Novena to Our Lady of Good Counsel

[Cathleen]

Novena April 17 thru April 25, vigil of Feast Day.

Our Lady of Good Counsel

(State your petitions)

O Holy Virgin, moved by the painful uncertainty we experience in choosing the true and the good, we cast ourselves at thy feet and invoke thee under the sweet title of Our Lady of Good Counsel.

We beseech thee: come to our aid at this moment in our worldly sojourn when the twin darkness-es of error and evil plot our ruin by leading minds and hearts astray.

O Seat of Wisdom and Star of the Sea, enlighten the victims of doubt and of error so that they might not be seduced by evil masquerading as good; strengthen them against the hostile and corrupting forces of passion and sin. 

Mother of Good Counsel, obtain for us from thy Divine Son the love of virtue and the strength to choose, in doubtful and difficult situations, the course agreeable to our salvation.  Supported by thy hand, we shall thus journey without harm along the paths taught us by the word and example of Jesus, Our Savior, following the Sun of Truth and Justice in freedom and safety across the battlefield of life under the guidance of thy maternal Star, until at length we come into the harbor of salvation to enjoy with thee unalloyed and everlasting peace.

+Amen

(by +Pope Pius XII ~ 23 January 1953)

[Cathleen]

+ In reparation to the Sacred and Immaculate Hearts of Jesus and Mary

+For all Crusader members' intentions

+For my own special intention

[Cathleen]

I was just reading some national news headlines before coming to this site.  After trying to digest all of that,  the lines of this prayer jumped out at me even more.....

"We beseech thee: come to our aid at this moment in our worldly sojourn when the twin darknesses of error and of evil that plots our ruin by leading minds and hearts astray."

  +HE Williamson's words "Stay awake" seem more apropos every day.  Thank God for our Holy Catholic faith.

 

[Dawn Marie]

"unalloyed and everlasting peace. Amen."

 

One can only wonder what that must be like.

[Dawn Marie]

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For a special intention

[Alan]

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[Dawn Marie]

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For a special intention

[Cathleen]

+In reparation to the Sacred and Immaculate Hearts of Jesus and Mary

+For all Crusader members' intentions

+For my own special intention

[Alan]

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[Dawn Marie]

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For a special intention

 

(thank you for this wonderful prayer Cathleen!)

[Cathleen]

+In reparation to the Sacred and Immaculate Hearts of Jesus and Mary

+For all Crusader Members' intentions

+For my own special intention

 

I am going to "cheat" a little and pray this novena from today until April 26, the feast day of Our Lady, since I was "late jumping in."