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NINTH DAY - 16 NOVEMBERThe Crowning of Mary Most HolyScripture PassageAnd Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior for He has looked on the humble estate of His servant. For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed; for he who is mighty has done great things for me and holy is His name. And His mercy is for those who fear Him from generation to generation. (Luke 1:46-50)ConsiderationLet us consider the ineffable joy Mary Most Holy had when seated on the Throne of Glory She has crowned by the Three Divine persons: By the Eternal Father for being His most worthy Daughter, by the Son for being His loving Mother, and by the Holy Spirit for being His most beloved Spouse. The angels, Seraphs and blessed acclaimed Her as Queen. And seated at the side of Her Son, above all Courts of Heaven, She started to enjoy the blessedness as its Queen. The magnitude of the glory that Mary most holy merited is indescribable, because she does not only surpass that of all the Blessed but, as Arnold said, it is the same as that of Her Son all of which including everything that is given in honor of Her virtues, also serve as consolation and hope for men to whom She Herself says: You must know my children that the glory that I now possess and on which I now rest is mine: Mine are all the joys but they are mine in such a way as if they were Yours. I wish and I desire that all of you enjoy them, and I will do with My intercession, that all my devotees participate of the same glories. This She does and will do until the end of the world; because seeing the immensity of good that She is enjoying under the title of our Mother and Advocate, She will present to Her Son our petitions; who not only through Her intercession, but because He has Her in His presence will neither dare to deny us, nor delay delivery of our petitions.ReflectionMother most powerful in heaven, how are You going to deny what I ask You with confidence?(Continue meditating for a quarter of an hour)PrayerMost glorious Virgin, heaven of heaven itself, a compliment to the glory of God and throne of the Blessed Trinity, I am immensely glad that You are exalted above all the saints and the courts of hell. I beg You, because You are at the side of the Supreme King flooded with light to look after Your orphan children who live in the world, and we present to You, as our Mother, so much works that bother us so many miseries and evils that suffocate us, we asked You to have pity on our loneliness and sadness; and preserve our life for Your regard, by increasing in our hearts the aids of grace until we rest with You in the glory. Amen.Let us pray 5 Hail Marys in honor of the five letters of the most sweet name of MARIA.Nuestra Señora de la Salud, stay close to comfort us!¡Viva Virgen de la Salud!
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EIGHT DAY - 15 NOVEMBERThe Assumption of Mary Most HolyScripture PassageThen God's temple in heaven was opened, and within His temple was seen the ark of His covenant. And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and a great hailstorm. A great and wondrous sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on Her head. (Revelation 11:19-20)ConsiderationLet us consider, how when the time has come, in which the merits of Mary Most Holy have already reached their proper summit, God not wanting Her not to die, so that She would walk through the same paths as Her Son Jesus, but the heat of the fever did not end with Her life, neither did She have bodily infirmity that caused Her pain, fatigue, torment and sorrow. She died not in the hands of Death, but under the impulse of love, wounding Her the Sun of Her beloved Son with so vehement and active fire, which had dissolved Her totally like a Sovereign kid. She deposited Her soul in the hands of the Lord, and on the third day, like Jesus Christ, united with Her blessed Body accompanied by the Immaculate Lamb, the Angels, Seraphs and all the celestial courts, with all the kinds of festive manifestations, soft music, and sweet songs, she went up to the Palace of Glory, to give joy with Her presence to those most happy spirits who, on seeing Her were left spellbound and enraptured. The Venerable Maria de Agreda says that when the Lord died, many miracles were performed on earth, the sick were healed through Her Sovereign intercession: of which we can all be assured even of more effective and powerful ones now that She is living in blessedness. ReflectionBecause Mary live loving God, She died for His love. For whose love will you die? Woe to you! If it is not for the love of Mary or for God. (Continue meditating for a quarter of an hour)PrayerMost loving Virgin, confined in the prison of the earth for the healing and benefit of the creatures, breathed out Your most pure spirit, at the force of the most powerful fire, going up to heaven in the hands of Your Son. Through that indescribable joy that You felt when You were welcome by that joyful group, we beg You continue in us the task as a Mother, that You performed when You live with men. Look Mary, Our Lady, when the sun sets, sinners weep louder. Look at us sad and helpless sick, by allowing some of Your beautiful rays, to enlighten our understanding and enflame our cold heart, and dispel the darkness, in which we live, so that we may be worthy to die in Your hands, and accompany You in the eternal joys.Amen.Let us pray 5 Hail Marys in honor of the five letters of the most sweet name of MARIA.Nuestra Señora de la Salud, stay close to comfort us!¡Viva Virgen de la Salud!
