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Devotions and indulgenced Prayers to our Lady of Lourdes

Invocations of Our Lady of Lourdes

Blessed be the holy and Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, Mother of God.
Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.
Our Mother, have pity on us.
Our Lady of Lourdes, heal us, for the love and honor of the Holy Trinity.
Our Lady of Lourdes, heal us, for the conversion of sinners.
Health of the sick, pray for us.
Succor of sufferers, pray for us.
O Mary, conceived without sin, pray or us who have recourse to thee.

(The invocations given above are those actually said at Lourdes)

Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us. Amen

(Indulgence of 300 days.)



Indulgenced Prayer to Our Lady of Lourdes

O Holy Mary, Mother of God, who to reanimate the faith of the world and draw men to thy divine Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, didst deign to appear at Lourdes;
thou who, in order to render more manifest thy maternal tenderness, and to inspire our hearts with greater confidence, didst choose a simple little child as the confidant of thy mercy;
thou who didst say: "I am the Immaculate Conception" to make us understand the priceless value of that innocence which is the pledge of the friendship of God;
thou who by eighteen successive apparitions didst not cease by thy actions and words to urge men to prayer and penance, which alone can appease Heaven and ward off the blows of divine justice;
thou who, by a moving appeal to the world, hast reunited before the miraculous grotto an innumerable multitude of thy children;
behold us, Our Lady of Lourdes, prostrate at thy feet, and confident of obtaining blessings and graces from God by thy most powerful intercession.
Those who love thee, O Mother of Jesus Christ, Mother of men, desire above everything to serve God faithfully in this world, so as to have the happiness of loving Him eternally in Heaven.
Listen to the prayers which we this day address to thee; defend us against the enemies of our salvation, and against our own infirmities;
together with the pardon of our sins, obtain for us perseverance in the determination never to fall away again.
We implore thee also to take under thy protection our friends and benefactors, and of these in a very special manner those who have abandoned the practice of their christian duties. May they be converted and become thy faithful servants. Amen.


(Indulgence 300 day, Pope Leo XIII)

February 11th, Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes

In the fourth year after the definition of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception of Mary the Holy Mother of God , the Blessed Virgin herself deigned to appear on several occasions to a certain very poor but pious and innocent girl named Bernadette, in a rocky cavern overlooking the grotto of Massabielle, on the banks of the river Gave, near the town of Lourdes in the diocese of Tarbes in France.
The Immaculate Virgin showed herself as a young and gracious figure, robed in white, with a white veil and blue girdle, and golden roses on her bare feet. At the first apparition on February 11, 1858, she taught the child to make the Sign of the Cross correctly and devoutly, and, taking a chaplet from her own arm, encouraged her by example to say the Holy Rosary; this was also repeated in the subsequent apparitions.

On the second day the girl, who feared some deceit of the devil, in all simplicity cast holy water at the Virgin, who smiled more graciously than before. At the third apparition, the girl was invited to repeat her visits to the grotto for fifteen days. During this time the Virgin conversed with her, exhorted her to pray for sinners, to kiss the ground and do penance; and finally commanded her to tell the priests, that a chapel was to be built in that place, and that pilgrims should come to it solemnly in prayer. She was also told to drink and wash in the water from a spring, until the invisible, but which soon gushed out of the ground. On the feast of the Annunciation the girl earnestly begged the Virgin, who had so often visited her, to reveal her name, and joining her hands and raising her eyes to heaven, she said: I am the Immaculate Conception.




O God, Who by the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin didst prepare a worthy dwelling for Thy Son: we humbly beseech Thee, that we who celebrate the Apparition of the same Virgin may win health of mind and body. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.

(Roman Breviary)

Novena to our Lady of Lourdes ~ Day 9 ~

Be blessed, O most pure Virgin,
for having vouchsafed to manifest thy shining with life,
sweetness and beauty, in the Grotto of Lourdes,
saying to the child, St. Bernadette:
"I am the Immaculate Conception."
A thousand times we congratulate thee upon thy Immaculate Conception.
And now, O ever Immaculate Virgin, Mother of mercy,
Health of the sick, Refuge of sinners, Comforter of the afflicted,
thou know our wants, our troubles, our sufferings;
deign to cast upon us a look of mercy.
By appearing in the Grotto of Lourdes, thou were pleased
to make it a privileged sanctuary, whence thou dispense thy favors,
and already many have obtained the cure of their infirmities,
both spiritual and physical.
We come, therefore, with the most unbounded confidence
Obtain for us, O loving Mother, the granting of our request..

