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Our Lady of America
Novena
Our Lady of America
Our Lady of Light
FEAST DAY: 11th February
Novena to The Immaculate Virgin Mary starts on the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes
Cheyenne, WY February 11th 2006: A novena to the Immaculate Virgin, under the title of Our Lady of America, was started today at Saint Mary’s Cathedral in Cheyenne, Wyoming. This novena is being offered in thanksgiving for the great blessings received in the Diocese through the intercession of The Blessed Virgin Mary. The novena prayer is:
Prayer to Our Lady of America, The Immaculate Virgin Mary
0 Immaculate Mother, Queen of our country, open our hearts, our homes, and our land to the coming of Jesus, Your Divine Son. With Him, reign over us, 0 Heavenly Lady, so pure and so bright with the radiance of God’s light shining in and about You. Be our leader against the powers of evil set upon wresting the world of souls, redeemed at such a great cost by the sufferings of Your Son. and of Yourself in union with Him, from that same Savior, Who loves us with infinite charity.
We gather about You, 0 chaste and holy Mother, Virgin Immaculate, Patroness of our beloved land, determined to fight under your banner of holy purity against the wickedness that would make all the world an abyss of evil, without God and without Your loving maternal care.
We consecrate our hearts, our homes, our land to your Most Pure Heart, 0 great Queen, that the Kingdom of Your Son, Our Redeemer and Our God, may be firmly established in us. We ask no special sign of You, sweet Mother, for we believe in your great love for us, and we place in You our entire confidence. We promise to honor you by faith, love, and the purity of our lives according to your desire.
Reign over us, then, 0 Virgin Immaculate, with Your Son Jesus Christ. May His Divine Heart and Your most chaste Heart be ever enthroned and glorified among us. Use us, your children of America, as your instruments in bringing peace among men and nations. Work your miracles of grace in us, so that we may be a glory to The Most Blessed Trinity, Who created, redeemed, and sanctifies us.
May Your valiant Spouse, Saint Joseph, with the holy Angels and Saints, assist You and us in “renewing the face of the earth.” Then when our work is over, come, Holy Immaculate Mother, and as Our Victorious Queen, lead us to the eternal Kingdom where Your Son, Jesus, reigns forever as King. Amen.
Nihil Obstat: - Daniel Pilarczyk, S.T.D.
Imprimatur: - +Paul F. Leibold, V.G.
Cincinnati, Jan 25, 1963
Copyright 1993 Sister Mildred Mary Neuzil
About
Medallion
The
one side bears the image of Our Lady of America and around it the words, "By
Your Holy and Immaculate Conception, O Mary, Deliver Us From Evil." The Coat of
Arms of the Christian Family is on the reverse side of the medal. The Divine
Indwelling is represented by the Triangle and the Eye on the shield of the
Precious Blood, through which sanctifying grace was made possible to fallen
man. The Sanctification of the family through imitation of the Holy Family is
represented by the Cross and the two lilies on each of which is depicted a
burning heart. The flaming sword is a symbol of Divine Love so necessary to
obtain union with God, while the rosary indicates a most profitable means of
drawing closer to the Holy Family, through devout meditation on the various
Mysteries.
The
scroll above bears the inscription, "Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto"
and the one below, "Jesu, Maria, Joseph." These aspirations are simply
explanations of the whole theme and are also acts of praise to the Trinity and
the Holy Family.
This medal is to be worn with great faith and fervent devotion to Our Lady for
the grace of intense purity of the heart and the particular love of the Holy
Virgin and her Divine Son
