ROSA
MYSTICA
NOVENAS
Please Note:
A. This Document presents three
distinct Novenas to Mary, Rosa Mystica. Some prayer elements,
like the Daily Preparation, are common to all three novenas as we
will indicate at the appropriate places.
B. These Novenas may be offered in: (a) Any nine consecutive days; (b)
Nine consecutive weeks (Saturday would be a good day of the week to
choose for the weekly Novena); (c) Nine consecutive months (the 13th of
each month would be a good day of the month to offer the prayer of the
Novena corresponding to that month).; or (d) The nine days leading to
the 13th of any particular month. That is - starting the novena on the
5th of the month with the last day of the Novena being the 13th of the
same month.
Daily
Preparation for ALL
the Rosa
Mystica Novenas
Maria, Rosa Mystica, fragrant rose of mysticism,
wonderful flower of divine knowledge; of purity and of blinding beauty;
of brilliant and shining glory; of power and overwhelming love...
We kneel before You to pray, to look, and to listen.
To pray that we may become like You.
To look at You and to inhale Your heavenly perfume
until we have, above all, taken something of Your immaculate, pure, and
perfect being into our inner selves.
To listen more attentively to every single
word of Yours which You have spoken not only in the past but even more
so in the present, more frequently and more insistently.
We do not always want to listen and heed what
You say.... what Your picture and tears are already saying to us and
asking us to do.
We now want to listen to Your quiet motherly voice
when it speaks to us so tenderly and consolingly with motherly
understanding and concern.
We now want to open our hearts to You
so that we
remain loyal to Your Son's Will.
We now want to force ourselves not to say
again "we have no time"; instead to endure Your sad glance even if we
should blush and must cast down our eyes in acknowledgment of our many
shortcomings.
Mary, fragrant Rose of Mysticism, please help us to
look inside ourselves and to examine ourselves well; help us to know
ourselves better, especially in those areas of thought and deed which
displease You; help us then to become more like You.
We promise that we shall try to imitate You.
Please help us to work on ourselves so that Your
love will always shine through wherever we may be.
3 Hail Mary...
O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have
recourse to Thee.
First
Novena
Novena
Prayer to Rosa Mystica for
Specific Personal
Intention
Offer the Daily Preparation
prayer shown above.
Then...
Maria Rosa Mystica - Mystical Rose,
Immaculate
Conception - Mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ - Mother of Grace - Mother
of the Mystical Body of Christ, the Church... You came down to Earth to
call upon us children of to love each other, to unite, and live in
peace.
You request from us charity, prayer, and penance. We
thank God from the bottom of our hearts that He has given You to us as
Our Mother and Mediatrix in all our needs. Mary, full of grace, please
help me, I beseech You, and grant me my special intention... (at this
point clearly and specifically request from Our Mother the favor that
You are seeking from Her)
You promised us Your motherly protection: "I am
always very close to You with My motherly love."
Rosa Mystica, Immaculata, Mater Dolorosa, please
show me that You are my Mother, Bride of the Holy Ghost, and Queen of
Heaven and Earth. Amen.
Hail Holy Queen...
Final Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, You have sent us
Your Mother as a
wonderful example of holiness and mysticism and especially as an ideal
and patroness for the priests and religious.
We ask You to grant us Your help to imitate Your
Most Holy Mother more and more and to become steadfast intercessors for
the conversion of those priests and religious who fail You. We ask this
in Your Most Holy Name. Amen.
Second
Novena
Novena
Prayer to Rosa Mystica to
Reduce
the Effect of Evil in the World
First Day
Let us consider the following:
The extreme opposite
to the Rosa Mystica are the dirtiest and most gruesome things in the
world:
+ The destruction of God and man in
modern art, by
the mass media, in the press, on radio and television;
+ The destruction of all values and order
before and in marriage, in education and at school;
+ The shameless fashion taken to extreme
excesses. All of this carried right into our churches and into the
holiest places.