Through gratitude for thy favours, we will endeavor to imitate thy virtues,
that we may on day share thy glory.
Our Lady of Lourdes, Mother of Christ,
thou had influence with thy Divine Son while upon earth.
Thou have the same influence now in Heaven.
Pray for us; obtain for us from thy Divine Son
our special requests if it be the Divine Will. Amen.

Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.Saint Bernadette, pray for us.

Day 9

O glorious Mother of God, to thee we raise our hearts
and hands to implore thy powerful intercession
in obtaining from the benign Sacred Heart of Jesus
all the graces necessary for our spiritual and temporal welfare,
particularly for the grace of a happy death.
O Mother of our Divine Lord, as we conclude this novena
for the special favour we seek at this time..

O Brilliant star of purity, Mary Immaculate, Our Lady of Lourdes,
glorious Assumption, triumphant in thy Coronation,
show unto us the mercy of the Mother of God,
Virgin Mary, Queen and Mother,
be our comfort, hope, strength, and consolation. Amen.

Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.Amen
Saint Bernadette, pray for us.Amen

Novena to our Lady of Lourdes ~ Day 8 ~

Be blessed, O most pure Virgin,
for having vouchsafed to manifest thy shining with life,
sweetness and beauty,in the Grotto of Lourdes,
saying to the child, St. Bernadette:
"I am the Immaculate Conception."
A thousand times we congratulate thee upon thy Immaculate Conception.
And now, O ever Immaculate Virgin, Mother of mercy,
Health of the sick, Refuge of sinners, Comforter of the afflicted,
thou know our wants, our troubles, our sufferings;
deign to cast upon us a look of mercy.
By appearing in the Grotto of Lourdes, thou were pleased
to make it a privileged sanctuary, whence thou dispense thy favors,
and already many have obtained the cure of their infirmities,
both spiritual and physical.
We come, therefore, with the most unbounded confidence
Obtain for us, O loving Mother, the granting of our request..
Through gratitude for thy favours,
we will endeavor to imitate thy virtues,
that we may on day share thy glory.

Our Lady of Lourdes, Mother of Christ,
thou had influence with thy Divine Son while upon earth.
Thou have the same influence now in Heaven.
Pray for us; obtain for us from thy Divine Son
our special requests if it be the Divine Will. Amen.

Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.Saint Bernadette, pray for us.

Day 8

O Immaculate Mother of God, from Heaven itself
thou came to appear
to the little Bernadette in the rough Grotto of Lourdes!
And as Bernadette knelt at thy feet and the magic spring burst forth
and as multitudes have knelt ever since before thy shrine,
O Holy Mother of God, we kneel before thee today
to ask that in thy mercy thou plead with thy Divine Son
to grant the special petition we seek in this novena..

O Brilliant star of purity, Mary Immaculate, Our Lady of Lourdes,
glorious Assumption, triumphant in thy Coronation,
show unto us the mercy of the Mother of God,
Virgin Mary, Queen and Mother,
be our comfort, hope, strength, and consolation. Amen.

Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.Amen
Saint Bernadette, pray for us.Amen

Novena to our Lady of Lourdes ~ Day 7

Be blessed, O most pure Virgin,
for having vouchsafed to manifest thy shining with life,
sweetness and beauty, in the Grotto of Lourdes,
saying to the child, St. Bernadette:
"I am the Immaculate Conception."
A thousand times we congratulate thee upon thy Immaculate Conception.
And now, O ever Immaculate Virgin, Mother of mercy,
Health of the sick, Refuge of sinners, Comforter of the afflicted,
thou know our wants, our troubles, our sufferings;
deign to cast upon us a look of mercy.
By appearing in the Grotto of Lourdes, thou were pleased
to make it a privileged sanctuary, whence thou dispense thy favors,
and already many have obtained the cure of their infirmities,
both spiritual and physical.
We come, therefore, with the most unbounded confidence
Obtain for us, O loving Mother, the granting of our request..

Through gratitude for thy favours, we will endeavor to imitate thy virtues,
that we may on day share thy glory.
Our Lady of Lourdes, Mother of Christ,
thou had influence with thy Divine Son while upon earth.
Thou have the same influence now in Heaven.
Pray for us; obtain for us from thy Divine Son
our special requests if it be the Divine Will. Amen.

Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.Saint Bernadette, pray for us.

