Trending
CatholicMom.com – Celebrating Catholic Motherhood
You are at:»»A Marian Novena of Giveaways, Day 1

A Marian Novena of Giveaways, Day 1

39
By on Articles from Our Contributors, Contests

Today is Day 1 of our Marian Novena of Giveaways.

Be sure to enter your name in the comments for a chance to win one of today’s great prizes!

Let’s bring our vocations to God and ask for the intercession of the Blessed Mother as we celebrate her birth.

Vouchsafe that I may praise thee, O sacred Virgin;
give me strength against thine enemies,
and against the enemy of the whole human race.
Give me strength humbly to pray to thee.
Give me strength to praise thee in prayer with all my powers,
through the merits of thy most sacred nativity,
which for the entire Christian world was
a birth of joy, the hope and solace of its life.

When thou wast born, O most holy Virgin,
then was the world made light.

Happy is thy stock, holy thy root,
and blessed thy fruit, for thou alone as a virgin,
filled with the Holy Spirit,
didst merit to conceive thy God,
as a virgin to bear Thy God,
as a virgin to bring Him forth,
and after His birth to remain a virgin.

Have mercy therefore upon me a sinner,
and give me aid, O Lady, so that just as thy nativity,
glorious from the seed of Abraham,
sprung from the tribe of Juda,
illustrious from the stock of David,
didst announce joy to the entire world,
so may it fill me with true joy and cleanse me from every sin.

(mention your intentions)

Pray for me, O Virgin most prudent, that the gladsome joys of thy most helpful nativity may put a cloak over all my sins.

O holy Mother of God, flowering as the lily,
pray to thy sweet Son for me, a wretched sinner. Amen.

This novena was written by St. Anselm and is usually prayed for the nine days before the Nativity of Mary. [Source: Fish Eaters Forum]

Our sponsor today is Ave Maria Press.

Founded in 1865 at Notre Dame, Indiana, Ave Maria Press, a ministry of the Congregation of Holy Cross, is a Catholic publishing company that serves the spiritual and formative needs of the Church and its schools, institutions, and ministers; Christian individuals and families; and others seeking spiritual nourishment. In the tradition of Holy Cross, we are committed, as educators in the faith, to helping people know, love, and serve God and to spreading the gospel of Jesus through books and other resources.

Leave a comment today and you will be entered to win one of these great books from Ave Maria Press:

Mary: A History of Doctrine and Devotion

Author: Hilda Graef

Author: Thomas A. Thompson, S.M.

 

The Reed of God

A New Edition of a Spiritual Classic

Author: Caryll Houselander

 

Living the Rosary: Finding Your Life in the Mysteries

Author: John Phalen, C.S.C.

Behold Your Mother: Priests Speak About Mary

Edited by: Stephen Rossetti

Full of Grace: Miraculous Stories of Healing and Conversion through Mary’s Intercession

Author: Christine Watkins

Into the Heart of Mary: Imagining Her Scriptural Stories

Author: Rea McDonnell, S.S.N.D.

Hail Mary: A Marian Book of Hours

Author: William Storey

The Seven Sorrows of Mary: A Meditative Guide

Author: Joel Giallanza, C.S.C.

Leave a comment by MIDNIGHT PST and we’ll enter you to win one of these great Marian books! One entry per person, please.

Remember to join us tomorrow and for the rest of our Marian Novena of Giveaways!

Editor’s Note: Thank you for your support of our special Novena and for your participation in all of the contests! We had a terrific response and appreciate your visits to the donors’ websites. I would like to give a huge vote of thanks to Sarah Reinhard for organizing this colossal effort. Winners will be notified via email this week. Thanks to all who participated! LMH

Share.

About Author

Sarah Reinhard writes at SnoringScholar.com in the midst of rural farm life with little ones underfoot. She is the editor of the best-selling devotional Word by Word: Slowing Down with the Hail Mary, as well as the author of a number of books including A Catholic Mother's Companion to Pregnancy: Walking with Mary from Conception to Baptism, the first in the CatholicMom.com books, and Catholic Family Fun: A Guide for the Adventurous, Overwhelmed, Creative, or Clueless.

Related Posts

39 Comments

  4. Kari on

    What a great giveaway! I’m excited for this week. I am convert to the church from a Protestant denomination and for many years suffered from what my friend calls “the Mary Phobia”. Over the years that phobia has gone away as I’ve learned to fully love our Mother. Thanks for sharing this beautiful novena!

    Reply
  14. Mary on

    Birthday wishes from Mary to another! As the Mom of seven I find it a challenge to find “me” time, but I would love to have a great book to read.

    Reply
  35. rebecca on

    Hi! I’m rebecca doolin from southern IL and a Religion/Theology major and hope to write easy to understand books on the deeper subjects of our Faith! Triune.protected @ yahoo dot com
    This is a lovely give away and I hope its a huge blessing to whoever wins!

    Reply

Leave A Reply

Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. You can also subscribe without commenting.