Saturday Devotion

In the name of the Father . . . . .

 

I – Opening Song: Lord Send out your Spirit

 

Lord send out your Spirit and renew the face of the world (2x)

 

Oh Lord my God, you are great indeed.

How manifold are Your works, oh Lord!

The earth is full of your creatures.

 

II – Opening Prayer (all kneel)

 

O most lovable Queen and Mother Mary, whose sweet name gladdens the heavens, consoles the earth and daunts hell! O peerless greatness granted to you by Him who is omnipotent, that all might share in the benefits of that plenitude, namely: the sick their cure; the sorrowful their consolation; the sinners their forgiveness; the angels their joy, and the Blessed Trinity untold glory! I have recourse in this novena to you as an armour for my defense, as a medicine for my health, as a consolation for my grief, as an effective relief for my burdens, as a help unto the remission of my sins and as a universal remedy for all my needs. Therefore I beseech You time and again and frequently repeat these sweet words.

 

Virgin of Peñafrancia, pray for us.

Virgin of Peñafrancia, pray for us.

Virgin of Peñafrancia, pray for us.

 

May I receive from your mercy and benevolence a participation in the benign influence of your name and may I become one of your most faithful children, so that, living always under this precious protection, may I be granted the special intention of this novena, if it be for the greater honor and glory of God and the salvation of my soul. Amen.

 

Virgin of Peñafrancia, pray for us.

III – Responsory:

 

O Beloved Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Peñafrancia, we find refuge in thee.

 

bring us safety, to heavenly bliss.

Abandon us not in this earthly test,

and never forsake, so we will be blessed. (response)

 

the forgiveness of our sins;

To You, O mother, we ask from thee

that sin we reject, now and through all eternity. (response)

 

of your entire children and devoted pilgrims.

O beloved Mother, hear us we beseech thee,

all our humble prayers, to heaven Thou bring. (response)

 

(Pause for some moments of personal petitions we offer to God through the intercession of Our Lady of Peñafrancia)

 

IV – Prayer to the Virgin of Peñafrancia

 

Let us Pray. . . .

 

Turn to me thine eyes, Oh most loving Virgin of Peñafrancia and have mercy on my soul that comes to Thee, full of repentance.

 

Protect my family, my relatives, my friends and benefactors. Intercede for your devotees, both the living and the dead, especially for those whom I am most obliged to help.

 

Pray for me, console me and save me. In my hours of peril, adversity & afflictions, above all, in the hour of my death, appear before your divine Son to help me and defend me. Tell him that I am your devotee, that having complete trust in your powerful intercession.

 

Virgin of Peñafrancia, pray for me, help me, console me, and deliver me from all evil. Amen.

 

(All stand for the singing)

 

O MARY, CONCIEVE WITHOUT SIN, PRAY FOR US. . . . PRAY FOR US WHO HAVE RECOURSE TO THEE. (3X)

 

V – SalveRegina

 

(The priest will intone the Salve Regina and incenses the image of Our Lady of Peñafrancia)

 

Salve Regina, Mater Miserecordiae; vita dulcedo et spes nostra salve; ad te clamamus, exsules filii hevae. Ad te susperamus, gementes et flentes, in hac lacrimarum valle. Eia ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos misericordes oculos, ad nos converte. Et Jesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui, nobis post hoc exsilium ostende, O Clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo Maria.

 

V. Ora pro nobis, Sancta Dei Genetrix

 

R. Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi.

 

Oremus . . . .

 

Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui gloriosae  Virginis Matris Mariae corpus et animam, ut dignum Filii tui habitaculum effici mereretur, Spiritu Sancto cooperante praeparasti, da ut cujus commemoratione laetamur, ejus pia intercessione, ab instantibus, malis  et a morte perpetua liberemur, per Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen

 

 

V. Divinum auxilium maneat semper nobiscum.

R. Amen.

 

V. FINAL SONG – RESUENE VIBRANTE

 

Ref: Resuene vibrante el himno de amor

Que entona tu pueblo con grata emocion.

Resuene vibrante el himno de amor

Que entona tu pueblo con grata emocion.

Patrona del Bicol, gran madre de Dios,

Se siempre la Reina de nuestra region.

Patrona del Bicol, gran Madre de Dios,

Se siempre la Reina de nuestra region.

 

Los montes proclaman tu Gloria y poder,

El pueblo creyente, con gozo te  ve,

te canta amoroso y besa tu pie.

El pueblo creyente, con gozo te  ve,

Te canta amoroso y besa tu pie.

Reliquia bendita que el cielo nos dio,

Escucha benigna del pueblo el clamor,

Que acude a tu templo con fe y devocion.