We pray:
Maria, Rosa
Mystica, please protect us from
all shamelessness and degeneration, preserve in us the sense for good
and evil; prepare us to do battle in defense for all that is pure.
Maria, Rosa Mystica, graciously hear us and pray for us.
3 Hail Mary...
Final Prayer:
Lord Jesus Christ, You have sent us
Your Mother as a
wonderful example of holiness and mysticism and especially as an ideal
and patroness for the priests and religious.
We ask You to grant us Your help to imitate Your
Most Holy Mother more and more and to become steadfast intercessors for
the conversion of those priests and religious who fail You. We ask this
in Your Most Holy Name. Amen.
Second Day
Let us consider the following:
It is not enough to
observe how desolate and catastrophic the general situation is. First,
one must be prepared not only to refuse to go with fashion but, as a
penance, also to have to put up with something that is not really
required, to go without something even if it is not sin. One ought to
consider that one could also be guilty of sin committed by others, by
setting a bad example for them.
We Pray:
Maria, Rosa
Mystica, grant us the true
spirit of atonement, help us to fight the current of evil, and to often
and voluntarily accept the unpleasant things we encounter in our day to
day living, the more others fail You. Maria, Rosa Mystica, graciously
hear us and pray for us.
3 Hail Mary...
Final Prayer:
Lord Jesus Christ, You have sent us
Your Mother as a
wonderful example of holiness and mysticism and especially as an ideal
and patroness for the priests and religious.
We ask You to grant us Your help to imitate Your
Most Holy Mother more and more and to become steadfast intercessors for
the conversion of those priests and religious who fail You. We ask this
in Your Most Holy Name. Amen.
Third Day
Let us consider the following:
Pious pilgrims in
particular should note that the reason prayers often do not bring the
expected answer is because too little penance accompanies the prayers.
One dresses just as comfortably and lightly as others and one complains
about little daily inconveniences. What would Mary say to this?
"Remember the power of prayer
accompanied by penance!"
We pray:
Maria, Rosa
Mystica, grant that we do not
forget true penance and reparation with all our prayers, at home and on
journeys. Please grant us the right spirit when we come to You. Maria,
Rosa Mystica, graciously hear us and pray for us.
3 Hail Mary...
Final Prayer:
Lord Jesus Christ, You have sent us
Your Mother as a
wonderful example of holiness and mysticism and especially as an ideal
and patroness for the priests and religious.
We ask You to grant us Your help to imitate Your
Most Holy Mother more and more and to become steadfast intercessors for
the conversion of those priests and religious who fail You. We ask this
in Your Most Holy Name. Amen.
Fourth Day
Let us consider the following:
How can we achieve
all the necessary Graces? Two things are needed:
1. Our own effort to take time off to
think and
meditate; to move away from excessive and improper television
programming, celebrations, leisure activities, etc.; to learn to
differentiate, to learn to do without; to exercise moderation in food,
drink and sleep, etc.
2. Availing ourselves to the Holy Sacraments and the
use of Sacramentals [such as medals, scapulars, etc.], the Holy
Rosary, the Holy Scriptures, and the life of Saints. In addition, a
deeply religious and pious individual is needed as a spiritual director
["director" NOT "dictator"]. God Himself will help us through His
Grace and His Guidance even in sorrow, when we are humiliated,
disappointed, and suffer set-backs. We should become totally free for
God, breaking away from all unnecessary attachments to the world and
people, be free for the incomprehensible Glory of God.
We pray:
Maria, Rosa
Mystica, grant us Your help and
lead us in our efforts. Maria, Rosa Mystica, graciously hear us and
pray for us.
3 Hail Mary...
Final Prayer:
Lord Jesus Christ, You have sent us
Your Mother as a
wonderful example of holiness and mysticism and especially as an ideal
and patroness for the priests and religious.
We ask You to grant us Your help to imitate Your
Most Holy Mother more and more and to become steadfast intercessors for
the conversion of those priests and religious who fail You. We ask this
in Your Most Holy Name. Amen.
