Our Lady of Perpetual Help, shown in her ancient icon holding the Child Jesus, is invoked as the ever-present helper of all who turn to her. Pray this novena with confidence in her aid.
The Daily Prayer
O Mother of Perpetual Help,
grant that I may ever invoke your most powerful name,
which is the safeguard of the living
and the salvation of the dying.
O purest Mary, O sweetest Mary,
let your name henceforth be ever on my lips.
Delay not, O blessed Lady, to help me
whenever I call on you,
for in all my needs, in all my temptations,
I shall never cease to call on you,
ever repeating your sacred name, Mary, Mary.
O what consolation, what sweetness,
what confidence fills my soul
when I pronounce your sacred name.
I thank the Lord for having given you
so sweet, so powerful, so lovely a name.
Grant me the favor I now ask (mention your request),
and lead me to your Son. Amen.
When to Pray This Prayer
For nine days, on her feast (June 27), and on Wednesdays, the day traditionally dedicated to her.
About This Prayer
The icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, a Byzantine image of the fifteenth century, has been entrusted to the Redemptorists and venerated by the whole Church for its tender depiction of Mary and her Child.
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Text: traditional Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help.