OUR LADY OF FATIMA NOVENA

MAY 4th - 12th.

Day 1
Rosary Meditation:
Leader: Mary, you appeared to the children of Fatima to deliver an urgent message about our
troubled world. Soon after, the entire world was at war, resulting in terrible sorrow and
destruction. Today, as violence has erupted again, in distant lands and even in our own home.
The prayers and sacrifice you pleaded for are needed as much as ever. Some parts of the world
are torn by fighting disguised as religious zeal, and even our own neighborhoods are divided by
racial tension. Charity begins at home; if we fail to love the neighbor at our doorstep, how will
we spread the Gospel of love beyond?
ALL: Mary, today I hear your words and I call upon your Son to come to our aid and end the
suffering that we cause one another. I pray for an end to all wars throughout the world. Help us,
Jesus, to sow love in the place of hatred.
Recite the Holy Rosary and the Litany of Our Lady of Fatima (on the last page) instead of
the usual Litany.
St. Michael Prayer (On the last page).
Concluding Prayer. (On the last page).

Day 2
Rosary Meditation:
L: Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta were very young and yet, Mary, you chose them to be to be your
messengers to the world. In doing so, you reminded us that, as followers of Jesus, we must be
like little children trusting and loving. Let us pray that we too may be like children, choosing
to offer love and trust where we would be tempted to choose hatred and suspicion.
ALL: Mary, I trust your Son completely. But sometimes, I live in fear. I want to love
unconditionally, but I am too afraid to let go of my anxieties, too afraid to admit that I cannot
control everything. I want to be your Son's instrument to accomplish God's will. Today, through
your intercession, Mary, I ask Jesus to help me be like a little child holding His hand, trusting all
to Him.
Recite the Holy Rosary and the Litany of Our Lady of Fatima (on the last page) instead of
the usual Litany.
St. Michael Prayer (On the last page).
Concluding Prayer. (On the last page).
Day 3
Rosary Meditation:
L: The children of Fatima heard your plea to pray. Today, we also need to pray, especially for
peace in the world. We have been reminded most painfully of how uncertain life is, and how
fragile. Yet rather than despair, we are moved to grow closer to God, so as to know the comfort
of His presence in this world and in the next. For the kingdom comes like a thief in the night;
truly we know not the hour nor the day.
ALL: Show me, Mary, how to pray always. Help me to speak to God as to a trusted friend,
sharing my truest feelings. Guide me, also, in my efforts to reach that perfect inner silence, so
that I may listen for what God has to tell me. Throughout my busy and distracting days, help me
to keep my mind and my heart centered on God.
Recite the Holy Rosary and the Litany of Our Lady of Fatima (on the last page) instead of
the usual Litany.
St. Michael Prayer (On the last page).
Concluding Prayer. (On the last page).

Day 4
Rosary Meditation:
L: At Fatima, Mary, you called on us to make sacrifices. The great needs of our suffering
brothers and sisters in our country and around the world ask of us sacrifices today. Many have
answered these requests with gifts of money and supplies. Many others have chosen to serve
something greater than themselves, far from the comfort of home. Let us all be willing to give
what we can; let us all seek to think less of ourselves than of those who have less.
ALL: Whisper a reminder in my ear each morning, Mary, to offer all my day's actions, thoughts,
and words, all my gifts of time and treasure, to God. As I make this offering, I call to mind all
the people affected by my actions each day. I ask God today to help me to be motivated by love
and compassion in all that I do.
Recite the Holy Rosary and the Litany of Our Lady of Fatima (on the last page) instead of
the usual Litany.
St. Michael Prayer (On the last page).
Concluding Prayer. (On the last page).
Day 5
Rosary Meditation:
L: Mary, at Fatima you told us: "Do penance." At this time, it may seem an especially galling
task; we would rather point out how grievously we have been wronged by others. It may seem
that your Son's proverb has been turned on its head the plank is in our brother's eye, the speck
in our own. Yet still we must turn our scrutiny upon ourselves. Having been deeply hurt, we
recognize that we have also hurt others, and we seek all the more readily to mend what we have
broken.
ALL: Mary, help me find the humility to seek forgiveness for my sins and make amends for my
wrongful actions. Help me to open my heart to the healing touch of Jesus.
Recite the Holy Rosary and the Litany of Our Lady of Fatima (on the last page) instead of
the usual Litany.
St. Michael Prayer (On the last page).
Concluding Prayer. (On the last page).

Day 6
Rosary Meditation:
L: Mary, the children said they had seen a vision of hell. All too many people around the world
live in places so desperate that they might be compared to hell. In many places, terror strikes
daily and innocents die in senseless war. The cycle of violence and revenge is perpetuated, with
no end in sight. We would do well to remember the relative comfort we are blessed with, and
realize that many are not so fortunate.
ALL: Today, Mary, I pray for an easing of the suffering and injustice that mark much of the
world. I pray for all who face oppression at the hands of another. I pray that they find a peaceful
way to resolve their differences. I pray in thanksgiving for all the blessings I enjoy; may I be
always ready to share them with others.
Recite the Holy Rosary and the Litany of Our Lady of Fatima (on the last page) instead of
the usual Litany.
St. Michael Prayer (On the last page).
Concluding Prayer. (On the last page).
Day 7
Rosary Meditation:
L: Mary, through the power of God you performed a miracle at Fatima and made the sun dance.
Jesus told us that, even with faith the size of a mustard seed, we can move mountains. This is
hard to believe yet every day, we all have opportunities to make a great difference in the world.
We can open closed hearts with our love. This may seem a small and undramatic kind of
miracle, but it is the kind most needed today.
ALL: Mary, I pray that I might follow your example, and allow myself to be one through whom
God works in the world. Though the work may be so small and simple as to seem insignificant,
help me to trust in God's greater plan. May I be always, like you, willing to answer God's call.
Recite the Holy Rosary and the Litany of Our Lady of Fatima (on the last page) instead of
the usual Litany.
St. Michael Prayer (On the last page).
Concluding Prayer. (On the last page).