Day 7

O Almighty God,
who by the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
did prepare a worthy dwelling place for Thy Son,
we humbly beseech Thee that as we contemplate
the apparition of Our Lady in the Grotto of Lourdes,
we may be blessed with health of mind and body.
And, O most gracious Holy Mother Mary,
beloved Mother of Our Lord and Redeemer,
look with favor upon us as thou did that day on Bernadette
and intercede with God for us that the prayer petition
we now so earnestly seek may be granted to us..

O Brilliant star of purity, Mary Immaculate,
Our Lady of Lourdes,
glorious Assumption, triumphant in thy Coronation,
show unto us the mercy of the Mother of God,
Virgin Mary, Queen and Mother,
be our comfort, hope, strength, and consolation.
Amen.
Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.Amen
Saint Bernadette, pray for us.Amen

Novena to our Lady of Lourdes ~ Day 6

Be blessed, O most pure Virgin,
for having vouchsafed to manifest thy shining with life,
sweetness and beauty, in the Grotto of Lourdes,
saying to the child, St. Bernadette:
"I am the Immaculate Conception."
A thousand times we congratulate thee upon thy Immaculate Conception.
And now, O ever Immaculate Virgin, Mother of mercy,
Health of the sick, Refuge of sinners, Comforter of the afflicted,
thou know our wants, our troubles, our sufferings;
deign to cast upon us a look of mercy.
By appearing in the Grotto of Lourdes, thou were pleased
to make it a privileged sanctuary, whence thou dispense thy favors,
and already many have obtained the cure of their infirmities,
both spiritual and physical.
We come, therefore, with the most unbounded confidence
Obtain for us, O loving Mother, the granting of our request..

Through gratitude for thy favours, we will endeavor to imitate thy virtues,
that we may on day share thy glory.
Our Lady of Lourdes, Mother of Christ,
thou had influence with thy Divine Son while upon earth.
Thou have the same influence now in Heaven.
Pray for us; obtain for us from thy Divine Son
our special requests if it be the Divine Will. Amen.

Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.Saint Bernadette, pray for us.

Day 6

O glorious Mother of God,
so powerful under thy special title of Our Lady of Lourdes
to thee we raise our hearts and hands
to implore thy powerful intercession
in obtaining from the benign Sacred Heart of Jesus
all the helps and graces necessary for our spiritual and temporal welfare
and for the special prayer petiton we so earnestly seek in this novena...

O Holy Mary , our Lady of Lourdes,
with the stars of Heaven in thy hair
and the roses of earth at thy feet,
look with compassion upon us today as you did so long ago on Bernadette in the Grotto of Lourdes.

O Brilliant star of purity, Mary Immaculate,
Our Lady of Lourdes,
glorious Assumption, triumphant in thy Coronation,
show unto us the mercy of the Mother of God,
Virgin Mary, Queen and Mother,
be our comfort, hope, strength, and consolation. Amen.

Novena to our Lady of Lourdes ~ Day 5

Be blessed, O most pure Virgin,
for having vouchsafed to manifest thy shining with life,
sweetness and beauty, in the Grotto of Lourdes,
saying to the child, St. Bernadette:
"I am the Immaculate Conception."
A thousand times we congratulate thee upon thy Immaculate Conception.
And now, O ever Immaculate Virgin, Mother of mercy,
Health of the sick, Refuge of sinners, Comforter of the afflicted,
thou know our wants, our troubles, our sufferings;
deign to cast upon us a look of mercy.
By appearing in the Grotto of Lourdes, thou were pleased
to make it a privileged sanctuary, whence thou dispense thy favors,
and already many have obtained the cure of their infirmities,
both spiritual and physical.
We come, therefore, with the most unbounded confidence
Obtain for us, O loving Mother, the granting of our request..

Through gratitude for thy favours, we will endeavor to imitate thy virtues,
that we may on day share thy glory.
Our Lady of Lourdes, Mother of Christ,
thou had influence with thy Divine Son while upon earth.
Thou have the same influence now in Heaven.
Pray for us; obtain for us from thy Divine Son
our special requests if it be the Divine Will. Amen.

Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.Saint Bernadette, pray for us.

Day 5

O Mary Immaculate, Mother of God and our mother Heavenly Mother,
from the heights of thy dignity look down mercifully upon us
while we, full of confidence in thy unbounded goodness
 and confident that thy Divine Son will look favorably
upon any request thou make of Him in our behalf,
we beseech thee to come to our aid and secure for
us the favor we seek in this novena..

