convinced the Bishop, as it ought to convince every person who looks at it, that Juan Diego’s message was truly thine.
Humbly I beseech thee, my Queen and Mother, let me be thy ambassador like Juan Diego, to give the doctrine contained in thy image to all my friends, to convince them also, whether they be Believers or Unbelievers.
NINTH DAY
O Holy Virgin, enthroned on the spot which Thou didst choose in the very heart of an idolatrous nation, thou didst marvelously work its conversion. After seeing thy image on the tilma of their countryman,, Juan Diego, the Indians stripped their temples of all idols, built beautiful churches on whose towers gleaming crosses shone in the sun, and the huge drum which innumerable times had announced human sacrifices in honor of the gods, was heard no more.
As Juan Diego spent the remaining seventeen years of his life in giving thy spoken message to the Indians, so permit me, my loving Mother, to help in making known thy 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 thy admirable image on Juan Diego’s tilma, together with the cross, emblem of our redemption. I beseech thy special aid in procuring the conversion of (mention name).
