I am the Immaculate Conception!
February 11, 2021
Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes
Dear Family of Mary!
When St. Bernadette asked Our Lady who she was, she replied, “I am the Immaculate Conception.” This title was not commonly known, and Bernadette’s priest was surprised when she told him that the heavenly visitor called herself “the Immaculate Conception.” It was proof for him that Bernadette was not making this encounter up.
May we contemplate today the amazing grace that provided for the Mother of Jesus to be conceived without sin. The Incarnation was perfectly provided for by this grace. And Mary, the Immaculate Conception, desires to be our Mother as well. What a grace of divine providence for us!! We need you, dearest Mother, Immaculate Conception, our Mother!
Lord have mercy;
Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy;
Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy;
Lord have mercy.
Christ hear us;
Christ graciously hear us.
God the Father of Heaven;
Have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world;
Have mercy on us.
God the Holy Spirit;
Have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, who are one God;
Have mercy on us.
Holy Mary;
Pray for us.
Holy Mother of God;
Pray for us.
Holy Virgin of virgins,
Pray for us.
Mother of Christ;
Pray for us.
Mother of Divine Grace;
Pray for us.
Mother of our Savior;
Pray for us.
Our Lady of Lourdes, help of Christians;
Pray for us.
Our Lady of Lourdes, source of love;
Pray for us.
Our Lady of Lourdes, mother of the poor;
Pray for us.
Our Lady of Lourdes, mother of the handicapped;
Pray for us.
Our Lady of Lourdes, mother of orphans;
Pray for us.
Our Lady of Lourdes, mother of all children;
Pray for us.
Our Lady of Lourdes, mother of all nations;
Pray for us.
Our Lady of Lourdes, mother of the Church;
Pray for us.
Our Lady of Lourdes, friend of the lonely;
Pray for us.
Our Lady of Lourdes, comforter of those who mourn;
Pray for us.
Our Lady of Lourdes, shelter of the homeless;
Pray for us.
Our Lady of Lourdes, guide of travelers;
Pray for us.
Our Lady of Lourdes, strength of the weak;
Pray for us.
Our Lady of Lourdes, refuge of sinners;
Pray for us.
Our Lady of Lourdes, comforter of the suffering;
Pray for us.
Our Lady of Lourdes, help of the dying;
Pray for us.
Most Holy Virgin who, resplendent in celestial beauty, appeared many times in the grotto at Lourdes,
Pray for us.
Our Lady, who recommended that we pray for the conversion of sinners,
Pray for us.
Our Lady, who made it known that you would be pleased that your miraculous grotto was to be visited,
Pray for us.
Our Lady, who made a font of crystalline and miraculous water flow from that place,
Pray for us.
Our Lady, who chose from all your merits the Immaculate Conception so that it be especially honored.
Pray for us.
Our Lady, who made yourself known by saying “I am the Immaculate Conception”,
Pray for us.
Our Lady, who obtains the grace of conversion for the most obstinate sinners,
Pray for us.
Our Lady of Lourdes who strengthens the just in the path of virtue,
Pray for us.
Our Lady who gives sight to the blind, health to the sick, and the paralytics the use of their members,
Pray for us.
Our Lady, who has more than once scared off death when it was near to injuring its victims,
Pray for us.
Our Lady, hope and sustain of the moribund,
Pray for us.
Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, open for us in our death, the doors of the celestial Jerusalem,
Pray for us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world;
Forgive us O Lord.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world;
Have mercy on us.
Christ hear us;
Christ graciously hear us.
Pray for us, Immaculate Holy Virgin,
so we may be worthy of the promises of
our Lord Jesus Christ.
Let us pray
Oh God, who by the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, prepared your Divine Son a worthy dwelling, preserving it from all stain by the merits of His foreshadowed Passion; You who chose the grotto of Lourdes so as to specially honor there that glorious privilege of your Mother and demonstrate the efficiency of her pleadings, purify us from our own stains and let us reach Your Kingdom, by the merits of her intercession. In the name of the same Jesus Christ, Our Lord. Amen.
