NOVENA TO OUR MOTHER OF PERPETUAL HELP
OPENING HYMN
Immaculate Mother
We join you and call
On God our dear Father
The Lord of us all.
Ave, Ave, Ave, Maria
Ave, Ave, Ave, Maria
In God’s Holy Spirit
Your children are we
Inspire us, our model
Good Christians to be.
Ave, Ave, Ave, Maria
Ave, Ave, Ave, Maria
Leader: In the name if the Father and the Son and of the
Holy Spirit
All: Amen.
Leader: My brothers and sisters, we are gathered together before
the picture of our Mother of Perpetual Help, to praise and thank God our Father for the blessings He has given us through Her intercession. Let us once more ask Her to pray for us
All: Mother of Perpetual Help look us your children. We are proud to be your children * and happy to all you our mother. We are not all we ought to be *so we come to you our mother. You are always ready to accept us as we are, * to encourage us to do better, *in spite of temptations and weakness. As we look at your picture, * we remember your life on earth. You had many crosses and trials * but you knew how to face them. You had faith and trust in God. You relied on his loving, fatherly goodness. Help us to be like you. We too have our trials and troubles. We are often worried and confused. Give us courage. Strengthen our faith. Help us make one more effort when we are inclined to despair. As you stood at the foot of the cross * you found it hard to see *how God could allow his Son * to suffer such agony. Yet you never lost faith. Help us to learn from your example to face our trials * with confidence and trust in God. Sometimes loving mother, * we are so worried about our own problems * we forget about God and needs of others, we want to be like you. You forgot about yourself and your own problems * when you saw others in need. Help us to remember * that the troubles and sorrows of others * are sometimes greater than our own. So, Mother Mary, * while we pray with you for our own special intentions * we include those all of your children in need. * The sick and the dying, * the lonely and the broken hearted, * the poor and the oppressed, * in a word, all those who need your perpetual help. Amen.
LITANY OF PETITIONS
Leader: Our Mother of Perpetual Help, your children call on you.
Response: Mother ever help us.
+That you may ever be our inspiration…
+That we may have courage to face up to all our difficulties…
+That we may see meaning in the joys and sorrows of life…
+That our trust in God may help others too…
+When faced with difficult decisions…
+When asked to make a sacrifice for the sake of others…
+When put to shame in front of others…
+When hurt and tempted to take revenge…
+In times of sickness in the home…
+In worries about our financial difficulties…
+In misunderstanding with those we love…
+In helping young people to become self-reliant and responsible…
+That many may respond to God’s call to the priesthood or religious life, especially to the Redemptorist Congregation…
+In choosing our entertainment and recreation…
+That parents may learn to adapt to their growing children…
+That students may show appreciation to those who sacrifice for their education…
+That we may not resort to drugs or drink as an escape from life…
+That we may always be honest in the struggle to earn our livelihood…
+That we may not be driven by greed for power and wealth …
+That we may always take pride in doing our work well…
+That workers may be justly rewarded for their labor…
+That we may never take unfair advantage of others by usury or fraud…
+That we may never interface with justice by bribery or perjury…
+That we may rise above personal considerations when called to vote or serve the community …
+That we may never lose sight of the beauty of our country and the goodness of our people…
+That we may do everything in our power to bring about justice, peace and progress in our land…
+That we may never be so proud as to think we can do without God or religion…
+When seriously ill and we realize that death is near…
+When our loved ones are called home to their heavenly Father…
+When we pray that our dear departed may share in the full joy of Christ’s resurrection…
+ And now in silence let us pray for our special intentions… (pause)
Leader: Let us pray
All: Holy Mary, You always help those in need; you cheer those who
weep, you encourage those who have lost hope and help them lead good Christian lives. Join with us now as we ask our Father for guidance.
Lord God, it is Your will that we come together today to honor Mary as a mother ever ready to help us. May we who implore her motherly help benefit by the great gift of salvation, through Christ our Lord. Amen.
