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11/30/2012

Novena to the Immaculate Conception: November 29-December 8

11/30/2012

PRAYER TO THE
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

O God, who by the Immaculate Conception
of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
did prepare a worthy dwelling place for Your Son,
we beseech You that, as by the foreseen death of this, Your Son, You did preserve Her from all stain,
so too You would permit us, purified through Her intercession, tocome unto You.
Through the same Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, world without end.

Amen.

First, recite the Prayer to the Immaculate Conception.
Then, recite the appropriate prayer of each of the nine days.

Day One

O most Holy Virgin, who was pleasing to the Lord and became His
mother, immaculate in body and spirit, in faith and in love, look
kindly on me as I implore your powerful intercession. O most Holy
Mother, who by your blessed Immaculate Conception, from the first
moment of your conception did crush the head of the enemy, receive our
prayers as we implore you to present at the throne of God the favor we
now request...
(State your intention here...)
O Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Mother of Christ, you had
influence with your Divine Son while upon this earth; you have the
same influence now in heaven. Pray for us and obtain for us from him
the granting of my petition if it be the Divine Will.
Amen.

Day Two

O Mary, ever blessed Virgin, Mother of God, Queen of angels and of
saints, we salute you with the most profound veneration and filial
devotion as we contemplate your holy Immaculate Conception, We thank
you for your maternal protection and for the many blessings that we
have received through your wondrous mercy and most powerful
intercession. In all our necessities we have recourse to you with
unbounded confidence. O Mother of Mercy, we beseech you now to hear
our prayer and to obtain for us of your Divine Son the favor that we
so earnestly request in this novena...
(State your intention here...)
O Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Mother of Christ, you had
influence with your Divine Son while upon this earth; you have the
same influence now in heaven. Pray for us and obtain for us from him
the granting of my petition if it be the Divine Will.
Amen.

Day Three

O Blessed Virgin Mary, glory of the Christian people, joy of the
universal Church and Mother of Our Lord, speak for us to the Heart of
Jesus, who is your Son and our brother. O Mary, who by your holy
Immaculate Conception did enter the world free from stain, in your
mercy obtain for us from Jesus the special favor which we now so
earnestly seek...
(State your intention here...)
O Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Mother of Christ, you had
influence with your Divine Son while upon this earth; you have the
same influence now in heaven. Pray for us and obtain for us from him
the granting of my petition if it be the Divine Will.
Amen.

Day Four

O Mary, Mother of God, endowed in your glorious Immaculate Conception
with the fullness of grace; unique among women in that you are both
mother and virgin; Mother of Christ and Virgin of Christ, we ask you
to look down with a tender heart from your throne and listen to our
prayers as we earnestly ask that you obtain for us the favor for which
we now plead...
(State your intention here...)
O Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Mother of Christ, you had
influence with your Divine Son while upon this earth; you have the
same influence now in heaven. Pray for us and obtain for us from him
the granting of my petition if it be the Divine Will. Amen.

Day Five

O Lord, who, by the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, did
prepare a fitting dwelling for your Son, we beseech you that as by the
foreseen death of your Son, you did preserve her from all stain of
sin, grant that through her intercession, we may be favored with the
granting of the grace that we seek for at this time...
(State your intention here...)
O Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Mother of Christ, you had
influence with your Divine Son while upon this earth; you have the
same influence now in heaven. Pray for us and obtain for us from him
the granting of my petition if it be the Divine Will. Amen.

Day Six

Glorious and immortal Queen of Heaven, we profess our firm belief in
your Immaculate Conception preordained for you in the merits of your
Divine Son. We rejoice with you in your Immaculate Conception. To the
one ever-reigning God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, three in Person,
one in nature, we offer thanks for your blessed Immaculate Conception.
O Mother of the Word made Flesh, listen to our petition as we ask this
special grace during this novena...
(State your intention here...)
O Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Mother of Christ, you had
influence with your Divine Son while upon this earth; you have the
same influence now in heaven. Pray for us and obtain for us from him
the granting of my petition if it be the Divine Will. Amen.

Day Seven

O Immaculate Virgin, Mother of God, and my mother, from the sublime
heights of your dignity turn your merciful eyes upon me while I, full
of confidence in your bounty and keeping in mind your Immaculate
conception and fully conscious of your power, beg of you to come to
our aid and ask your Divine Son to grant the favor we earnestly seek
in this novena... if it be beneficial for our immortal souls and the
souls for whom we pray.
(State your intention here...)
O Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Mother of Christ, you had
influence with your Divine Son while upon this earth; you have the
same influence now in heaven. Pray for us and obtain for us from him
the granting of my petition if it be the Divine Will.

