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VULTUS CHRISTI
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Most Holy Virgin Mary,
whom The Father preserved from all evil
and from the least shadow of sin
from the first instant of thy Conception,
whom The Precious Blood of Jesus
rendered Immaculate and All-Beautiful,
even before that same Blood was formed in thy Virginal Womb
and poured out upon The Altar of The Cross,
whom The Holy Ghost filled Full With Every Grace
in view of The Glorious Motherhood of The Son of God
for which thou wast created,
thou crushest the head of the ancient serpent,
and overcomest the evil that threatens our Salvation.
To thee, O Virgin of Virgins
thy Son hath entrusted
The Liberation of Souls in bondage to vice,
The Healing of Wounded Souls,
and The Sanctification of Souls ravaged by sin.
Open thy Immaculate Hands over us,
and let The Rays of thy Purity fall upon us.
Through thee, O Immaculate One,
Light Shineth in The Darkest Places.
Through thee, Souls are washed in a Torrent of Graces.
Through thee, The Holy Ghost giveth Succour to The Weak
and Maketh Barren Souls Fruitful.
Thou, O Mother of God, art The Only Hope of thy children scarred by sin and poisoned by its venom.
To those whom the enemy hath led astray
in bitterness and in fear,
thou openest a way of Sweetness and of Peace.
Therefore, with a boundless filial confidence,
I Consecrate myself to thy Immaculate Heart,
together with those for whom I have resolved to Pray
during this Novena.
[Name in silence those for whom the Novena is being made.]
Show thyself The Mother of Mercy and Our All-Powerful Queen,
for no creature resisteth thy supplication
in The Presence of Christ Jesus Our True King.
Mediatrix of All Graces, save us from the tentacles of evil.
Heal even those secret and painful wounds
that only thy Motherly Hand can touch
without adding to their pain.
Do for us, O Immaculate Virgin Mary,
whatsoever thy Maternal Heart moveth thee to do
so that now, and even unto the ages of ages,
we may live for The Praise of The Glory
of The Father, and of The Son,
and of The Holy Ghost.
Amen.
