Our Lady Of Perpetual Help

[Lil Red]

Okay, so everyone knows i went on vacation around Labor Day, right? Well, I have a picture of Mary (but not the Our Lady of Perpetual Help {OLPH}) clipped to my car's visor. I kept hearing OLPH repeated in my head. Well then my hubby & I visited his grandmother who lives 2 blocks away from OLPH Catholic Church. So then I was getting spooked. Then we were driving along the coast and drove by [b]another[/b] OLPH Catholic Church. Now I'm totally freaked out.

Then just this week, I was at a retreat center, and came across a statue of Our Lady of Prompt Succor, which, you guessed it, is another name for OLPH.

I tried praying about it, but I haven't received anything yet.

Am I just crazy? Anybody have thoughts on this? Thanks.

[Sinner]

Ummmmm you may just be crazy.

J/K !!!!!!!

I don't believe in coincidence.

[heyyoimjohnny]

hey, that's awesome! She could simply be telling you that she's there for you... but anyways, keep praying on it!

[peach_cube]

She is saying something...only through prayer will you discover what. I know this from experience. She has given me "signs" frequently of late. It may be something that most people would just think of as being weird or neat, but this is one of the ways that God speaks to us. He knows how to get your attention.

Edited September 26, 2004 by peach_cube

[AfroNova No Limit Soldier]

Do you pray the Rosary daily? If not, I would suggest doing so.

Be patient. Pray.

[lilac_angel]

[quote name='peach_cube' date='Sep 25 2004, 10:50 PM'] She is saying something...only through prayer will you discover what. I know this from experience. She has given me "signs" frequently of late. It may be something that most people would just think of as being weird or neat, but this is one of the ways that God speaks to us. He knows how to get your attention. [/quote]
I definitely agree with peach_cube there.

Perhaps pray a novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help. There's also a nice audio Healing Rosary on ewtn.com you can pray along with, which is dedicated to Our Lady of Perpetual Help. I've just recently found out about it & have been praying it lately, actually.

[Lil Red]

[quote name='lilac_angel' date='Sep 26 2004, 11:00 AM'] I definitely agree with peach_cube there.

Perhaps pray a novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help. There's also a nice audio Healing Rosary on ewtn.com you can pray along with, which is dedicated to Our Lady of Perpetual Help. I've just recently found out about it & have been praying it lately, actually. [/quote]
do you know the exact place to find it? i would appreciate that!

[Theoketos]

[quote name='AfroNova No Limit Soldier' date='Sep 26 2004, 10:46 AM'] Do you pray the Rosary daily? If not, I would suggest doing so.

Be patient. Pray. [/quote]
What he said.

[the_rev]

Pray a novena to our Lady of Perpetual help.

[Lil Red]

where can i FIND a novena?

[StColette]

Recite for 9 days...

See at Your feet,
O Mother of Perpetual Help,
a poor sinner who has recourse to You
and confides in You.

O Mother of Mercy,
have pity on me!
I hear You called the refuge
and the hope of sinners;
be my refuge and my hope.

Help me, for the love of Jesus Christ;
stretch forth Your hand to a poor fallen creature
who recommends himself (herself) to You,
and who devotes himself (herself) to Your service forever.
I bless and thank Almighty God,
who in His mercy had given me this confidence in You,
which I hold to be a pledge of my eternal salvation.

Mary, tender Mother, help me.
Mother of Perpetual Help,
never allow me to lose my God.

Amen.

Recite the following prayers 3 times each...

Our Father...
Hail Mary...
Glory Be...

[Theoketos]

^there is a Novena

[StColette]

I wanted to add something after reading your story LilRed It does sound like someone is truly trying to get your attention !!

The novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help is very powerful indeed. I said it a certian time while my brother was overseas in Iraq. There had been a land mine accident where he was stationed at there and from his division a few soldiers were killed and injured. I immediately went into panic mode. I wrote him several emails trying to get in touch with him and called his girlfriend to see if she had heard from him. We were beginning to get worried cause normally he'll respond back quickly or call if there's an accident there to let us know he's okay.

Well, a friend of mine suggested that I pray a novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help, the only one I knew at the time was a seven day form of the novena. So I prayed the novena everyday and on the last day of the novena I received an email from my brother telling me he was okay Knowing that was such a big relief. And I know that if something had happened to him that the military would have contacted us right away but that doesn't stop a family member from worrying when they haven't heard from a loved one in a situation like that.

I hope that the novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help will allow you to receive that answers you've been looking for just as it did for me.

God Bless,
Jennie

[Lil Red]

thanks, StColette! I appreciate it!

[the_rev]

Blessed Damien was trying to get a hold of my attention to one day!

I was reading in the bible the day before my birthday, about the 99 lepers and one thanked Jesus. then the next day, I learned it was Blessed Damien who was the leper priest.

[Ash Wednesday]

Yes, our lady is probably letting you know she's there for you for some reason or another that will eventually make sense.

I got to be a "message bearer" for Our Lady once when I was selling books door to door in Texas. I had a miraculous medal around my neck and I knocked on someone's door and the man was floored. He saw my medal and said "Hey! I [b]just[/b] finished saying the rosary!"

It was neat.