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SEVENTH DAY - 14 NOVEMBERThe Solitude of Mary Most HolyScripture PassageNear the cross of Jesus stood His mother, His mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw His mother there, and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to Her, "Woman, here is Your son," and to the disciple, "Here is your mother." From that time on, this disciple took her into his home. (John 19:25-27)ConsiderationLet is consider Mary Most Holy alone at the foot of the Cross, looking at the only Son of Her womb His natural beauty worn out, without any healthy part in that Divine Body. Placed in infamous scaffold, He Who alone is true God; the Creator of the whole universe treated as the worst of all the mortals: And in the end, God Himself put to death by the hands of the most cruel of men, whom He had endowed with infinite goodness and favors. What sighs would this most powerful Dove not give out? What sobs for such anguished Princess! And seeing this, does Mary still live? Yes, says St. Anselm, Mary still lives because the Divine Providence wanted that She should suffer much for men, that She should die not only once but many times; and She did not only live, says St. Ambrose, but considered that tragedy with pleasure, be amazed, by knowing the reason why, even if it pierced Her loving heart seeing Her Son dying on a Cross, she was filled with joy and pleasure, seeing that in this manner He would obtain the health of the world.ReflectionHow much did Mary who is sinless suffer? What a pity! And nothing could I do not even for Mary. What a shame!(Continue meditating for a quarter of an hour)PrayerMost Sorrowful Virgin, the epitome of great sorrows, and condensed representation of the most cruel pains, whose immense pain, in the death of the most Innocent Jesus, is impossible to affirm, because we alone are the villainous architects of the Cross: Prostrate at Your Divine feet, converted into speechless statutes because of our sorrow, we are sorry one and a thousand times, for having been the cause of your sorrows. And we implore You to look at us with maternal affection, because we cost You so much pains, grant us true sorrow for having offended Your Son, so that through Your intercession, we may find well-disposed that severe and always just Judge, whom our sins have angered, but Your tears have appeased; so that Your afflictions may not increase with our offenses; relieve us in our infirmities and labors in this life, by giving us the health of body and soul, and may we rest with You in the joys of Glory. Amen.Let us pray 5 Hail Marys in honor of the five letters of the most sweet name of MARIA.Nuestra Señora de la Salud, stay close to comfort us!¡Viva Virgen de la Salud!