Fifth Day
Let us consider the following:
When God takes
away from man everything which blocks his path to Him; when He helps
You to leave everything; when He takes away one's close attachment to
people and things; when He leads You into the very darkest "night of
the spirit" without any consolations; when there is nothing but
darkness and sorrow, and, yet, You can still say: "I believe!"
When one achieves that point, then, God is able to
shower You with an abundance of His Graces, of His Wisdom and charisms
without any hindrance.
We pray:
(Let us
dare to offer this prayer with
total abandonment) "My Lord and my God, take everything from me that
may prevent me from coming to You. Please grant me everything that
brings me as close to You as You Will I am. Take me and do with me as
You please!"
3 Hail Mary...
Final Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, You have sent us
Your Mother as a
wonderful example of holiness and mysticism and especially as an ideal
and patroness for the priests and religious.
We ask You to grant us Your help to imitate Your
Most Holy Mother more and more and to become steadfast intercessors for
the conversion of those priests and religious who fail You. We ask this
in Your Most Holy Name. Amen.
Sixth Day
Let us consider the following:
Together with St.
Theresa of Jesus (of Avila) and St. Therese of the Child Jesus, we
should be now on the right path of our true devotion of Mary, through
the veneration of the "Rosa Mystica", the "Mystical Rose".
We must, however, prevent ourselves from falling
prey to the widely spread misunderstanding believing that many recited
rosaries together with many pilgrimages and other devotions will give
us a sure "ticket to Heaven". This is not true!
Devotion to Mary must be genuine and with adequate
spiritual. It needs true filial devotion, not only offering many
beautiful prayers and "devotions", but also having the desire to
acquire the real spirit of Mary - Her complete abandonment to the Will
of the Father.
We Pray:
Maria, Rosa
Mystica, help us to get to know
You more and more, lead us and guide us so that we may be able to find
the path of Your mysticism - the fruit of Your union with God: Father,
Son and Holy Spirit.
3 Hail Mary...
Final Prayer:
Lord Jesus Christ, You have sent us
Your Mother as a
wonderful example of holiness and mysticism and especially as an ideal
and patroness for the priests and religious.
We ask You to grant us Your help to imitate Your
Most Holy Mother more and more and to become steadfast intercessors for
the conversion of those priests and religious who fail You. We ask this
in Your Most Holy Name. Amen.
Seventh Day
Let us consider the following:
There is very little
written in the Scriptures about Mary's mysticism (that is, supernatural
unity with God), for example, statements such as: "Blessed , full of
grace." The conception in Her womb - as we learned from the text in the
Bible - can only be surmised with deepest reverence; In any event,
something extremely great and mysteriously enchanting happened when the
infinite. Eternal love was united with the most immaculate, thus, most
loving human heart that ever existed, and will ever exist; united in
order to create a tiny yet infinitely great being.
The results of mysticism are powerful and rich in
fruit.
We pray:
Maria, Rosa
Mystica, grant that mankind may
find its way to the most beautiful of things, to the glories of the
supernatural that surpass nature itself so that we may serve God as He
truly deserves. Please give us the fervour to seek and serve our Loving
God and to lead others to Him, by example, so that they may learn to
recognize how poor the delights and desires of this world are when
compared with the richness that may be obtained through the devotion to
Mary, the "Rosa Mystica"
3 Hail Mary...
Final Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, You have sent us
Your Mother as a
wonderful example of holiness and mysticism and especially as an ideal
and patroness for the priests and religious.
We ask You to grant us Your help to imitate Your
Most Holy Mother more and more and to become steadfast intercessors for
the conversion of those priests and religious who fail You. We ask this
in Your Most Holy Name. Amen.
Eight Day
Let us consider the following:
The effects of the
Rosa Mystica in us. The more we are prepared to walk the path with
Mary, the path She walked Herself, with inner devotion and complete
abandonment to the Will of the Father, the more we imitate what is
contained in the mysteries of the Holy Rosary, the more we shall then
"receive what they promise". This then is our request, our prayer...