Day 8
Rosary Meditation:
L: Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta were all normal children living ordinary lives. As they show us,
we do not need to be important or powerful in the eyes of the world to do God's work. When we
feel too small and helpless to change things, we remember that all we need are faith, trust,
humility, and wisdom, to make of ourselves God's instruments.
ALL: God, I am an ordinary person. But like the children of Fatima, I want to bring Your Word
to the world. Give me the strength to overcome my fears and my doubts, so that I might be a
messenger of Your love.
Recite the Holy Rosary and the Litany of Our Lady of Fatima (on the last page) instead of
the usual Litany.
St. Michael Prayer (On the last page).
Concluding Prayer. (On the last page).
Day 9
Rosary Meditation:
L: Mary, your apparition at Fatima was an extraordinary event. Most of us will never experience
an apparition. But we know that Christ lives in our hearts and comes to us in the Eucharist. How
wonderful it is that we can receive the body and blood of your Son and be nourished by it.
ALL: Thank you, Mary, for appearing to Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta and delivering a message
that is as relevant today as it was then. Thank You, God my Creator, for giving me life and so
many blessings. Thank You, Jesus, for giving me Your body and blood in the Eucharist. And
thank You, Holy Spirit, for dwelling in me and giving me courage. Most of all, thank You, God,
for Your love.
Recite the Holy Rosary and the Litany of Our Lady of Fatima (on the last page) instead of
the usual Litany.
St. Michael Prayer (On the last page).
Concluding Prayer. (On the last page).

ACT OF CONSECRATION TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY (to be prayed

on 13th May)
O Immaculate Heart of Mary, Queen of Heaven and Earth, and tender Mother of men, in
accordance with thy ardent wish made known at Fatima, I consecrate to thee myself, my
brethren, my country, and the whole human race.
Reign over us and teach us how to make the Heart of Jesus reign and triumph in us, and around
us, as It has reigned and triumphed in thee.
Reign over us, dearest Mother, that we may be thine in prosperity and adversity, in joy and in
sorrow, in health and in sickness, in life and in death.
O most compassionate Heart of Mary, Queen of Virgins, watch over our minds and hearts and
preserve them from the deluge of impurity which thou didst lament so sorrowfully at Fatima. We
want to be pure like thee. We want to atone for the many crimes committed against Jesus and
thee. We want to call down upon our country and the whole world the peace of God in justice
and charity.
Therefore, we now promise to imitate thy virtues by the practice of a Christian life without
regard to human respect. We resolve to receive Holy Communion regularly and to offer thee five
decades of the Rosary each day, together with our sacrifices, in the spirit of reparation and
penance. Amen.
LITANY OF OUR LADY OF FATIMA:
Our Lady of Fatima, pray for our dear Our Lady of Fatima, obtain for us all that we
country. lovingly ask of thee.
Our Lady of Fatima, sanctify our clergy. Our Lady of Fatima, help those who are dear
to us.
Our Lady of Fatima, make our Catholics
more fervent. Our Lady of Fatima, bring back to the right
road our erring brothers.
Our Lady of Fatima, guide and inspire those
who govern us. Our Lady of Fatima, give us back our
ancient fervor.
Our Lady of Fatima, cure the sick who
confide in thee. Our Lady of Fatima, obtain for us pardon of
our manifold sins and offences.
Our Lady of Fatima, console the sorrowful
who trust in thee. Our Lady of Fatima, bring all men to the
feet of thy Divine Child.
Our Lady of Fatima, help those who invoke
your aid. Our Lady of Fatima, obtain peace for the
world.
Our Lady of Fatima, deliver us from all
dangers. O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us
who have recourse to thee.
Our Lady of Fatima, help us to resist
temptation. Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us now
and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Let us Pray: O God of infinite goodness and mercy, fill our hearts with a great confidence in
Thy dear Mother, whom we invoke under the title of Our Lady of the Rosary and our Lady of
Fatima, and grant us by her powerful intercession all the graces, spiritual and temporal, which we
need. Through Christ our Lord. Amen
Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel.
Saint Michael, the Archangel, defend us in the battle. Be our safe guard against the wickedness
and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do thou, O prince of the
heavenly host, by the power of God cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl
throughout the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
Concluding prayer.
Most Holy Virgin, who has deigned to come to Fatima to reveal to the three little shepherds the
treasures of graces hidden in the recitation of the Rosary, inspire our hearts with a sincere love of
this devotion, so that by meditating on the mysteries of our redemption that are recalled in it, we
may gather the fruits and obtain the conversion of sinners, the conversion of Russia, and this
favor that I so earnestly seek (state your prayer intention here) which I ask of you in this novena,
for the greater glory of God, for your own honor, and for the good of all people. Amen