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SIXTH DAY - 13 NOVEMBERThe Purification of Mary Most HolyScripture PassageNow, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout awaiting the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was with him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Messiah of the Lord. He came in the Spirit into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to perform the custom of the law in regard to him, He took him into his arms and blessed God saying: "Now, Master, You may let Your servant go in peace, according to Your word for my eyes have seen Your salvation which You prepared in sight of all the peoples, a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and glory for Your people Israel." (Luke 2:25-32)ConsiderationLet is consider the profound humility of Mary Most Holy walking to the temple, the Queen of heaven and earth, for whom every carriage of the sun would not be a decent chair. She goes to fulfill the law and the Mother of the Supreme Legislator wishing to appear blemished, who is most pure Virgin before birth, during birth and after birth, and surpasses in innocence purity itself. She also offers to the eternal Father Her beloved Son as Divine image, and as our likeness, that of the Word so that He may be pleased, seeing His portrait and that of our nature so that He may be moved with pity. And thus on seeing Him Simeon explained: Now, Lord, You can let Your servant go in peace, because my eyes had seen your health. He saw it, and the whole world saw it, at the expense of the purity of Mary, so that with the shadows of being blemished, the mirror of Her beauty would be more pleasing to God.ReflectionSo who is more pure than the sun, purifies for you; and you with a thousand impurities refuse to purify your soul?(Continue meditating for a quarter of an hour)PrayerMost humble Virgin, Mother of purity itself. Celestial world that includes the immensity of God Himself and because of Your great love for us, You put Yourself of the level of the unworthiness of other women. We beg You to make us so humble that we may not become unworthy of Your mercies and that we may perform exactly the Divine Law that we may never separate ourselves from it. Purify our souls infected by the horrible plague of so many sins. Purify the atmosphere that surrounds us, so that it may not kill us because You have given us Your Son the health of the world, let not Your clemency regret of giving Him to us until the last hour, so that we may accompany You in the temple of glory. Amen.Let us pray 5 Hail Marys in honor of the five letters of the most sweet name of MARIA.Nuestra Señora de la Salud, stay close to comfort us!¡Viva Virgen de la Salud!
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FIFTH DAY - 12 NOVEMBER
The Expectation of Mary
Scripture Passage
This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly. But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”). (Matthew 1: 18-23)
Consideration
Let us consider the tender anxieties and the burning affections of the Heart of the Most Holy Mary, in order to discover in the Word what would be the health of the world. Having God with her, she did not stop entertaining the strong desires of sharing Him who was born of Her Virginal Womb with people. The Heavenly Princess spent long hours in fervent prayer because her love was so ardent; and her love is charity that looks at the neighbors. From here came her ardent desire that all creatures may enjoy the Son of her womb, by sharing with the Universe, His light--like a brilliant sun whose rays extend with immense clarity. She did not wish to be alone-- the Virgin who had achieved so many benefits--for she knew, with great vividness, how important was the birth of Jesus for us--who are in a different situation--living without consolation and remedy. And even if she enjoyed having in her womb the Eternal Word, Mary prefers the common good than her particular convenience. Though it was great for her to enjoy being alone with the God-Man, nevertheless, she wished to share Him so that all people may enjoy the One who would give health to the entire humanity.
Prayer
Most loving Virgin, Model of most fervent Charity, who even if how much you love your children, you never cease to love us, even if you see that we all had been despicable and ungrateful. All of us repentant and sorrowful beg you, that since, out of pure clemency you granted us the Son of your womb, and in Him all our happiness and health, we hope in Him alone who is our life; may we mistrust the world that deceives us; and may we live with strong hope, that through your kindness and love we may see Him and be happy with Him forever. Amen.
(Pray 5 Hail Marys in honor of the five letters of the most sweet name of MARIA)Nuestra Señora de la Salud, stay close to comfort us!¡Viva Virgen de la Salud!
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FOURTH DAY - 11 NOVEMBERThe Visitation of the Most Holy MaryScripture PassageAt the time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill of the country of Judea, where She entered Zechariah's home and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabrth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leap in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. In a loud voice she exclaimed: Blessed are You among women and blessed is the child You will bear! But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? As soon as the sound of Your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. Blessesd is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill His promises to Her!" (Luke 1:39-45)ConsiderationLet us consider how at the moment that the Holy Mary was elevated to be the Mother of the Savior of the world, sge divinely lavishes Her treasures, She went to share them with the sick granting him health. The road of approximately twenty seven leagues (a league is 4.8 kilometers) was very long, difficult, and uphill; but because of Her great love it become pleasant, short, and very plain.; because the paths that this Lady traverses for our good and health, do not appear to be filled with pricking thorns, but enameled with white lilies and roses. She entered the house of Her cousin Elizabeth and health entered in it too; because scarcely had the child John heared the voice of Mary, his soul that was infected by the plague of original sin was healed.ReflectionMary, proceeds with haste to give healing to a soul, and you do you go in haste in order to loss yours and that of others?(Continue meditating for a quarter of an hour)PrayerMost merciful Mother, the only remedy of the afflicted and effective cure of the sick, You who are quick to help that You do not wait that they come to pray to You. Look with Your eyes of mercy at those who walk overwhelmed and blind in the dangerous situations of the world. All our steps have been until now been a disgrace and perdition for us. Each one of us has followed his/her path, not through Yours; some through lust, others through greed, and others through pride. And because You are the compass and the star that guide us, we stray from so many crooked paths, and achieve promtness for good works; so that walking with quick steps through the rough path of mortification, we may become worthy to arrive with Your light at the heavenly palace. Amen.(Pray 5 Hail Marys in honor of the five letters of the most sweet name of MARIA)Nuestra Señora de la Salud, stay close to comfort us!¡Viva Virgen de la Salud!
