A novena is a special prayer said for nine consecutive days asking God to answer a specific petition. Since Our Lady is the most powerful intercessor before God, this is a very powerful prayer.
First Day:
“O most beautiful flower of Mount Carmel, Fruitful Vine, Splendor of Heaven, Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin, assist me in this my necessity. O Star of the Sea, help me and show me herein thou art my Mother.”
(Pause and mention petitions)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory, etc.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.
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 St. 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)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory, etc.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.
Third Day:
O Queen of Heaven, you gave us the Scapular as an outward sign by which we might be known as your special 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)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory, etc.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.
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 dear children. We ask you to gain for us from your Son the grace to live as your children in joy, peace and love.
(Pause and mention petitions)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory, etc.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.
Fifth Day:
O Mother of Fair Love, through your goodness we are not only your children, but persons 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)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory, etc.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.
Sixth Day:
With loving provident care, O Mother Most Admirable, 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)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory, etc.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.
Seventh Day:
O Mary, Help of Christians, you assured us that wearing your Scapular worthily would keep us safe from harm. Protect us both in the body and soul with your continual aid. May all that we do be pleasing to your Son and to you.
(Pause and mention petitions)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory, etc.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.
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)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory, etc.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.
Ninth Day:
O Most Holy Mother of Mount Carmel, when asked by a saint to grant privileges to the family of Carmel, you rather granted an assurance of salvation to the whole world. Behold us, your children, kneeling at your feet. We glory, dearest Mother, in wearing your holy habit, that habit which makes us members of your family of Carmel…that habit 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)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory, etc.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.
Prayer modified from the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Middletown, NY
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