Day Nine

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Mary our Mother is by our Side

Turn to the Blessed Virgin every day with complete confidence. Your soul and your life will be comforted at once. She will share with you the treasures she keeps in her heart, for "never was it known that anyone who sought her protection was left unaided." Furrow, no. 768

If I were a leper my mother would kiss me. She would kiss my wounds without fear or hesitation. Well then, what would the Blessed Virgin Mary do? When we feel we are like lepers, all full of sores, we have to cry out: Mother! And the protection of our Mother will be like a kiss upon our wounds, which will then be healed. The Forge, no. 190

Intention

Grant me an ever-greater devotion to my Holy Mother Mary and give me unshakeable confidence in her maternal intercession. Help me see that the sure way to obtain the graces I am asking you for - from sanctifying my suffering to curing my illness - is to have recourse to Mary's mediation, especially through the devotions she most appreciates such as reciting the Holy Rosary every day. 

Daily Prayers

Our Father...
Hail Mary...
Glory be...
Prayer to St. Josemaría: click on the button "Pray" below. 

Picture: Statue of the Blessed Virgin and Jesus in death. Artist unknown. CC0 Public domain. 

Community prayer

Novena Prayer

O GOD, through the mediation of Mary our Mother, You granted Your priest Saint Josemaría countless graces, Choosing him as a most faithful instrument to found Opus Dei, A way of sanctification in daily work and in the fulfillment of the Christian's ordinary duties. Grant that I too may learn to turn all the circumstances and events of my life Into occasions of loving you and serving all souls with joy and simplicity, Lighting up the pathways of this earth with faith and love. Deign to grant me, through the intercession of Saint Josemaría, The favor of... (make your request). Amen.