Mary, Mother of God, you are the virgin who was promised as the mother of the Saviour. After the fall of our first parents, earth, which was to be paradise, was changed into a valley of tears on which the curse of God fell. People became the poor banished children of Ev e. They roamed about in the darkness of sin and despair. In His infinite mercy God chose Abraham who was to be the father of that nation. You were descended from the most renowned men of that nation. Counted among your ancestors are patriarchs, prophets, l eaders of the people of God, and Kings of the ancient law. Your birth was represented beforehand by many figures, announced by prophets, desired for many ages by the human race.

Prophets foretold the coming of the Saviour and the manner in which the redemption would take place. They spoke of you as His Virgin Mother Manual of prayers, devotions and activities of the World Apostolate Of Fatima and the part you would play in the redemption of mankind. Balaam referred to you as a star, “the star which shall rise from Jacob”. Isaiah called you a virgin: “Behold, a virgin shall conceive and. bear a son and His name shall be called Emmanuel”.

“Your birth was awaited as the near sign of the deliverance of the human race. The Church regards you as the rising dawn. As the dawn precedes and announces the coming of the sun, makes ‘the darkness of the night disappear, consoles the sick and rejoices all nature’; so you went before and announced Jesus, “the sun of justice” who made the darkness of the world disappear by the light of His Gospel, consoled and cured the sick in soul and body and brou ght an abundance of graces and blessings to the whole world.

Mary, at the very beginning of your existence “you received grace exceeding in greatness than that of all the saints” because you were destined to be the Mother of the Redeemer and the Mediatrix of the world. From the first instant of your existence, your mind was filled by the supernatural light of faith and your soul with love of God. Who can describe the grace, which adorned your soul at the glorious instant of your nativity? Your soul has nev er been touched by original sin. With my whole wart I thank God for all He has done for you and for all mankind through you.

Mary, your dear parents, Joachim and Anne, rejoiced at your birth. I admire the holiness of their lives and the nobility of their family. They observed the law of God most diligently and their days in prayer and in works of mercy. Only after years of fervent prayers did God reward your parents. You were born into the world at Nazareth. Your birth was a miracle of the power of the Hol y Spirit because both of your parents were far advanced in years. Who could tell the great joy, which filled their hearts when they held you in their arms! But all heaven rejoiced at your birth, because you were destined one day to become God’s Mother and the Queen of heaven and earth.

We rejoice with the Blessed Trinity on your birthday because You were to take part in the incarnation and redemption of the world. I rejoice with all mankind because you became the Mother of Our Redeemer. I rejoice with the whole church because you are our life. You have Jesus, who is the Way, the Truth and the Life, and who was to restore to mankind the supernatural life, which had been lost. I have every reason to rejoice, for as the Mother of Jesus and Our Mother, you are my hope of salvation. Through your prayers, and the prayers of the Holy Spirit may I learn to be and ever remain your faithful child. This is my sure way of reaching heaven and my God. (Here make your request for the novena)