Traditional Catholic Novena
Novena to Our Lady of Good Success
A traditional Catholic novena to Our Lady of Good Success for motherhood and difficult times in the Church. Traditionally prayed January 24 through February 1.
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About This Novena
This novena speaks in an older Catholic register of trust: it asks Our Lady of Good Success to hear a petition, but it does so with a higher measure already built in, namely the salvation of the soul and the glory of Holy Mother Church. That gives it a steadier, more serious devotional tone than a generic help prayer.
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for motherhood, difficult times in the Church, trust in Providence, and religious vocations.
Usual timing
January 24 through February 1
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Three Daily Invocations
First invocation
Hail Mary Most Holy, Beloved Daughter of God the Father. Through the intercession of Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres, grant thy good success to this request. (Mention your intention here)
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Pray one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be.
Saint Michael, pray for us.
Second invocation
Hail Mary Most Holy, Admirable Mother of God the Son. Through the intercession of Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres, grant thy good success to this request. (Mention your intention here)
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Pray one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be.
Saint Gabriel, pray for us.
Third invocation
Hail Mary Most Holy, Most Faithful Spouse of the Holy Ghost. Through the intercession of Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres, grant thy good success to this request. (Mention your intention here)
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Pray one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be.
Saint Raphael, pray for us.
Closing prayer
Hail Mary Most Holy, Temple and Sacrarium of the Most Holy Trinity. St. Michael, St. Gabriel, St. Raphael, pray for us.
Our Lady of Good Success, thou who art the all-powerful intercessor before the Most Holy Trinity, deign to hear and answer my request, so long as it contributes to the salvation of my soul and the glory and exaltation of Holy Mother Church.
Hail Holy Queen
Hail holy Queen, mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness, and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us. And after this our exile show unto us the blessed Fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary. Amen.
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The Story of Our Lady of Good Success
The story of Our Lady of Good Success belongs to Quito, to a cloister, and to the long memory of a religious house that learned to call Mary its mother in very concrete terms. In the late sixteenth century, Spanish Conceptionist nuns came to Ecuador to found the Royal Convent of the Immaculate Conception. Among them was Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres, a sister whose life was marked by penance, illness, obedience, and the ordinary weight of building a convent far from home. The English title sounds modern, but the older Spanish phrase Buen Suceso is wider than ordinary success. It can mean a good event or happy outcome, and in this devotion it is tied especially to the Purification of Mary and the Presentation of Christ.
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About this novena
Description
This novena speaks in an older Catholic register of trust: it asks Our Lady of Good Success to hear a petition, but it does so with a higher measure already built in, namely the salvation of the soul and the glory of Holy Mother Church. That gives it a steadier, more serious devotional tone than a generic help prayer.
Traditionally invoked as patron of
motherhood, difficult times in the Church, trust in Providence, religious vocations
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for motherhood, difficult times in the Church, trust in Providence, and religious vocations.
Usual timing
January 24 through February 1
The Immaculate Conception, Guido Reni (1627)