Day 8: Novena to Our Lady of the Holy Rosary to Defeat Proposition 1

Pray and Reflect with Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, Diocese of San Diego 

In the name of the Father, and of the Son,  and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Our dearest Mother Mary, behold us, your children, as we humbly come in prayer before you. In you, the Author of Life assumed the fullness of human nature, redeeming us by sacrificing his life for our salvation, obtaining for us participation in eternal life through the Holy Spirit.

With you, we treasure every human life created in God’s image, and we grieve for any action or social structure that undermines that dignity. We come before you today, led by the Holy Spirit and united as one family in your Son, to offer this Novena as a spiritual bouquet, with confidence in the power of your intercession before our Almighty God and Father.

May he hear and grant our earnest request that the hearts of voters in our state be moved to reject and defeat Proposition 1, and may we be guided by the Holy Spirit to rebuild and strengthen a culture of life in the hearts and minds of all we encounter. We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Pray and Reflect with Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, Diocese of San Diego 

 

On the Feast of Blessed Marie Rose Durocher – We Pray the  Fifth Sorrowful Mystery: The crucifixion.

“And when they came to the place which is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on the right and one on the left. And Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do’ … It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, while the sun’s light failed; and the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Then Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, ‘Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit!’ And having said this he breathed his last” (Lk 23:33-46).

“‘Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures’ (1 Cor 15:3)” (CCC, 619).

Our Father, 10 Hail Marys (contemplating the mystery), Glory be to the Father.

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