Our Lady of Perpetual Help novena prayer

Mother of Perpetual Help, in your icon the Child Jesus clings to your hand, frightened by the vision of the cross, and you look not at Him but at us, as if to say: bring me your fears too. I bring them now, over these nine days.

You are called Perpetual Help because your help does not run out, does not tire, does not depend on my deserving it. Help me, then, with the need I carry: (name your intention). Present it to your Son, as you presented the empty wine jars at Cana, and trust Him to do what is best.

Help me also to become the kind of person who helps others. Let me notice the neighbor who is struggling, the child who is anxious, the elderly parent who is lonely. Let my hands, like yours, be hands that hold.

Day 1: For the grace to trust Mary's help with my intention.
Day 2: For my family, that it may be a place of peace.
Day 3: For the sick and all who are afraid of what is coming.
Day 4: For those who have lost their faith or their way.
Day 5: For work, provision, and freedom from financial worry.
Day 6: For the conversion of my own heart and a good confession.
Day 7: For the souls of the departed, especially those I miss.
Day 8: For the Church, priests, and all who serve the poor.
Day 9: In thanksgiving, whatever the outcome, for a Mother who never lets go.

Mother of Perpetual Help, pray for us who have recourse to you, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.