EXTEND, O

LORD, TO YOUR
SERVANTS YOUR
HEAVENLY AID,/
 THAT WE MAY
SEEK YOU WITH
ALL OUR HEARTS,/
AND OBTAIN
WHAT WE ASK./
HEAR, O LORD,
OUR PRAYERS/
AND GRANT TO
OUR DECEASED
ASSOCIATES/
 THE REST OF
HEAVEN;/ AND
TO YOUR
CHURCH PEACE,/
 THROUGH THE
INTERCESSION OF THE
GLORIOUS VIRGIN
MARY, AND THE MERITS
OF YOUR SON, OUR
LORD JESUS CHRIST.
AMEN.
PRAYER TO ST. JOSEPH
LEADER: TO YOU,
O BLESSED
JOSEPH,/ WE HAVE
RECOURSE IN OUR
AFFLICTION.
ALL: AND HAVING
IMPLORED THE
HELP OF YOUR
HOLY SPOUSE,/
WE NOW WITH
HEARTS FILLED
WITH
CONFIDENCE/
EARNESTLY BEG
YOU ALSO/
TO TAKE US UNDER
YOUR
PROTECTION./ BY
THAT CHARITY
WHEREWITH YOU
WERE UNITED/
 TO THE
IMMACULATE
VIRGIN, MOTHER
OF GOD,/
 AND BY THAT
FATHERLY LOVE
WITH WHICH YOU
DID CHERISH THE
CHILD JESUS,/
WE BESEECH YOU,
AND WE HUMBLY
PRAY,/ THAT YOU
WILL LOOK DOWN
WITH GRACIOUS
EYES/
 UPON THAT
INHERITANCE/
WHICH JESUS
CHRIST
PURCHASED BY HIS
BLOOD,/
 AND WILL
SUCCOR US IN
OUR NEED/ BY
YOUR POWER
AND STRENGTH./
DEFEND, O MOST
WATCHFUL
GUARDIAN OF
THE HOLY
FAMILY,/
 THE CHOSEN
OFFSPRING OF
JESUS CHRIST./
KEEP FROM US, O
MOST LOVING
FATHER,/
ALL BLIGHT OF
ERROR AND
CORRUPTION./
 AID US FROM ON
HIGH, MOST
VALIANT DEFENDER,
IN THIS CONFLICT
WITH THE POWERS
OF DARKNESS./
 AND AS OF OLD
YOU DID RESCUE
THE CHILD JESUS/
FROM THE
GREATEST PERIL
OF HIS LIFE,/
 SO NOW DEFEND
GOD’S HOLY
CHURCH/ FROM THE
SNARES OF THE
ENEMY AND FROM
ALL ADVERSITY./
SHIELD US EVER UNDER
YOUR PATRONAGE/
THAT, IMITATING YOUR
EXAMPLE AND
STRENGTHENED BY
YOUR HELP,/
 WE MAY LEAD A
HOLY LIFE/ DIE A
HAPPY DEATH,/ AND
ATTAIN TO
EVERLASTING BLISS
IN HEAVEN./ AMEN.
 THIRD DAY
ACT OF CONTRITION

