Novena to the Immaculate Conception
Nueve días de oración con María Inmaculada, preservada de toda culpa desde el primer instante de su Concepción y restauradora del caído linaje de Adán. Su fiesta se celebra el 8 de diciembre; la novena se reza tradicionalmente del 29 de noviembre al 7 de diciembre, aunque puede hacerse en cualquier momento.
Cómo se reza cada día: la señal de la Cruz → «Señor mío Jesucristo…» → la oración para todos los días → la oración del día correspondiente → las oraciones finales con tres Avemarías y la oración conclusiva.
Prayer for every day
Hail Mary, full of grace, blessed above all women, singular Virgin, sovereign and perfect Virgin, chosen to be the Mother of God and preserved from all sin from the first moment of your Conception: just as death came to us through Eve, so life comes to us through you, who by the grace of God have been chosen to be the Mother of the new people that Jesus Christ has formed with his blood.
To you, most pure Mother, restorer of the fallen lineage of Adam and Eve, we come with confidence and supplication in this novena, to beg you to grant us the grace to be true children of yours and of your Son Jesus Christ, free from all stain of sin.
Remember, Most Holy Virgin, that you were made Mother of God, not only for your own dignity and glory, but also for our salvation and the benefit of all humankind. Remember that it has never been heard that anyone who fled to your protection and implored your help was left unaided. Do not abandon me, then, for if you abandon me I will be lost; nor do I want to abandon you, but rather, each day I want to grow more in true devotion to you.
Y alcanzadme principalmente estas tres gracias: la primera, no cometer jamás pecado mortal; la segunda, un grande aprecio de la virtud cristiana, y la tercera, una buena muerte. Además, dadme la gracia particular que os pido en esta novena (hacer aquí la petición que se desea obtener).
Then pray the prayer for the corresponding day.
The nine days
Día primero
Begin with the offering and the preparatory prayer.
Oh Most Holy Son of Mary Immaculate and most merciful Redeemer: just as you preserved Mary from original sin in her Immaculate Conception, and you have done us the great favor of freeing us from it through your holy baptism, so we humbly beg you to grant us the grace to always behave as good Christians, reborn in you, our Most Holy Father.
Meditate and pray the final prayer
Día segundo
Begin with the offering and the preparatory prayer.
O Most Holy Son of Mary Immaculate and most merciful Redeemer: just as you preserved Mary from all mortal sin throughout her life and give us the grace to avoid it and the sacrament of confession to remedy it, so we humbly beseech you, through the intercession of your Immaculate Mother, to grant us the grace never to commit mortal sin, and if we incur in such a terrible misfortune, the grace to get out of it as soon as possible through a good confession.
Meditate and pray the final prayer
Día tercero
Begin with the offering and the preparatory prayer.
O Most Holy Son of Mary Immaculate and most merciful Redeemer: just as you preserved Mary from all venial sin throughout her life, and you ask us to purify our souls more and more to be worthy of you, so we humbly beseech you, through the intercession of your Immaculate Mother, to grant us the grace to avoid venial sins and to strive for and obtain each day more purity and delicacy of conscience.
Meditate and pray the final prayer
Día cuarto
Begin with the offering and the preparatory prayer.
O Most Holy Son of Mary Immaculate and most merciful Redeemer: just as you freed Mary from the inclination to sin and gave her perfect dominion over all her passions, so we humbly beseech you, through the intercession of Mary Immaculate, to grant us the grace to tame our passions and destroy our evil inclinations, so that we may serve you, with true freedom of spirit, without any imperfection.
Meditate and pray the final prayer
Día quinto
Begin with the offering and the preparatory prayer.
O Most Holy Son of Mary Immaculate and most merciful Redeemer: just as, from the first instant of her Conception, you gave Mary more grace than all the saints and angels of heaven, so we humbly beseech you, through the intercession of your Immaculate Mother, to inspire in us a singular appreciation of the divine grace that you acquired for us with your blood, and grant us to increase it more and more with our good works and with the reception of your Holy Sacraments, especially that of Communion.
Meditate and pray the final prayer
Día sexto
Begin with the offering and the preparatory prayer.
O Most Holy Son of Mary Immaculate and most merciful Redeemer: just as, from the first moment, You infused into Mary, in all fullness, the supernatural virtues and the gifts of the Holy Spirit, so we humbly beseech You, through the intercession of Your Immaculate Mother, to grant us an abundance of these same gifts and virtues, so that we may overcome all temptations and perform many acts of virtue worthy of our profession as Christians.
Meditate and pray the final prayer
Día séptimo
Begin with the offering and the preparatory prayer.
O Most Holy Son of Mary Immaculate and most merciful Redeemer: just as you gave Mary, among other virtues, an outstanding purity and chastity, for which she is called Virgin of virgins, so we beseech you, through the intercession of your Immaculate Mother, to grant us the most difficult virtue of chastity, which so many have preserved through devotion to the Virgin and your protection.
Meditate and pray the final prayer
Día octavo
Begin with the offering and the preparatory prayer.
O Most Holy Son of Mary Immaculate and most merciful Redeemer: just as you gave Mary the grace of a most ardent charity and love of God above all things, so we humbly beseech you, through the intercession of your Immaculate Mother, to grant us a sincere love of you, O God our Lord, our true good, our benefactor, our Father, and that we may rather lose all things than offend you with a single sin.
Meditate and pray the final prayer
Día noveno
Begin with the offering and the preparatory prayer.
O Most Holy Son of Mary Immaculate and most merciful Redeemer: just as you have granted Mary the grace of going to heaven and being placed there in the first place after you, we humbly beseech you, through the intercession of Mary Immaculate, to grant us a good death, that we may receive the last Sacraments well, that we may expire without any stain of sin on our conscience and go to heaven, to enjoy forever, in your company and that of our Mother, with all those who have been saved through her.
Meditate and pray the final prayer
Closing prayers for every day
Blessed be your purity, and may it be so eternally, for all of God delights in such graceful beauty. To you, heavenly Princess, Holy Virgin Mary, I offer this day my soul, my life, and my heart. Look upon me with compassion; do not forsake me, my Mother.
Pray three Hail Marys
Your Immaculate Conception, O Virgin Mother of God, announced joy to the universe.
Oración. Oh Dios mío, que por la Inmaculada Concepción de la Virgen, preparaste digna habitación a tu Hijo: te rogamos que, así como por la previsión de la muerte de tu Hijo libraste a ella de toda mancha, así a nosotros nos concedas por su intercesión llegar a ti limpios de pecado. Por el mismo Señor nuestro Jesucristo. Amén.