We pray:
O God ,
whose only begotten son has
prepared for us the treasures of eternal salvation through His Life,
His Death and Resurrection, grant we beseech You that when we meditate
on the mysteries of the Holy Rosary of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary and
imitate what they contain, we obtain what they promise through the same
Christ, Our Lord. Amen.
3 Hail Mary...
Final Prayer:
Lord Jesus Christ, You have sent us
Your Mother as a
wonderful example of holiness and mysticism and especially as an ideal
and patroness for the priests and religious.
We ask You to grant us Your help to imitate Your
Most Holy Mother more and more and to become steadfast intercessors for
the conversion of those priests and religious who fail You. We ask this
in Your Most Holy Name. Amen.
Ninth Day
Let us consider the following:
The special intention
of the Mother of God: The true Spiritual Regeneration of the Church.
Even though every Christian is called to holiness
and mysticism, it is of even greater meaning and importance the call
has for priests and religious. They should venerate and imitate their
ideal, Mary, the Rosa Mystica, in a special way; and this is something
that is missing quite often, most of all in seminaries, monasteries and
convents. It ought, therefore, to be a special apostolate to spread the
purpose and meaning of this devotion in those houses, for nowhere else
more saints and mystics are needed. The task of the laity will be to
replace what is missing within the Church through fervent prayer in
zealous imitation of the Rosa Mystica!
We pray:
3 Our
Father... 3 Hail Mary... 3 Glory be -
For the sanctification of priests, bishops, and religious.
Final Prayer:
Lord Jesus Christ, You have sent us
Your Mother as a
wonderful example of holiness and mysticism and especially as an ideal
and patroness for the priests and religious.
We ask You to grant us Your help to imitate Your
Most Holy Mother more and more and to become steadfast intercessors for
the conversion of those priests and religious who fail You. We ask this
in Your Most Holy Name. Amen.
Third
Novena
Novena
Prayer to Rosa Mystica for
Priests and
Religious
Offer the Daily Preparation
prayer shown on the
first page. Then...
Litany of Maria Rosa Mystica
Lord, have mercy of us,
Christ , have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us, Christ, hear us,
Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father in Heaven,
Have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
Have mercy on us.
God the Holy Ghost,
Have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God,
Have mercy on us.
Holy Mary, pray for us
Mystical Rose, pray for us
Virgin Mother of Christ, pray for us
Spouse of the Holy Spirit, pray for us
Mother of Divine Grace, pray for us
Mother of Precious Life, pray for us
Mother of Lost Children, pray for us
Mother of Exiles, pray for us
Mother of Sweet Mercy, pray for us
Mother of Sorrow, pray for us
Mother of our Soul and Mind, pray for us
Mother of the Aging, pray for us
Mother of the Dying, pray for us
Virgin most chaste, pray for us
Virgin most humble, pray for us
Virgin most persevering, pray for us
Rose of the Heavenly Garden, pray for us
Fragrance of the Morning Sun, pray for us
Altar of Peace Offerings, pray for us
Crystal of Light, pray for us
Pearl of the Sea, pray for us
Shield of Courage, pray for us
Gate of the Enclosed Yard, pray for us
Glass of Time, pray for us
Flame of Clinging Love, pray for us
Wind of Gentleness, pray for us
Fountain of Divine Grace, pray for us
Blessed Vessel of Love, pray for us
Blessed Mother of Christ, pray for us
Lake of Inner Joy, pray for us
Mountain of Steadfastness, pray for us
Thunder of Resolution, pray for us
Depth of Commitment, pray for us
Guidepost of Eternity, pray for us
Queen of Angels, pray for us
Queen of Flowers, pray for us
Queen of Arts, pray for us
Queen of the Holy Church, pray for us
Queen of the Holy Eucharist, pray for us
Queen of the Immaculate Heart, pray for us
Queen of the word, pray for us
Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, Immaculate from Thy creation, pierced with
pain, kindled with love, pray for our clergy and all the religious,
Save them.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, pray for all those priests and
religious who are walking on the wrong path, Save them.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, pray for all those priests and
religious who do not show any more the necessary respect that is due to
God, Save them.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, pray for all those priests and
religious who do not possess any more the courage to profess their
faith, Save them.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, pray for all those priests and
religious who show no respect for the Most Holy Eucharist,
