Catholic novena
Novena to Our Lady of the Snows
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Fisheaters devotional novena index, Novena to Our Lady of the Snows. Web witness for this wording: https://www.fisheaters.com/novenas.html#snows. Exact pre-1962 English wording has not been verified in a printed edition.
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- A traditional novena to Our Lady of the Snows asking for help in necessity, growth in virtue, protection in life, and final perseverance.
- Often prayed for
- Motherly protection, help in necessity, growth in Marian virtues, guidance in danger, and assistance at the hour of death.
- Suggested start
- July 27, 2027. You may also begin this novena at any time.
- Length
- 9 days
- Feast
- August 5
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About This Novena
This novena is full of older Catholic confidence in Mary as both protectress and teacher. It asks not only for help with a present petition, but also to become more like her in virtue and to be led safely through life into the presence of Jesus.
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for Marian help, purity, trust in God, and help in impossible situations.
Usual timing
July 27 through August 4
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Day 1: Filial Devotion
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O Mary, ever blessed Virgin, Mother of God, Queen of the angels and of the saints, I salute thee with the most profound veneration and filial devotion. I renew the consecration of myself and all I have to thee. I thank thee for thy maternal protection and for the many blessings that I have received through thy wondrous mercy and most powerful intercession. In all my necessities I have recourse to thee with unbounded confidence.
Our Lady of the Snows, O Help of Christians, O Mother of Mercy, I beseech thee now to hear my prayer, and to obtain for me of thy divine Son the favor that I request in this novena.
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Obtain for me, also, dearest Mother, the grace that I may imitate thee and become more like to thee in the practice of the virtues of humility, obedience, purity, poverty, submission to the will of God, and charity. Be my protectress in life, guard and guide me in dangers, direct me in perplexities, lead me in the way of perfection, and assist me in the hour of my death, that I may come to Jesus, and with thee enjoy Him, bless Him, and love Him eternally in heaven. Amen.
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A traditional novena to Our Lady of the Snows asking for help in necessity, growth in virtue, protection in life, and final perseverance.
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The Story of Our Lady of the Snows
Our Lady of the Snows is tied to one of Rome's great Marian churches, Santa Maria Maggiore. The old liturgical core of the feast is the dedication of that basilica on the Esquiline Hill, a church restored and dedicated to Our Lady by Pope Sixtus III after the Council of Ephesus had defended the title Mother of God. That is the firm ground. The basilica stands as a Roman witness that Mary is honored because her Son is truly God made flesh. Devotion to her is never separated from that doctrine.
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The Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major
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Description
This novena is full of older Catholic confidence in Mary as both protectress and teacher. It asks not only for help with a present petition, but also to become more like her in virtue and to be led safely through life into the presence of Jesus.
Traditionally invoked as patron of
Marian help, purity, trust in God, help in impossible situations
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for Marian help, purity, trust in God, and help in impossible situations.
Usual timing
July 27 through August 4
Madonna della Neve, Guido Reni