Day Eight

O Most gracious Virgin Mary, beloved Mother of Jesus Christ, our
Redeemer, intercede with him for us that we be granted the favor which
we petition for so earnestly in this novena...O Mother of the Word
Incarnate, we feel animated with confidence that your prayers in our
behalf will be graciously heard before the throne of God. O Glorious
Mother of God, in memory of your joyous Immaculate Conception, hear
our prayers and obtain for us our petitions.
(State your intention here...)
O Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Mother of Christ, you had
influence with your Divine Son while upon this earth; you have the
same influence now in heaven. Pray for us and obtain for us from him
the granting of my petition if it be the Divine Will.

Day Nine

O Mother of the King of the Universe, most perfect member of the human
race, "our tainted nature’s solitary boast," we turn to you as mother,
advocate, and mediatrix. O Holy Mary, assist us in our present
necessity. By your Immaculate Conception, O Mary conceived without
sin, we humbly beseech you from the bottom of our heart to intercede
for us with your Divine Son and ask that we be granted the favor for
which we now plead...
(State your intention here...)
O Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Mother of Christ, you had
influence with your Divine Son while upon this earth; you have the
same influence now in heaven. Pray for us and obtain for us from him
the granting of my petition if it be the Divine Will. Amen.

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Monthly Medjugorge Message Given to Marija: A Time for Us and God

11/26/2012

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"Dear children! In this time of grace, I call all of you to renew prayer. Open yourselves to Holy Confession so that each of you may accept my call with the whole heart. I am with you and I protect you from the ruin of sin, but you must open yourselves to the way of conversion and holiness, that your heart may burn out of love for God. Give Him time and He will give Himself to you and thus, in the will of God you will discover the love and the joy of living. Thank you for having responded to my call."

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Thanksgiving 2012: What are You Thankful for?

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We all have way too much to be thankful for. Every blessing we have is from God. Every good thing comes from above, the Bible says. Be thankful.

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Vicka praying over Fr. Neil

Ivan and Fr. Neil at Blue Cross

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Fr. Neil Buchlein, Pastor
St. Mary Queen of Heaven
Madison, WV

St. Joseph the Worker
Whitesville, WV

The world is like a river of which we drink
but our sins pollute the water
And now the river is flooded so we must build
and ark of faith and trust in divine providence
I was in a room of darkness it wasn't
enough to open the window for air
I had to unlock the door so I searched for
the key and what I found was
Our Lady of Medugorje saying to:

Chorus:

Pray, pray pray pray, pray pray pray,
for a happier day, oh come on and
pray, pray pray pray, pray pray pray,
and the Lord will show you the way.

Me and my brothers and sisters we were struggling
between heaven and hell
We found it hard to understand how we got
sunk into a spiral of negative and demonic spells
So we went on a pilgrimage searching for healing
at the heavenly wells
We came across a wise man telling us children it's very
simple, conversion, mass the sacraments and

Chorus

Oh we've got to pray, pray pray pray,
pray pray pray for a happier day

Need a childlike faith to enter into heaven
'til the harvesters come don't be afraid

We all have our crosses to carry if we carry
them humbly there's no need to worry
If we forgive we'll be forgiven then our
purified hearts will feel the
presence of God's eternal love burn inside
I ain't no religious expert but I don't have to
be to know that God ain't illusion
I'm testifying what I witness 'cause a faith
without acts is a dead faith that's why
I wrote this song so we can

Chorus

Oh we've got to pray, pray pray pray,
pray pray pray for a happier day

Pray pray pray for a happier day
Got to pray for a better day
Pray pray pray for a happier day
Got to pray for a better day
Pray pray pray for a happier day
Got to pray for a better day
Pray pray pray for a happier day
Got to pray for a better day
Pray pray pray for a happier day

This photo was taken 10/30/2011 at Casa San Pablo in Santo Domingo

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http://www.rosary4recovery.com
http://www.MaryTv.tv
http://www.usccb.org
http://www.vatican.va
http://www.spiritdaily.com
http://www.medjugorjetoday.tv
http://www.medjugorje.org
http://ingodscompany2.blogspot.com
http://sandy-grace4u.blogspot.com/
http://www.medjugorjemiracles.com
http://www.feastofmercy.net
http://www.servantstotheworld.com
http://queenofpeaceapostolate.com

Let us not close our hearts, let us not lose confidence,
let us never give up: there are no situations which God cannot change.
Pope Francis

"God has created me to do Him some definite service. He has committed some work to me which he has not committed to another. I have a mission; I may never know it in this life, but I shall be told it in the next. I am a link in a chain, a bond of connection between persons; He has not created me for naught. I shall do good—I shall do his work. I shall be an angel of peace while not intending it if I do but keep his commandments. Therefore, I will trust him." Blessed John Cardinal Newmann

ObamaCare violates our religious liberty; Planned Parenthood takes our taxpayer dollars for its abortion business; and atheists are removing Christianity from America. Get your armour on for this satanic battle is here in our backyard.

