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Second Day of the Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes

"I Am the Immaculate Conception!"

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On the second day of the Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes, we commemorate the Blessed Virgin's revelation of herself as the Immaculate Conception and pray that our hearts may be consumed with love for Christ and His Blessed Mother.

You should begin every day of the novena with the Opening Prayer of the Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes. For complete instructions on how to pray the novena, see the Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes. You can also sign up for a daily reminder e-mail to aid you in praying the Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes.

Second Day of the Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes

Be blessed, O most pure Virgin, for having vouchsafed to manifest yourself shining with light, sweetness and beauty, in the Grotto of Lourdes, saying to the child Saint Bernadette: "I am the Immaculate Conception!" O Mary Immaculate, inflame our hearts with one ray of the burning love of your pure heart. Let them be consumed with love for Jesus and for you, in order that we may merit one day to enjoy your glorious eternity. O dispenser of His graces here below, take into your keeping and present to your Divine Son the petition for which we are making this novena.

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O Brilliant star of purity, Mary Immaculate, Our Lady of Lourdes, glorious in your assumption, triumphant in your coronation, show unto us the mercy of the Mother of God, Virgin Mary, Queen and Mother, be our comfort, hope, strength, and consolation. Amen.

Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.

Saint Bernadette, pray for us.

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