LEADER: MY LORD,
JESUS CHRIST,
ALL: TRUE GOD
AND TRUE MAN/
MY FATHER AND
REDEEMER/
I KNEEL IN THE
PRESENCE OF
YOUR DIVINE
MAJESTY/
OVERCOME WITH
GRIEF FOR
HAVING
OFFENDED YOU,
MY GOD,/
 SO DESERVING
OF ALL MY
LOVE./ I BELIEVE
IN YOU,/ I TRUST
YOU,/
AND TRUSTING IN
YOUR INFINITE
MERCY/ I HOPE TO
HAVE MY SINS
FORGIVEN.
WITH THE HELP OF
YOUR DIVINE
GRACE/ I RESOLVE
TO CONFESS MY
SINS/
AND TO START
MY LIFE ANEW./
CHASTISE ME IN
THIS LIFE, O
LORD,/
BUT SPARE ME IN
ETERNITY./ HELP
ME TO MAKE MY
LIFE/
 A WORTHY
OBLATION TO
ATONE FOR ALL
MY SINS/ AND THE
SINS OF ALL MEN./
 DURING THIS
NOVENA TO MARY,
YOUR MOTHER/
QUEEN OF THE
MOST HOLY
ROSARY/
 HELP ME TO
KNOW YOU
BETTER/ TO LOVE
YOU MORE
FERVENTLY/
TO SERVE YOU
WITH MORE
DEDICATION./
GRANT ME THE
GRACE/
 TO LIVE AND
PERSEVERE IN
YOUR SERVICE/
UNTIL DEATH.
AMEN.
PRAYER FOR EVERYDAY OF THE
NOVENA
LEADER: O MOST CLEMENT
VIRGIN/ O TENDEREST
MOTHER/ O SWEETEST MARY/
COMFORTER OF THE
AFFLICTED AND REFUGE OF
SINNERS/ MEDIATRIX BETWEEN
GOD AND MEN:
 ALL: YOU ARE
NOE’S ARK/ OUR
SALVATION IN THE
DELUGE OF SIN./
 YOU ARE THE
RAINBOW OF
PEACE/ OUR
RECONCILIATION
WITH GOD./
 YOU ARE THE
DOVE/ THAT
BRINGS US THE
OLIVE BRANCH
OF PEACE./
 AS A TOKEN OF
YOUR MATERNAL
LOVE/ YOU GAVE
TO THE CATHOLIC
WORLD/
THROUGH YOUR
SON, DOMINIC,/
THE MOST HOLY
ROSARY.
 THROUGH THIS
DEVOTION PAGANS
WERE CONVERTED/
HERETICS BROUGHT
BACK TO THE TRUE
FOLD/
 ENEMIES OF THE
CHURCH
VANQUISHED AND
CHRISTIAN SOCIETY
REFORMED.
 QUEEN OF THE
MOST HOLY
ROSARY/ WE
CALL ON YOU
FOR ASSISTANCE.
YOU ALONE DID
OVERCOME ALL
HERESIES IN THE
WORLD./
 DELIVER NOW
YOUR CHRISTIAN
PEOPLE FROM
THE SNARES OF
THE DEVIL./
GREAT WAS YOUR
LOVE FOR THIS
NATION/
 FOR WHEN THE
ENEMIES OF THE
CATHOLIC RELIGION/
THREATENED TO
TAKE AWAY OUR
FAITH/
 YOU SAVED US
MIRACULOUSLY/
THROUGH THE
BATTLES OF “LA
NAVAL”/
AND THUS SECURED
FOR YOURSELF THE
TITLE/ OF QUEEN
AND MOTHER OF
THE PHILIPPINES.
LOOK DOWN WITH
MERCY/ ON THOSE
WHO ARE
DECEIVED BY THE
EVIL ONE,/
 THAT THEY MAY
RENOUNCE THEIR
HERESY/ AND
RETURN TO THE
UNITY OF THE
CATHOLIC TRUTH./
ILLUMINE OUR
RULERS/ THAT
UNDER YOUR
DIVINE
GUIDANCE/
THEY MAY GOVERN
THIS LAND AS
WORTHY
REPRESENTATIVES
OF GOD./
INSPIRE US ALL TO
STUDY OUR
RELIGION/ TO
FULFILL THE
COMMANDMENTS/
 TO RECEIVE THE
SACRAMENTS/
WHICH ARE THE
ESSENTIALS OF THE
TRUE CHRISTIAN
LIFE.
 AS WE BECAME
CHRISTIANS
THROUGH YOUR
INTERCESSION/
 WE ALSO HOPE
TO LIVE AS SUCH
UNDER YOUR
PROTECTION./
 WITH YOUR
ROSARY AS OUR
ANCHOR/ WE HOPE
TO REACH THAT
HEAVENLY
KINGDOM/
 WHERE FOR
ETERNITY/ WE CAN
HAVE YOU AS OUR
QUEEN/ AND
CHRIST OUR KING.
AMEN.
SPECIAL PRAYER FOR THE
SECOND DAY

