RITE OF EXPOSITION AND BENEDICTION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

WITH APPROPRIATE NOVENA PRAYERS FOR ADORATION

RITE OF EXPOSITION

Opening: (KNEEL)

O SALUTARIS HOSTIA

O salutaris Hostia

Quae caeli pandis ostium;

Bella premunt hostilia,

Da robur, fer auxillium.

Uni trinoque Domino

Sit sempiterna gloria,

Qui vitam sine termino

Nobis donet in patria.

Amen.

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WITH APPROPRIATE NOVENA PRAYERS FOR ADORATION

RITE OF ADORATION
Vespers or Novenas appropriate to the day of the week may be recited. It is important to remember that the
Eucharist is the "Real Presence" of Jesus Christ.

NOVENA TO OUR MOTHER OF PERPETUAL HELP

OPENING HYMN: (Stand)

IMMACULATE MOTHER

Immaculate Mother,

to you do we plead;

to ask God our Father

for help in our need.

Ave, Ave, Ave Maria

Ave, Ave, Ave Maria.

We pray for our country,

the land of our birth.

We pray for all nations,

that peace be on earth.

Ave, Ave, Ave Maria

Ave, Ave, Ave Maria.

OPENING PRAYER (Kneel)

Leader: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. (✞)

All: AMEN.

Leader: Brothers and sisters, as children of our Blessed Mother, we are gathered before her miraculous picture
to honor her and to pray for all our needs. Unworthy children that we are, let us first of all ask God’s mercy and
pardon.

All: Merciful Father, You sent Your Divine Son to redeem us by His death and resurrection and to give us new
life. By this, You make us Your children to love one another in Christ. How many times in the past we have
forgotten this sublime dignity. We have sinned against our brothers and sisters; we have offended You. Merciful
Father, forgive us. Repenting sincerely of our sins, we ask Your mercy; may we always live as Your truly
devoted children.

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(Stand)

MARY IMMACULATE, STAR OF THE MORNING

Mary Immaculate, star of the morning.

Chosen before the creation began,

Destined to bring through the light

of your dawning,

Conquest of Satan and rescue to man.

Bend from your throne

at the voice of our crying.

Look to this earth, where your

footsteps have trod.

Stretch out your arms to us, living and dying.

Mary Immaculate, Mother of God.

We sinners honor your sinless perfection:

Fallen and weak, for God’s mercy we plead.

Grant us the shield of you mighty protection.

Measure your aid by the depth of our need.

NOVENA PRAYER (Kneel)

Dear Mother of Perpetual Help, from the cross, Jesus gave you to us for our Mother. You are the kindest, the
most loving of all mothers. Look tenderly on us your children as we now ask you to help us in all our needs
especially this one:

(A brief moment of silence follows for your personal intentions)

While you were on earth, dear Mother, you willingly shared in the sufferings of your Son. Strengthened by your
faith and confidence in the fatherly love of God, you accepted the mysterious designs of His Will. We, too, have
our crosses and trials. Sometimes they almost crush us to the ground.

Dearest Mother, share with us your abundant faith and confidence in God. Make us aware that God never ceases
to love us; that He answers all our prayers in the way that is best for us. Strengthen our hearts to carry the cross
in the footsteps of your Divine Son. Help us to realize that he who shares the cross of Christ will certainly share
His resurrection.

Dearest Mother, as we worry about our own problems, let us not forget the needs of others. You always love
others so much; help us to do the same. While praying for our own intentions and for the intentions of all here
present at this Novena, we earnestly ask you, our Mother, to help us comfort the sick and the dying, give hope to
the poor and unemployed, heal the broken-hearted, walk in solidarity with the oppressed, teach justice to their
oppressors and bring back to God all those who have offended Him.

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Dearest Mother, help us to avoid sin which separates us from our heavenly Father and from one another. Full of
trust in you we place ourselves under the mantle of your maternal protection and confidently hope for your
compassionate intercession.

AMEN.

PRAYER FOR THE HOME

Mother of Perpetual Help, we choose you as Queen of our homes. We ask you to bless all our families with your
tender motherly love. May the Sacrament of Marriage bind husbands and wives so closely together that they
will always be faithful to each other and love one another as Christ love His Church.

We ask you to bless all parents, may they love and cherish the children whom God has entrusted to them. ay
they always give them the example of a truly Christian life. Help them to bring up their children in the love and
fear of God. Bless all children that they may love, honor, and obey their fathers and mothers. To your loving
care we especially entrust the youth of today.

Give us all a sense of responsibility that we may do our part in making our home a haven of peace like your own
home at Nazareth. We take you as our model. Help us to grow daily in genuine love of God and neighbor so that
justice and peace may happily reign in the entire family of mankind.

AMEN.

PETITIONS TO OUR MOTHER OF PERPETUAL HELP

Holy Mary, Pray for us.

Holy Virgin conceived without sin, Pray for us.

Our Mother of Perpetual Help, Pray for us.

We sinners call to you, Loving Mother pray for us.

SEASONAL INVOCATIONS

(Advent)

That we may prepare like you for the coming of Christ, Loving Mother pray for us.

(Christmas)

That we may give our hearts completely to Christ, this Christmas, Loving Mother pray for us.

(Lent)

That we may be faithful to the promises we made at Baptism, Loving Mother pray for us.

(Easter)

That we may rejoice with you at Christ’s victory over sin and death, Loving Mother pray for us.

That we may be filled with the Holy Spirit and become courageous witnesses of Christ’s love for men, Loving
Mother pray for us.

That we may be more and more like our Divine Lord, as you were, Loving Mother pray for us.

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That we may be meek and humble of heart like your Son, Jesus, Loving Mother pray for us.

