Powerful Novena To Our Lady of Victory

Pray the Novena to Our Lady of Victory

Start with the sign of the Cross…

Lord, have mercy on us … Christ, have mercy on us,
Christ, hear us … Christ, graciously hear us.
God, the Father of Heaven … Have mercy on us.
God, the Son, Redeemer of the world … Have mercy on us.
God, the Holy Spirit … Have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God … Have mercy on us.

The response for the following greetings is: Pray for us.

Our Lady of Victory … pray for us
Victorious daughter of the Father … pray for us
Victorious Mother of the Son … pray for us
Victorious Spouse of the Holy Spirit … pray for us
Victorious servant of the Holy Trinity … pray for us
Victorious in your Immaculate Conception … pray for us
Victorious in crushing the serpent’s head … pray for us
Victorious over all the children of Adam … pray for us
Victorious over all enemies … pray for us
Victorious in your response to the Angel Gabriel … pray for us
Victorious in your wedding to St. Joseph … pray for us
Victorious in the birth of Christ … pray for us
Victorious in the flight to Egypt … pray for us
Victorious in your exile … pray for us
Victorious in your home at Nazareth … pray for us
Victorious in finding Christ in the temple … pray for us
Victorious in the mission of your Son … pray for us
Victorious in His passion and death … pray for us
Victorious in His Resurrection and Ascension … pray for us
Victorious in the Coming of the Holy Spirit … pray for us
Victorious in your sorrows and joys … pray for us
Victorious in your glorious Assumption … pray for us
Victorious in the angels who remained faithful … pray for us
Victorious in the happiness of the saints … pray for us
Victorious in the message of the prophets … pray for us
Victorious in the testimony of the patriarchs … pray for us
Victorious in the zeal of the apostles … pray for us
Victorious in the witness of the evangelists … pray for us
Victorious in the wisdom of the doctors … pray for us
Victorious in the deeds of the confessors … pray for us
Victorious in the triumph of all holy women … pray for us
Victorious in the faithfulness of the martyrs … pray for us
Victorious in your powerful intercession … pray for us
Victorious under your many titles … pray for us
Victorious at the moment of death … pray for us

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world … Spare us, Lord.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world … Hear us, Lord.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world … Have mercy, Lord.
Pray for us, blessed Lady of Victory … that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

The Novena Prayer

Let us pray:

Our Lady of Victory,
we have unshaken confidence in your influence
with your Son, our Lord, Jesus Christ.
Humbly we ask your intercession for all of us
associated under your title, Our Lady of Victory.

We beg your powerful assistance also
for our own personal needs …
[Please mention your special intention here]In your maternal kindness please ask Jesus
to forgive all our sins and failings,
and to secure His blessings for us and
for all the works of charity dedicated
to your name. We implore you to obtain
for us the grace of sharing Christ’s victory
and yours, forever in the life that
knows no ending. May we join you there
to praise forever the Father, His Son,
Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for all the ages to come.
Amen.

Salve Regina (Hail Holy Queen)

Let us pray:

Hail Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy,
our life, our sweetness, and our hope.
To Thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve.
To Thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and
weeping in this valley of tears.
Turn, then, most gracious advocate,
thine eyes of mercy toward us.
And after this, our exile, show unto us
the blessed fruit of Thy womb, Jesus.
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary,
Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God:
That we may be made worthy
of the promises of Christ.

The Memorare

Let us pray:

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary,
that never was it known that any one who fled
to Thy protection, implored Thy help,
and sought Thy intercession, was left unaided.
Inspired with this confidence, I fly unto Thee,
O Virgin of virgins, my Mother.
To Thee I come; before Thee I stand,
sinful and sorrowful.
O Mother of the Word Incarnate!
Despise not my petitions, but in Thy mercy
hear and answer me. Amen.

All this we ask of The Father
in the name of Mary’s Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ
who lives and reigns with Him and
the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer To Our Lady of Victory

Let us pray:

O Victorious Lady!
Thou who has ever such powerful
influence with Thy Divine Son,
in conquering the hardest of hearts,
intercede for those for whom we pray,
that their hearts being softened
by the rays of Divine Grace,
they may return to the unity of
the true Faith, through Christ, our Lord.
Amen.

[Now Pray the Rosary]

About the Novena to Our Lady of Victory

The Battle of Lepanto was a naval engagement that took place between the ships of the Catholic Holy League under Don Juan of Austria and the navy of the Ottoman Empire under Ali Pasha. Only Spain, the Papal States, the Duchy of Savoy, the Republic of Venice, the Republic of Genoa, and the Knights of Saint John took a stand against them. Altogether they still had only 212 ships against no less than 278 ships.

The advantage in this contest went strongly to the Turks, and so Pope Pius V implored all of Christendom to pray the Rosary to the Blessed Virgin Mary to obtain her intercession before the throne of God for their victory. Admiral Andrea Doria sailed to meet the Turks with an image of the Blessed Virgin prominently displayed in his flagship’s state room.

The engagement took place on October 7th, 1571, only six years after the Knights of Saint John defeated a powerful Ottoman army at Malta. Don Juan of Austria encouraged his men by saying, “There is no paradise for cowards.” If they should lose the engagement, the Mediterranean Sea would be opened up to assist future Ottoman invasions.

The Ottoman Turks had not lost any significant naval engagements in the memory of any living man yet here, on this day, they were defeated. Praise God! It was widely recognized that the battle was won through the power and intercession of Mary, Our Lady of Victory. Yes, the turks had come up like fire from the East, plundering, raping, enslaving and threatening to master the whole of Christendom, but were defeated at Lepanto through the power of the Rosary. The Turks lost nearly 9 of every 10 ships, and 30,000 men went to a watery grave. The Holy League lost only 17 galleys and 7,500 men. Many historians rank Lepanto as the most decisive naval engagement since the Battle of Actium in 31 BC.

Today other sinister errors eat at the heart of Christian culture such as modernism, naturalism — which undermines man’s faith in God and himself, and Communism — Mary’s enemy because it transforms the state into a god to which mankind must be sacrificed. We must always remember that we are children of God, sons and daughters of Mary, not slaves of the state.

In our modern-day errors today, just like during the time of Lepanto, we must appeal to Mary. She is our guide, our Queen of Victories, our powerful intercessor and our hope for Peace. It has been said: “For her and for her blessed Son we struggle, and on her powerful intercession with the Prince of Peace we place our trust.” Amen.

Mary, pray for us.

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