LEADER: QUEEN OF
THE MOST HOLY
ROSARY, MOTHER OF
THE PHILIPPINES!
 ALL: OUT OF
RESPECT FOR
AUTHORITY/ YOU
WENT TO
BETHLEHEM/
 WHERE YOU
BROUGHT FORTH
YOUR SON/ OUR
LORD JESUS
CHRIST./
 IT WAS A DIFFICULT
ROAD FOR YOU TO
FOLLOW FOR YOU
WERE THE VICTIM OF
THE THOUGHTLESSNESS
OF MEN./
 INSTILL IN MY
HEART/ SINCERE
RESPECT FOR
AUTHORITY/ BOTH
CIVIL AND
RELIGIOUS.
 GIVE ME THE
STRENGTH TO
OBEY MY
SUPERIORS/
 WITH
PROMPTNESS,
SUPERNATURAL
MOTIVE AND
JOY./
 TO THOSE WHO
ARE RUDE, HELP
ME TO BE MEEK./
TEACH ME TO BE
KIND TO OTHERS/
CONSIDERATE IN
ACTION/
COURTEOUS IN
MY WORDS./
 LET ME NOT BE
CONQUERED BY
EVIL NOR BY THE
DESIRE FOR
REVENGE./
LET ME CONQUER
EVIL BY DOING
GOOD TO MY
FELLOWMEN./
TOGETHER WITH
THE SHEPHERDS
AND THE KINGS/
KNEELING BESIDE
THE CRIB AT
BETHLEHEM/
 LET ME LEARN
FROM THE
NEWBORN BABE/
THE LESSON OF
MEEKNESS AND
HUMILITY.
 LEADER: LET US NOW ASK
THE PARTICULAR FAVOR WE
WISH TO OBTAIN IN THIS
NOVENA THROUGH THE
INTERCESSION OF THE
BLESSED VIRGIN.

(3 HAIL MARY…)
 FINAL PRAYER FOR
EVERY DAY

LEADER: QUEEN OF
THE MOST HOLY
ROSARY,
 ALL: REFUGE OF
THE HUMAN RACE/
WE HUMBLY
PROSTRATE
OURSELVES BEFORE
YOUR THRONE/
CONFIDENT THAT
WE SHALL RECEIVE
MERCY,/ GRACE,
ASSISTANCE, AND
PROTECTION/
NOT THROUGH
OUR OWN
IN-ADEQUATE
MERITS/
 BUT SOLELY
THROUGH THE
GREAT GOODNESS
OF YOUR
MATERNAL HEART./
MAY THE SIGHT OF
THE WIDESPREAD
MATERIAL AND
MORAL
DESTRUCTION/
 THE SUFFERINGS
AND SORROWS OF
COUNTLESS HUMAN
BEINGS/ MOVE YOU
TO COMPASSION.
 LEADER: O MOTHER OF
MERCY
ALL: OBTAIN PEACE
FOR US FROM GOD/
AND PROCURE FOR
US THOSE GRACES/
WHICH PREPARE,
ESTABLISH AND
ASSURE THAT
PEACE./ QUEEN OF
PEACE, PRAY FOR
US/
 AND GIVE TO THE
WORLD/ AND TO
THE PHILIPPINES/
THE PEACE FOR
WHICH WE ARE ALL
LONGING./
THE PEACE IN
THE TRUTH,/
JUSTICE AND
CHARITY OF
CHRIST./
LEADER: LASTLY, O
QUEEN OF HEAVEN,
ALL: AS THE
CHURCH AND THE
ENTIRE HUMAN
RACE/
ARE CONSECRATED
TO THE SACRED
HEART OF JESUS/ SO
THAT IN REPOSING
ALL HOPE IN HIM/
HE MIGHT BECOME
FOR THEM/ THE
PLEDGE OF
VICTORY AND
SALVATION;/
 SO WE IN LIKE
MANNER/
CONSECRATE OUR
SELVES TO YOU,
OUR MOTHER AND
QUEEN,/
 THAT YOUR LOVE
AND PATRONAGE/
MAY HASTEN THE
TRIUMPH OF THE
KINGDOM OF GOD/
AND THAT NATION/
AT PEACE WITH
ONE ANOTHER/
MAY PROCLAIM
YOU BLESSED/
AND WITH YOU
MAY RAISE THEIR
VOICES/ IN THE
CHANT OF THE
EVERLASTING
MAGNIFICAT/
 OF GLORY, LOVE
AND GRATITUDE TO
GOD/ IN WHOM
ALONE THEY CAN
FIND HAPPINESS
AND PEACE. AMEN.