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THIRD DAY - 10 NOVEMBER
The Annunciation of the Most Holy Mary
Scripture Passage
In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city called Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. And he came to Her and said, "Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you!" But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered in Her mind what sort of greeting this might be. And the angel said to Her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for You have found favor from God. And behold, You will conceive in Your womb and bear a son, and You shall call His name Jesus. (Luke 1:26-31)"
Consideration
Let us consider the supreme pleasure and joy that the Queen of Angels felt seeing herself being exalted to the highest dignity of Mother of God and maker of reparation for the descendants of Adam. The Lord is with You, the angel told Her, which is the same as saying: The Health is with You; because Mary is the means by which God shares it with us, and the instrument, by which He cures us. The Most Powerful waited for Her consent; because on it would depend all the health of the world. What a joy that our health would depend on such a Holy Mother! Hence, how could the Most Holy Mary not give Her consent? The virginal shame of this most pure young Lady was startled; on seeing Herself alone and being greeted by a person who even angelic in nature, was in a form of a human person, but this very disturbance makes us understand the great concern that She had for our health, sacrificing the divine will for the desire that She had to become an instrument of the redemption of mankind; mediatrix between God and creatures, and mother of grace that She dispenses in great abundance to all; as if it were conceived in Her most pure heart.
Reflection
In the same way the virgins do not tremble when conversing with men, and the Queen of the Virgins fears the words of the Angels.
(Continue meditating for a quarter of an hour)
Prayer
Most Pure Virgin Mary, mirror of deity, who attracted by Your beauty, came down from the throne of His Glory, in order to enclose Himself in Your most pure womb, and to reconcile through You, with the eternal Father the poor creatures, who mourned with the weight of innumerable miseries; I beg You loving Mother, that we may not be Lost through our fault the grace that You granted us with Your word. Because through the love that You always have for us, You achieved the most sublime, which was making God-man, and the least, by making man Son of God, through grace, so that we may glorify You with Him in glory. Amen
(Pray 5 Hail Marys in honor of the five letters of the most sweet name of MARIA)
Nuestra Señora de la Salud, stay close to comfort us!
¡Viva Virgen de la Salud!