O Brilliant star of purity, Mary Immaculate, Our Lady of Lourdes, 
glorious Assumption, triumphant in thy Coronation,
show unto us the mercy of the Mother of God,
Virgin Mary, Queen and Mother,
be our comfort, hope, strength, and consolation. Amen.

Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us. Saint Bernadette, pray for us. Amen

Novena to our Lady of Lourdes ~ Day 4

Be blessed, O most pure Virgin,
for having vouchsafed to manifest thy shining with life, sweetness and beauty, in the Grotto of Lourdes,
saying to the child, St. Bernadette:
"I am the Immaculate Conception."
A thousand times we congratulate thee upon thy Immaculate Conception.
And now, O ever Immaculate Virgin, Mother of mercy,
Health of the sick, Refuge of sinners, Comforter of the afflicted,
thou know our wants, our troubles, our sufferings;
deign to cast upon us a look of mercy.
By appearing in the Grotto of Lourdes, thou were pleased
to make it a privileged sanctuary, whence you dispense thy favours,
and already many have obtained the cure of their infirmities,
both spiritual and physical.
We come, therefore, with the most unbounded confidence
Obtain for us, O loving Mother, the granting of our request..

Through gratitude for thy favours, we will endeavor to imitate thy virtues,
that we may on day share thy glory.
Our Lady of Lourdes, Mother of Christ,
thou had influence with thy Divine Son while upon earth.
Thou have the same influence now in Heaven.
Pray for us; obtain for us from thy Divine Son
our special requests if it be the Divine Will. Amen.

Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.Saint Bernadette, pray for us.

Day 4
O Immaculate Queen of Heaven,
we thy wayward, erring children,
join our unworthy prayers of praise
and thanksgiving to those of the Angels and Saints
and thy own the One, Holy, and Undivided Trinity
may be glorified in Heaven and on earth.
Our Lady of Lourdes,
as thou looked down with love and mercy upon Bernadette
as she prayed her Rosary in the Grotto,
look down now, we beseech thee,
with love and mercy upon us.
From the abundance of graces granted thee by thy Divine Son,
sweet Mother of God, give to each of us
all that thy motherly Immaculate Heart sees we need
and at this moment look with special prayer petition
on the grace we seek in this novena..


O Brilliant star of purity, Mary Immaculate,
Our Lady of Lourdes,
glorious Assumption, triumphant in thy Coronation,
show unto us the mercy of the Mother of God,
Virgin Mary, Queen and Mother,
be our comfort, hope, strength, and consolation. Amen.


Our Lady of Lourdes,pray for us.Saint Bernadette, pray for us.Amen

Novena to our Lady of Lourdes ~ Day 3

Be blessed, O most pure Virgin,
for having vouchsafed to manifest thy shining
with life, sweetness and beauty, in the Grotto of Lourdes,
saying to the child, St. Bernadette: "I am the Immaculate Conception."
A thousand times we congratulate thee upon thy Immaculate Conception.
And now, O ever Immaculate Virgin, Mother of mercy,
Health of the sick, Refuge of sinners, Comforter of the afflicted,
thou know our wants, our troubles, our sufferings;
deign to cast upon us a look of mercy.
By appearing in the Grotto of Lourdes, thou were pleased
to make it a privileged sanctuary, whence you dispense thy favours,
and already many have obtained the cure of their infirmities, both spiritual and physical.
We come, therefore, with the most unbounded confidence to implore thy maternal intercession. Obtain for us, O loving Mother, the granting of our request..

Through gratitude for thy favours, we will endeavor to imitate thy virtues,
that we may on day share thy glory.
Our Lady of Lourdes, Mother of Christ, 
thou had influence with thy Divine Son while upon earth.
Thou have the same influence now in Heaven.
Pray for us; obtain for us from thy Divine Son
our special requests if it be the Divine Will. Amen.

Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us. Saint Bernadette, pray for us.

Day 3

"You are all fair, O Mary, and there is in you no stain of original sin."
O Mary, conceived without sin,
pray for us who have recourse to thee.
O brilliant star of sanctity, as on that lovely day, upon a rough rock in Lourdes
thou spoke to the child Bernadette and a fountain broke from thee plain earth 
and miracles happened and the great shrine of Lourdes began,
so now I beseech thee to hear our fervent prayer and do, we beseech thee,
grant us the petition we now so earnestly seek..