[lilac_angel]

[quote name='Lil Red' date='Sep 26 2004, 04:10 PM'] do you know the exact place to find it? i would appreciate that! [/quote]
Here's a link to the audio Healing Rosary (Our Lady of Perpetual Help):

[url="http://www.ewtn.com/vondemand/audio/seriessearchprog.asp?seriesID=6687&T1=healing+rosary"]http://www.ewtn.com/vondemand/audio/series...=healing+rosary[/url]



You can stream or download them.

[stargirl3:16]

I gotta listen to that, if I ever get the chance.

[Carrie]

I was baptised at the OLPH in my area.

[Donna]

Redhead, the following is an ongoing (usually public) devotion, or novena.

Some parishes pray it weekly, some monthly (like on First Saturdays). But pray it privately, that's perfectly fine, if a public one cannot be found or attended.

Below is part of an older booklet...with many other things, like act of consecration to St. Alphonsus, intimately connected to Our Mother of Perpetual Help.

The three saints esp. connected to her and the Redemptorist order are:

1) St. Mary Magdalene
2) St. Gerard
3) St. Alphonsus

Notice the language of the novena. [i]It clearly speaks of Our Lady as Mediatrix of all graces[/i]. Novena follows the hymn. I have broken novena into more readable pargraphs.

All three prayers are prayed/said in succession. The novena previously posted for you consists of the below "First Prayer".
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[b]Public Novena devotions to Our Mother of Perpetual Help[/b]

[color=red]Hymn[/color]

Mother dearest, Mother fairest,
Help of all who call on thee,
Virgin purest, brightest, rarest,
Help us, help, we cry to thee.

Chorus: Mary help us, help, we pray;
Mary help us, help, we pray;
Help us in all care and sorrow,
Mary help us, help we pray.

Lady, help in pain and sorrow,
Soothe those racked on bed of pain.
May the golden light of morrow
Bring them health and joy again. (Chorus)



[i]Then one of the following prayers is said as announced by the Priest:[/i]

[b]First Prayer[/b]
[i]Behold at thy feet, 0 Mother of Perpetual Help[/i], a wretched sinner who has recourse to thee and confides in thee. 0 Mother of mercy, have pity on me. I hear thee called by all the refuge and the hope of sinners; be then, my refuge and my hope. Assist me for the love of Jesus Christ; stretch forth thy hand to a miserable, fallen creature who recommends himself to thee, and who devotes himself to thy service forever. I bless and thank Almighty God, Who in His mercy has given me this confidence in thee, which I hold to be a pledge of my eternal salvation.

It is true, dearest Mother, that in the past I have miserably fallen into sin because I had not recourse to thee. I know, however, that with thy help I shall conquer; I know, too, that thou wilt assist me if only I recommend myself to thee. But I fear, dear Mother, that in time of danger I may neglect to call on thee and thus lose my soul. This grace, then, I ask of thee, and this I beg with all the fervor of my soul. that in all the attacks of hell I may ever have recourse to thee. 0 Mary, help me! 0 Mother of Perpetual Help, never suffer me to lose my God.

[i](three Hail Marys)[/i]

[b]Second Prayer[/b]
[i]0 Mother of Perpetual Help[/i], grant that I may ever invoke thy most powerful name, which is the safeguard of the living and the salvation of the dying. 0 Purest Mary, 0 Sweetest Mary, let thy name henceforth be ever on my lips. Delay not, 0 Blessed Lady, to help me whenever I call on thee, for in all my temptations I shall never cease to call on thee, ever repeating thy sacred name: Mary, Mary.

Oh, what consolation, what sweetness, what confidence fills my soul. when I pronounce thy sacred name, or even only think of thee. I thank God for having given thee, for my good, so sweet, so powerful, so lovely a name. But I will not be content with merely pronouncing thy name; let my love for thee prompt me ever to hail thee, Mother of Perpetual Help.

[i](three Hail Marys)[/i]

[b]Third Prayer[/b]
[i]0 Mother of Perpetual Help[/i], thou art the dispenser of all the goods which God grants to us miserable sinners, and for this reason, He has made thee so powerful, so rich and so bountiful, that thou mayest help us in our misery. Thou art the advocate of the most wretched and abandoned sinners who have recourse to thee. Come, then, to my help, dearest Mother, for I recommend myself to thee. In thy hands I place my eternal salvation and to thee I entrust my soul. Count me among thy most devoted servants; take me under thy protection, and it is enough for me.

For, if thou protect me, dear Mother, I fear nothing; not from my sins, because thou wilt obtain for me the pardon of them; nor from the devils, because thou art more powerful than all hell together; nor even from Jesus, my Judge Himself, because, by one prayer from thee, He will be appeased. But one thing I fear, that, in the hour of temptation, I may neglect to call on thee, and thus perish miserably. Obtain for me, then, the pardon of my sins, love for Jesus, final perserverance, and the grace always to have recourse to thee, 0 Mother of Perpetual Help.

[i](three Hail Marys)[/i]

after the prayer the following is said...

[color=red]V.[/color] Thou hast been made for us, 0 Lady, a refuge.
[color=red]R.[/color] A helper in need and tribulation.

[b]Priest[/b]: [i]Let us pray. 0 Lord Jesus Christ, Who hast given us Thy Mother Mary, whose renowned image we venerate, to be a Mother ever ready to help us; grant, we beseech Thee, that we who constantly implore her aid may merit to enjoy perpetually the fruits of Thy Redemption, Who livest and reignest, world without end. [/i]

[b]People[/b]: [i]Amen.[/i]

Edited September 30, 2004 by Donna