Our Lady of La Leche

For all mothers, mothers-to-be and who wishes to become mothers, here's a novena prayer for all of us...

Regular Novena Prayers

PRAYER

Lovely Lady of La Leche, most loving Mother of our Savior, Jesus Christ, and my Mother, please listen to my humble prayer.  Your heart knows my every wish, my every need.  I trust, dear Mother, that you will shelter me beneath your protecting mantle, like what you did to your Son.  Intercede to Him that I may have the courage and the strength to overcome whatever difficulty surrounds me.  Give me the grace to be faithful to you always and  may you be my shining inspiration now and forever.

Our Lady of La Leche, pray for us.

LITANY OF OUR MOTHER OF MOTHERS

Lord  have mercy on us.
Christ have mercy on us.
Lord have mercy on us. Christ hear us.                         
Christ graciously hear us.
God the Father of heaven,                                           
Have mercy on us

God the Son, redeemer of the world  

Have mercy on us         

God the Holy Spirit,   

Have mercy on us                                                 

Holy Trinity, one God.   

Have mercy on us                                              

Holy Mary                                                                           
Pray for us
Chaste daughter of the Father,
Chaste spouse of  the Holy spirit,
Chaste mother of the Son of God,
Vessel of election,
Throne of the divine Majesty,
Tabernacle of the Divine Word,
Chalice of the Divine Life,
Mother of God,
Mother of the infant Christ,
Consecration of womanhood,
Hope of Christian womanhood,
Model of Christian womanhood,
Blessed in your motherhood,
Inspiration of holy motherhood,
Consolation of motherhood,
Protector of motherhood,
Blessing of all Christian motherhood,
Exaltation of motherhood,
Sanctification of motherhood,
Queen of the most holy family,
Queen of chaste family life,
Queen of mothers,
Mother of mothers,
Mother of happy delivery,

Lamb of God who take away the sins of the world           
Spare us, Lord

Lamb of God who take away the sins of the world           
Graciously hear us, Lord

Lamb of God who take away the sins of the world           
Have mercy on us

Our Lady of Happy Delivery 

Pray for us who have recourse to thee

Let us pray:
Cherished Virgin, heaven’s queen, chosen before all women to be the mother of the Son of God, Mary, my mother, who in your maternity so sanctified the state of holy motherhood, imploringly I come to you; humbly I beseech you; confidently I trust in you.  I know that, by your powerful intercession, you can help me in my need.  In you I take refuge, dear virgin.  Poor and needy, I turn devoutly to you and place all confidently in your hands.  Accept my humble trust, hear my petitions and come to my aid, dear Mother of mothers.

V.         Behold the handmaid of the Lord
R.        Be it done unto me according to your Word!

Nihil Obstat:  (Sgd)  Fr. Sanny de Claro
                                 Vice-chancellor & Censor
Imprimatur:   (Sgd)  Msgr. Socrates Villegas
                                 Vicar General
Manila, August 18, 2000        

(I learned that novena prayers should either be recited for 9 consecutive hours, 9 consecutive days, 9 consecutive weeks or 9 consecutive months. I also read somewhere that when we pray the novena we should be kneeling as we pray it and that we should hear mass at least once in any of the day the novena is recited.)