Detail of the carved Madonna as the Seat of Wisdom with the Child Jesus

Catholic novena

Our Lady, Seat of Wisdom Novena (General Marian Form)

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What it is
The complete general Novena to the Blessed Virgin from Blessed Be God (1925). This reading uses that historical general form in place of the earlier incomplete title-specific edition.
Often prayed for
Bring your intention to Our Lady and ask her intercession for the Church and all who need her help.
Suggested start
May 31, 2027. You may also begin this novena at any time.
Length
9 days
Feast
June 8
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Novena to the Blessed Virgin (1925)

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Mary, Virgin ever blessed! who can worthily praise thee or give thee thanks, who, by that wondrous assent of thy will, didst rescue a fallen world? What honors can the weakness of our human nature pay to thee, which by thy intervention alone has found the way to restoration? Accept, then, such poor thanks as we have here to offer, though they are unequal to thy merits; and, receiving our vows obtain by thy prayers the remission of our offenses. Carry thou our prayers within the sanctuary of the heavenly audience, and bring forth from it the medicine of our reconciliation. Through thee may those sins become pardonable the release from which through thee we ask of God, and that be granted which we demand with confidence.

Accept what we offer, grant us what we seek, spare us what we fear, for thou art the sole hope of sinners. Through thee we hope for the forgiveness of our faults, and in thee, most blessed Virgin, is the hope of our reward. Holy Mary, succor the wretched, help the faint-hearted, comfort the sorrowful, pray for the people, shield the clergy, intercede for all women consecrated to God, let all feel thy aid who keep thy holy commemoration. Be thou at hand, ready to aid our prayers, when we pray, and bring back to us the answer we desire.

Make it thy care to intercede ever for the people of God, thou who, blessed of God, didst merit to bear the Redeemer of the world Who liveth and reigneth forever and ever. Amen.

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The complete general Novena to the Blessed Virgin from Blessed Be God (1925). This reading uses that historical general form in place of the earlier incomplete title-specific edition.

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Description

This older printed novena offers one complete Marian prayer for repeated use. The present reading follows that form and identifies it as a general edition.

Traditionally invoked as patron of

students, schools, wisdom, studies, Catholic learning

Traditionally prayed for

Often prayed for students, schools, wisdom, studies, and Catholic learning.

Usual timing

May 31 through June 8, or any time

9 daysFeast: June 8studentsschoolswisdomstudiesCatholic learning
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Detail of the carved Madonna as the Seat of Wisdom with the Child Jesus

Madonna as the Seat of Wisdom, Presbyter Martinus (1199), detail