Traditional Catholic Novena
Our Lady of Hope Novena
A traditional Catholic novena to Our Lady of Hope for hope in distress, peace, and trust in Mary. Traditionally prayed January 8 through January 17, or any time.
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About This Novena
Linked to Our Lady of Hope and the Portmain apparition tradition, this novena turns fear into expectancy and asks Mary to keep hope alive in dark times.
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for hope in distress, peace, trust in Mary, and perseverance.
Usual timing
January 8 through January 17, or any time
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In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
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I am the mother of fair love, and of fear, and of knowledge, and of holy hope. In me is all grace of the way and of the truth; in me is all hope of life and of virtue. Come to me all that desire me and be filled with my fruits (Sirach 24:24-26).
O Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Grace, Hope of the world. Hear us, your children, who cry to you.
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O God, who by the marvelous protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary has strengthened us firmly in hope, grant we beseech You, that by persevering in prayer at her admonition, we may obtain the favors we devoutly implore. Through Christ Our Lord.
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Prayer to Our Lady of Hope
O Mary, my Mother, I kneel before you with heavy heart. The burden of my sins oppresses me. The knowledge of my weakness discourages me. I am beset by fears and temptations of every sort. Yet I am so attached to the things of this world that instead of longing for Heaven I am filled with dread at the thought of death.
O Mother of Mercy, have pity on me in my distress. You are all-powerful with your Divine Son. He can refuse no request of your Immaculate Heart. Show yourself a true Mother to me by being my advocate before His throne. O Refuge of Sinners and Hope of the Hopeless, to whom shall I turn if not you?
Obtain for me, then, O Mother of Hope, the grace of true sorrow for my sins, the gift of perfect resignation to God’s Holy Will, and the courage to take up my cross and follow Jesus. Beg of His Sacred Heart the special favor that I ask in this novena.
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But above all I pray, O dearest Mother, that through your most powerful intercession my heart may be filled with Holy Hope, so that in life’s darkest hour I may never fail to trust in God my Saviour, but by walking in the way of His commandments I may merit to be united with Him, and with you in the eternal joys of Heaven.
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Mary, our Hope, have pity on us.
Hope of the Hopeless, pray for us.
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In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
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About this novena
Description
Linked to Our Lady of Hope and the Portmain apparition tradition, this novena turns fear into expectancy and asks Mary to keep hope alive in dark times.
Traditionally invoked as patron of
hope in distress, peace, trust in Mary, perseverance
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for hope in distress, peace, trust in Mary, and perseverance.
Usual timing
January 8 through January 17, or any time
The Immaculate Conception, Guido Reni (1627)