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, pray for all those priest and
religious who have succumbed to the allurements of a deceitful world,
and do not seek God any more,
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, pierced with pain, kindled with
love, pray for all those priests and religious who have given up the
Holy Sacrament of confession, and tolerate sinful deeds, Save them.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, pray for all those priests and
religious who have no more love for You and thus have become cold in
heart so quickly, Save them.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, pray for all those priests and
religious who do not obey the Holy Spirit any longer, Save them.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, pray for all those priests and
religious who re walking on wrong paths and corrupt the mind of the
people, Save them.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, pray for all those priests and
religious who have left the church, Save them.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, pray for all those priests and
religious for the sake of Your Immaculate Heart, Save them.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, pray for all those priests and
religious for the sake of Your tears, Save them.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, pray for all those priests and
religious for the sake of Your Son who, on the Cross, gave You His
priests as Your sons, Save them.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, pray for all those priests and
religious for the sake of Your motherhood, which embraces all the
people on earth, Save them.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica , pray for all those priests and
religious for the sake of Your humility as a handmaid of God by which
You shine as an example to all the servants of Jesus Christ, Save them.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, Pray for all those priests and
religious for the sake of Your suffering heart, a heart also pierced by
the sword of sorrow which You are suffering for priests and religious,
Save them.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, pray for all those priests and
religious for the sake of Your loneliness and desolation, which You
bore in total obedience, Save them.
Immaculate Heart of Mary Rosa Mystica, pray for all those priests and
religious for the sake of Your invincible power of intercession for us,
Save them.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, pray for all those priest and
religious for the sake of You being the all powerful Mediatrix of all
graces, Save them.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, pray for all those priest and
religious for the sake of Your sorrows and Your tears of blood, Save
them.
Let us conclude our prayers...
O Almighty and merciful God, who for
the triumph of
Thy mercy and the salvation of souls hast granted to the Immaculate
Virgin Mary unlimited recourse to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, grant, we
beseech Thee that by Her prayers and intercession we may avoid the
contagion of sin and serve thee with a pure heart, and that we may live
and die in Thy Holy Love.
O Lord Jesus Christ, Our Mediator with the Father,
Who hast deigned to appoint the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mystical Rose,
Thy Mother and the Mother of thy Church, to be our Mother also and our
Mediatrix with thee, graciously grant that whosoever goes to Thee in
quest of blessings may be gladdened by obtaining them all through the
Immaculate Heart of Mary. Thou Who livest and reignest with the Father
and the Holy Ghost, one God for ever and ever. Amen.
O Mother, You are leading the way for us in Your
love for Your Son, Jesus Christ. Together with You, let us help the
afflicted religious but especially our priests. They have the most
sacred faculty to transform wine and bread into the Body of Your Son;
they are the intermediaries between God and us; they bear the great
responsibility for our souls. But we are also responsible for the Holy
Church to produce holy priests. Help us through Your Immaculate Heart,
O sorrowful Mother, who is burning with love for us. Amen.
We pray:
3 Our Father... 3 Hail
Mary... 3 Glory be -
For the sanctification of priests, bishops, and religious; for special
guidance and strength for all the Patriarchs of Your Church.
Final Prayer:
Lord Jesus Christ, You have sent us
Your Mother as a
wonderful example of holiness and mysticism and especially as an ideal
and patroness for the priests and religious.
We ask You to grant us Your help to imitate Your
Most Holy Mother more and more and to become steadfast intercessors for
the conversion of those priests and religious who fail You. We ask this
in Your Most Holy Name. Amen.
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