Mariam
Our Dearest Blessed Mother

Our Lady of Carmel

Novena of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
First Day
O
Beautiful Flower of Carmel, most fruitful vine, splendor of heaven, holy and
singular, who brought forth the Son of God, still ever remaining a pure virgin,
assist us in our necessity! O Star of the Sea, help and protect us! Show us that
you are our M other! (pause and mention petitions)
Second Day
Most
Holy Mary, Our Mother, in your great love for us you gave us the Holy Scapular
of Mount Carmel, having heard the prayers of your chosen son Saint Simon Stock.
Help us now to wear it faithfully and with devotion. May it be a sign to us of
our desire to grow in holiness. (pause and mention petitions)
Third Day
O Queen
of Heaven, you gave us the Scapular as an outward sign by which we might be
known as your faithful children. may we always wear it with honor by avoiding
sin and imitating your virtues. Help us to be faithful to this desire of ours.
(pause and mention petitions)
Fourth Day
When you
gave us, Gracious Lady, the Scapular as our Habit, you called us to be not only
servants, but also your own children. We ask you to gain for us from your Son
the grace to live as you children in joy, peace and love. (pause and mention
petitions)
Fifth Day
O Mother
of Fair Love, through your goodness, as your children, we are called to live in
the spirit of Carmel. Help us to live in charity with one another, prayerful as
Elijah of old, and mindful of our call to minister to God's people. (pause and
mention petitions)
Sixth Day
With
loving provident care, O Mother Most Amiable, you covered us with your Scapular
as a shield of defense against the Evil One. Through your assistance, may we
bravely struggle against the powers of evil, always open to your Son Jesus
Christ. (pause and mention petitions)
Seventh Day
O Mary,
Help of Christians, you assured us that wearing your Scapular worthily would
keep us safe from harm. Protect us in both body and soul with your continual
aid. may all that we do be pleasing to your Son and to you. (pause and mention
petition s)
Eighth Day
You give
us hope, O Mother of Mercy, that through your Scapular promise we might quickly
pass through the fires of purgatory to the Kingdom of your Son. Be our comfort
and our hope. Grant that our hope may not be in vain but that, ever faithful to
your Son and to you, we may speedily enjoy after death the blessed company of
Jesus and the saints. (pause and mention petitions)
Ninth Day
O Most
Holy Mother of Mount Carmel, when asked by a saint to grant privileges to the
family of Carmel, you gave assurance of your Motherly love and help to those
faithful to you and to your Son. Behold us, your children. We glory in wearing
your holy ha bit, which makes us members of your family of Carmel, through which
we shall have your powerful protection in life, at death and even after death.
Look down with love, O Gate of Heaven, on all those now in their last agony!
Look down graciously, O Virgin, Flower of Carmel, on all those in need of help!
Look down mercifully, O Mother of our Savior, on all those who do not know that
they are numbered among your children. Look down tenderly, O Queen of All
Saints, on the poor souls! (pause and mention petitions)
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