That we may fear losing God’s friendship forever by unrepented sin, Loving Mother pray for us.

That we may seek Christ’s mercy and forgiveness constantly in the Sacrament of Penance, Loving Mother pray
for us.

That we may be aware of God speaking to us in the events of daily life, Loving Mother pray for us.

That we may pray daily with love and trust, especially in moments of temptation, Loving Mother pray for us.

That we may understand the value of worshipping God together in the Eucharist, Loving Mother pray for us.

That we may grow in the love of Christ and neighbor by frequent Communion, Loving Mother pray for us.

That we may reverence our bodies as temples of the Holy Spirit, Loving Mother pray for us.

That we may strive to be true Christian by our loving concern for others, Loving Mother pray for us.

That we may proclaim the dignity of work by doing our own work conscientiously, Loving Mother pray for us.

That we may forgive from our heart those who have wronged us, Loving Mother pray for us.

That we may see the evil of seeking our own interest at the expense of others, Loving Mother pray for us.

That we may work for the just distribution of this world’s goods, Loving Mother pray for us.

That we may share our talents with others for the good of the community, Loving Mother pray for us.

That we may accept our responsibility in the community in the spirit of genuine service, Loving Mother pray
for us.

That the Holy Spirit may guide and strengthen Pope Francis, the Bishops, and the clergy, Loving Mother pray
for us.

That we may be blessed with an increase of priestly and religious vocations, Loving Mother pray for us.

That we may care and protect God’s creation, Loving Mother pray for us.

That we may defend the human dignity and sanctity of human life from conception to natural death, Loving
Mother pray for us.

That there will be genuine and lasting peace in the world, Loving Mother pray for us.

That we may bring the knowledge and love of Christ to those who do not know Him, Loving Mother pray for
us.

That we may be aware of our dependence on God in the midst of human achievements, Loving Mother pray for
us.

That we may be ready at death to enter the home of our heavenly Father, Loving Mother pray for us.

That we may be comforted at the death of our dear ones by our hope in the risen Lord, Loving Mother pray for
us.

That our departed brothers and sisters quickly share in your Son’s resurrection, Loving Mother pray for us.

(A brief moment of silence follows for your personal intentions)

All: Holy Mary, pray for us, pray for all the people of God; may all experience God’s perpetual help.

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Leader: Lord, you gave us Mary to be our mother ever ready to help us; grant us the grace to have recourse to
her in all our needs.

All: AMEN.

CONSECRATION TO OUR MOTHER OF PERPETUAL HELP

Immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of God, and Mother of the Church, you are also our Mother ever ready to help
us. With hearts full of love for you, we consecrate ourselves to your Immaculate Heart so that we may be your
devoted children. Obtain for us true sorrow for sins and fidelity to the promises of our Baptism.

We consecrate our minds and hearts to you, that we always do the Will of our heavenly Father. We consecrate
our lives to you that we may love God better and live not for ourselves, but for Christ, your Son and that we
may see Him and serve Him in others.

By this humble act of consecration, dear Mother of Perpetual Help, we pledge to model our lives on you, the
perfect Christian, so that, consecrated to you in life and in death we may belong to your Divine Son for all
eternity.

AMEN.

(Stand)

MOTHER OF CHRIST

Mother of Christ, Mother of Christ,

What shall I ask of thee?

I do not sigh for the wealth of earth

For the joys that fade and flee.

But, Mother of Christ, Mother of Christ

This do I long to see.

The bliss untold which your arms enfold

the treasure upon your knee.

Mother of Christ, Mother of Christ

I toss on a stormy sea.

Oh, lift your Child as a beacon light

to the port where I fain would be.

And, Mother of Christ, Mother of Christ

This do I ask of thee

When the voyage is o’er

O stand on the shore

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And show Him at last to me.

THANKSGIVING PRAYER (Kneel)

Lord Jesus Christ, truly present in the Most Blessed Eucharist we adore You. It has pleased the Father that in
you all His fullness should dwell and that through You, He should reconcile all things to Himself. Grant us the
grace to be truly grateful for all that our Father has done for us. Grant that we may be truly sorry for our sins and
renew our lives. Through You, we thank the Eternal Father for the gift of life. He has created all the wonderful
things of this world for us. May we learn to use them well so that through them we may grow in love for Him.

Above all, we thank our Father for sending You to us as the greatest expression of His love to save us and all
creation by Your death and resurrection. We thank You Lord, for giving us Your own Mother, to be our Mother
of Perpetual Help. May the countless favors we have received through her intercession, and especially through
the Novena inspire us with greater confidence in God’s loving mercy and perpetual help. Grant that we may
always do the holy Will of God and persevere in His love.

To the Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (✞), be honor, glory, and thanksgiving forever and ever.

AMEN.

PRAYER FOR THE SICK

Lord Jesus Christ, you bore our sufferings and carried our sorrows in order to show us clearly the value of
human weakness and patience; graciously hear our prayer for the sick especially:

(A brief moment of silence follows to pray for your sick loved ones)

Grant that they who are weighed down with pain and other affliction of illness may experience God’s healing
power and comfort. Restore them to health in body and soul so that they can continue to serve you and their
brothers and sisters.

AMEN.

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WITH APPROPRIATE NOVENA PRAYERS FOR ADORATION

(Stand)

SALVE REGINA

Salve, Regina, mater misericordiae:

Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve.

Ad te clamamus, exsules, filii Hevae.

Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes

in hac lacrimarum valle.

Eia ergo, Advocata nostra,

illos tuos misericordes oculos

ad nos converte.

Et Iesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui,

nobis, post hoc exsilium ostende.

O Clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo Maria!

(The Rite of Benediction follows; turn to page)

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WITH APPROPRIATE NOVENA PRAYERS FOR ADORATION