THANKSGIVING PRAYER
(All Stand)
Leader: Let us now thank our Mother of Perpetual Help for the
favors that we and others have received through her intercession.
All: O Mother of Perpetual Help * with grateful hearts we join
you * in thanking God for all the wonderful things* He has done for us* especially for having given us Jesus your Son * as our Redeemer. O God our Creator * we thank you for the gift of life and all the gifts of nature. * Our senses and faculties, our talents and abilities. We thank you for creating us in your image and likeness * and for giving us this earth to use and develop * to respect and cherish. Despite our failure * you continue to show your love for us today * by increasing the life of your spirit in us. Finally, we thank you loving Father * for giving us Mary the Mother of your Son * to be our Mother of Perpetual Help. We are are grateful for all the favors * we have received through her intercession. We pray that those past favors may inspire us * to greater confidence in your loving mercy * and to seek the aid of our Mother of Perpetual Help. Amen.
Hail Mary
Hail Mary full of grace
The Lord is with you
Blessed are you among women
and blessed is the fruit of your womb.
Holy Mary, mother if Christ
Pray for us sinners.
Now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
MASS IN HONOR OF OUR MOTHER OF PERPETUAL HELP
Priest: In the of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
All: Amen
Priest: May the Grace and peace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love
of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
All: And with your spirit.
Priest: My brothers and sisters, we celebrate this Eucharist in
honor of our Mother of Perpetual Help. Since we are not
sinless, let us first ask pardon for our sins.
Priest: Because we have been ungrateful to you,
Christ have mercy.
All: Christ have mercy.
Priest: Because we have been selfish and forgetful of the needs of
others, Lord have mercy.
All: Lord have mercy.
Priest: May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us or sins and
bring us to everlasting life.
All: Amen.
OPENING PRAYER
Priest: Let us pray. Lord God, give your people the joy of continual
health of mind and body. With the prayers of Mary, our Mother of Perpetual Help, guide us through the sorrows of this life to eternal happiness in the life to come. Grand this through Jesus Christ, Your Son who lives and reigns with you and the Holy spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.
Liturgy of the world
(Optional: The priest may say the following: Like Mary who listened to God’s word in her heart let us listen now to God’s word.)
First Reading
Psalm
Gospel
Homily
Liturgy of the Eucharist
Preparation of the Gifts
(Hymn: Here We Gather or other suitable hymn)
Here We Gather
Here we gather with you Mary
Round the altar of your Son
All we are, all we have done
All we suffer when we’re sad
All we have when we are glad
All we dream and all we pray
All our actions of each day.
Prayer over the Gifts
Lord God, we honor the memory of the mother of your Son. May the sacrifice we share make us an everlasting gift you. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Eucharistic Prayer
(The Preface is that most apt to the season of the church’s year or the preface to Our Lady)
Prayer after Communion
Lord we rejoice in your sacraments and ask your mercy as we honor the memory of the Virgin Mary, Our Mother of Perpetual Help. May her faith and love inspire us to serve you more faithfully in the work of salvation. Grant this in the name of Jesus the Lord. Amen.
Final Blessing
Priest: The Lord be with you.
All: And with your spirit.
Priest: Bow your heads for God’s blessing.
May the Lord be with you to defend you. (Amen)
Priest: Within you preserve you. (Amen)
Priest: Before you to lead you (Amen)
Priest: After you to bless you (Amen)
In the name of the Father and the son and the Holy Spirit.
(Amen)
Priest: The mass is ended. Let us go as God’s people to serve one
another .
All: Thanks to be God.
Final Hymn to Mary
(Mother of Christ or another suitable hymn)
Mother of Christ
Mother of Christ, Mother of Christ
What shall I ask of thee
I do not sigh for the wealth of earth
for the joys that fade and flee.
But, Mother of Christ, Mother of Christ
This do I long to see
The bliss unfold which thine arms enfold
The treasure upon thy knee.