Come, Holy Spirit, and renew the face of the earth through me.
Fill me with Your life and Your grace,
that my soul may be sanctified.
Increase in me the gift of holy wisdom,
that I may use wisely the gifts You have given me.
Increase in me the gift of understanding,
that I may hear and respond to Your call.
Increase in me the gift of Your good counsel,
that I may always follow God's will.
Increase in me the gift of knowledge,
that I may grow in holiness by knowing God and myself more fully.
Increase in me the gift of love, that I may serve as Christ's hands and feet and voice
sharing Your love with everyone I meet today.
Come, Holy Spirit! Renew the face of the earth through me!
Amen.

Consecrate Yourself to Mary
Using the Consecration Prayer
of St. Louis-Marie de Montfort

I, (Name), a faithless sinner, renew and ratify today in your hands the vows of my Baptism; I renounce forever Satan, his pomps and works; and I give myself entirely to Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Wisdom, to carry my cross after Him all the days of my life, and to be more faithful to Him than I have ever been before.

In the presence of all the heavenly court I choose you this day for my Mother and Queen. I deliver and consecrate to you, as your slave, my body and soul, my goods, both interior and exterior, and even the value of all my good actions, past, present and future; leaving to you the entire and full right of disposing of me, and all that belongs to me, without exception, according to your good pleasure, for the greater glory of God, in time and in eternity.

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Our Lady of All Nations
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Father,
Send now Your Spirit over the world;
Let the Holy Spirit live in the Hearts of All Nations,
That they may be preserved from degeneration, disaster, and war;
May the Lady of All Nations, the Blessed Virgin Mary,
Be our Advocate. Amen
September 20, 1951

Bury me on my head for one day this world will be upside down."
(Diogenes)

PRAYER FOR PRIESTS

O Jesus, Eternal Priest, keep your priests within the shelter of your sacred heart, where none may touch them.

Keep unstained their anointed hands, which daily touch your sacred body.

Keep unsullied their lips, daily purpled with your precious blood.

Keep pure and unearthly their hearts, sealed with the sublime mark of your priesthood.

Let your holy love surround them, and shield them from the world’s contagion.

Bless their labors with abundant fruit, and may the souls to whom they minister be their joy and consolation here on earth, and in heaven, their everlasting crown.

Mary, Mother of Priests, pray for priests and vocations to the priesthood.

– St. Therese of Lisieux

Quote to live by:
"Let nothing disturb you, nothing frighten you, all things are passing, God is unchanging. Patience gains all; nothing is lacking to those who have God: God alone is sufficient."
- St. Teresa of Avila

"Anyone who wishes to frolic with the devil, cannot rejoice with Christ."
-St. Peter Chrysologus

Prayer for Priests

O my Jesus, I beg You on behalf of the whole Church:
grant it love and the light of Your Spirit,
and give power to the words of priests
so that hardened hearts might be brought to repentance
and return to You, O Lord.

Lord, give us holy priests;
You Yourself maintain them in holiness.
O divine an Great High Priest,
may the power of Your mercy accompany them everywhere
and protect them from the devil's traps and snares
which are continually being set for the souls for priests.
May the power of Your mercy, O Lord, shatter and bring to naught
all that might tarnish the sanctity of priests,
for You can do all things.
AMEN.

(Diary of Sister Faustina, 102)

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Pray, Pray, Pray by Paddy Kelly (Br. John Paul Mary)

This song was written after his first trip to Medjugorje in 2004

The Memorare

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary,
that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection,
implored your help or sought your intercession,
was left unaided.

Inspired with this confidence,
I fly to you, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother;
to you do I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful.

O Mother of the Word Incarnate,
despise not my petitions,
but in your mercy hear and answer me.

Amen.

We seek to do as best we can in everything that is expected of us in order to become holy. The most important thing is to draw near to God by living for him; everything else is secondary.

- Blessed Josaphat Chichkov (1919 - 1952), Priest

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Pray, Pray, Pray by Paddy Kelly (Br. John Paul Mary)This song was written after his first trip to Medjugorje in 2004

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Pray, Pray, Pray by Paddy Kelly (Br. John Paul Mary)

This song was written after his first trip to Medjugorje in 2004