O Brilliant star of purity, Mary Immaculate, Our Lady of Lourdes,
glorious assumption, triumphant in thy coronation, 
show unto us the mercy of the Mother of God,
Virgin Mary, Queen and Mother,
be our comfort, hope, strength, and consolation. Amen.

Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us. Saint Bernadette, pray for us. Amen

Novena to our Lady of Lourdes ~ Day 2

Be blessed, O most pure Virgin,

for having vouchsafed to manifest thy shining with life,

sweetness and beauty, in the Grotto of Lourdes,

saying to the child, St. Bernadette: “I am the Immaculate Conception.”

A thousand times we congratulate thee upon thy Immaculate Conception.

And now, O ever Immaculate Virgin, Mother of mercy, Health of the sick,

Refuge of sinners, comforter of the afflicted,

thou know our wants, our troubles, our sufferings;

deign to cast upon us a look of mercy.

By appearing in the Grotto of Lourdes,

thou were pleased to make it a privileged sanctuary,

whence thou dispense thy favours, and already many have obtained

the cure of their infirmities, both spiritual and physical.

We come, therefore, with the most unbounded confidence

to implore thy maternal intercession.

Obtain for us, O loving Mother, the granting of our request..

Through gratitude for thy favours,

we will endeavor to imitate thy virtues,

that we may on day share thy glory in Heaven.

Our Lady of Lourdes, Mother of Christ,

thou had influence with thy divine Son while upon earth.

thou have the same influence now in Heaven.

Pray for us and obtain for us from thy Divine Son

our special requests if it be the Divine Will.Amen.

Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us. Saint Bernadette, pray for us.

Day 2

Be blessed most pure Virgin,

for having vouchsafed to manifest thyself shining

with light, sweetness and beauty, in the Grotto of Lourdes,

saying to the child Saint Bernadette:

"I am the Immaculate Conception!"

O Mary Immaculate, inflame our hearts with one ray

of the burning love of thy pure Heart.

Let them be consumed with love for Jesus and for thee,

in order that we may merit one day to enjoy thy glorious eternity.

O dispenser of His graces here below,

take into thy keeping and present to thy Divine Son

the petition for which we are making this novena...

O Brilliant star of purity, Mary Immaculate,

Our Lady of Lourdes, glorious assumption,

triumphant in thy coronation,

show unto us the mercy of the Mother of God,

Virgin Mary, Queen and Mother,

be our comfort, hope, strength, and consolation. Amen.

Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us. Saint Bernadette, pray for us. Amen

Novena to our Lady of Lourdes ~ Day 1

Be blessed, O most pure Virgin,
for having vouchsafed to manifest thy shining with life,
sweetness and beauty, in the Grotto of Lourdes,
saying to the child, St. Bernadette: "I am the Immaculate Conception."
A thousand times we congratulate thee upon thy Immaculate Conception.
And now, O ever Immaculate Virgin, Mother of mercy, Health of the sick,
Refuge of sinners, comforter of the afflicted,
thou know our wants, our troubles, our sufferings;
deign to cast upon us a look of mercy.
By appearing in the Grotto of Lourdes,
thou were pleased to make it a privileged sanctuary,
whence thou dispense thy favours, and already many have obtained
the cure of their infirmities, both spiritual and physical.
We come, therefore, with the most unbounded confidence
to implore thy maternal intercession.
Obtain for us, O loving Mother, the granting of our request..

Through gratitude for thy favours,
we will endeavor to imitate thy virtues,
that we may on day share thy glory in Heaven.

Our Lady of Lourdes, Mother of Christ,
thou had influence with thy divine Son while upon earth.
thou have the same influence now in Heaven.
Pray for us and obtain for us from thy Divine Son
our special requests if it be the Divine Will.Amen.

Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.
Saint Bernadette, pray for us.

Day One

O Mary Immaculate, Our Lady of Lourdes
Virgin and Mother, Queen of Heaven,
chosen from all eternity to be the Mother of the Eternal Word
and in virtue of this title preserved from original sin,
we kneel before thee as did little Bernadette at Lourdes
and pray with childlike trust in thee
that as we contemplate thy glorious appearance at Lourdes,
thou will look with mercy on our present petition
and secure for us a favourable answer
to the request for which we are making this novena..

O Brilliant star of purity,
Mary Immaculate, Our Lady of Lourdes,
glorious Assumption,
triumphant in thy Coronation,
show unto us the mercy of the Mother of God,
Virgin Mary, Queen and Mother,
be our comfort, hope,
strength and consolation. Amen.

Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.
Saint Bernadette, pray for us. Amen