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SECOND DAY - 9 NovemberThe Presentation of Mary Most HolyScripture PassageWhen the days of Her purification are completed, for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the doorway of the tent of meeting a one year old lamb for a birth offering and the other a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering. But if she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, the one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she will be clean. (Leviticus 12:6,8)ConsiderationLet us consider how the parents Joachim and Anne, presented the Most Holy Mary in the Temple, at Her three years of age, such a little Child climbing the fifteen steps of the high scale of the Temple without anyone taking Her hand; because Her inflamed love gave Her wings to climb or fly: A miracle that the Holy Fathers and the Doctors of the Church have not ceased admiring. But the great joy this Sovereign Queen, and with great love that She had for God, from the first moment of Her being conceived, She came to the temple at a tender age to consecrate Herself to God, with perpertual vow of virginity, and to totally dedicate Herself to Him who has given everything to Her, and to correspond to that enormous refinement, that She was awaiting that the Eternal Word would be conceived in Her womb, in order to restore the health of the fallen world. The effects of this same love was that the life of this Child was totally devoted to the highest degree of contemplation in such a way that as St. Ephrem says, that the seraphim came to learn and took from Her lessons of prayer. She would spend several days without eating, and when She ate, She would take the nourishment that was needed to keep alive, and not that which would delight Her taste. She slept out of necessity and not for rest; and then, if Her body slept, Her soul kept watch in prayer. She was indeed the amazement of the priest who looked at Her; the astonishment of the angels that admired Her, and the sweet delight of God Himself who loved Her so much. ReflectionMary, at such a very tender age, has gone up to such a highest level of virtue with the grace of God; and you with the grace of God and Mary, you have not taken a step to glory in so many years?(Continue meditating for a quarter of an hour)PrayerMost Blessed Virgin, of miraculous virtues and abyss of perfection, You who wished at a very tender age to be presented in the Temple for the sake of so much benefit and health of the world. Present our souls in divine compliance, that even if the gift is little and poor, not pure, we all have confidence that being a gift that comes from Your most pure hands, it will be, without doubt, acceptable to the Divine Eyes. Present all our faults, so that the infinite mercy may forgive them. Present our illness and infirmities, so that we may receive remedy. Finally, present us in life and in death, so that the former may be always conformed to, walking without setback through the steps of the divine law, and the latter would be totally precious, holy and full of grace and be the start of eternal glory. Amen.(Pray 5 Hail Marys in honor of the five letters of the most sweet name of MARIA)Nuestra Señora de la Salud, stay close to comfort us!
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FIRST DAY - 8 November
The Birth of Virgin Most Holy
Scripture Passage
In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; the virgin's name was Mary. And he came to Her and said, "Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with You!" (Luke 1:26-28)
Consideration
Let us consider the extraordinary beauty of the body and soul with which the Most Holy Mary was born in the world. That of Her body was so special and unique, that compared to it, that of the most beautiful Seraph is ugliness and imperfection, so much so that when St. Dionysius saw Her he was so astounded and engrossed that he himself admitted that She received it from God and preserved Her from ugliness. The beauty of Her soul is so incomparable that neither spoken and written words could explain. The angels are left mute in admiration. It is enough only to know that all the power of God, being infinite, pour over this outstanding child the immeasurable treasure of all the virtues, privileges, and graces, with which She surpasses, and exceeds, all perfect creatures there are and there may be in heaven and on earth. Here the Divine Wisdom did its utmost, for no other reason but that She had to be the Mother of the Eternal Word and the general health of human kind. For this reason, from eternity He preserved Her so pure that the original sin did not offend even just by its shadow.
Reflection
Is it possible that at the sight of so beautiful a Child, that you can find such beauty on earth?
(Continue meditating for a quarter of an hour)
Prayer
Most Blessed Virgin, Child of the Eyes of God, and Child also of our own, who were born in the world made beautiful with all the treasures of glory and of nature, in order to give joy to heaven and earth, and to banish with Your brilliant light the darkness of the original sin; my soul praises You one and a thousand times, for such singular prerogatives; and all of us pray to You with humble devotion, to look at us with motherly love, by making our hearts more fruitful with the dew of Divine grace, and in addition, by granting physical health, so that walking with satisfaction and joy in this valley of misery and labor, we were arrive, guided by Your light, to enjoy with it forever in the heavenly court. Amen.
(Pray 5 Hail Marys in honor of the five letters of the most sweet name of MARIA)
La Salud, stay close to comfort us.
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Experience a sacred journey of devotion and prayer through a profound novena that venerates the Sovereign Majesty of our Lord and God. Join us in humble adoration, expressing unwavering faith and seeking forgiveness for our sins, while embracing His boundless love and grace.
This novena encompasses the powerful narrative of Nuestra Señora del Carmen de San Sebastian, a revered and miraculous image in the Philippines, showcasing the devotion to the Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Encased in the Minor Basilica of San Sebastian, this depiction of the Mother and Child carrying the iconic Carmel scapular represents a rich history dating back to the 17th century.
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