may arrive at that heavenly kingdom which thou hast promised to little children, through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
Novena
IN PREPARATION FOR THE FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION.[1]
(Beginning on the 29th November.)
EVERY DAY.
COME, O holy Ghost, fill the hearts of thy faithful and kindle in them the fire of thy divine love.
V. Send forth thy Spirit, and they shall be created.
R. And thou shalt renew the face of the earth.
LET US PRAY.
O GOD, who hast taught the hearts of the faithful by the light of the Holy Spirit, grant to us in the same spirit to relish what is right, and ever to rejoice in his consolation.
Prevent our actions, we beseech thee, O Lord, by thy inspiration, and further them by thy continual help: that every prayer and work of ours may begin from thee, and by thee be happily ended, through our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the same spirit, God, world without end. Amen.
PREPARATORY PRAYER.
[To be said every day.]
O MOST pure Virgin, conceived without sin, and from that very first instant entirely beautiful and
- ↑ Indulgences: 300 days each day; plenary once on the Feast, or during the Octave. Applicable to the dead. — Pius VII.
