2018 - is a very special year! It is 150 years since the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians in Valdocco, Turin was consecrated, in 1868. We shall pray the Novena together this year... as loving children of the Help of Christians, and grow closer to our Saviour, Lord Jesus Christ.
22nd May, 2018 - Day 8
Glorious Lady, more
brilliant than the sun, at your breast you nourished the God who created thee.
“Now
there stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother and his mother's sister, Mary of
Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus therefore had seen his mother and the
disciple standing whom he loved, he says to his mother: Woman, behold your son.
After that, he says to the disciple: Behold your mother. And from that hour,
the disciple took her to his own.” (John 19: 25-27)
We can never forget the words of the dying Jesus, “Mother, behold thy son. Son, behold thy Mother." Before dying, he entrusted his mother Mary to his disciple so that the faithful might have such a Mother present in their last agony.
PRAYER:
O
Mary, the Church's spiritual pillar and Help of Christians, I beseech you to
keep me firm in the Divine Faith, and safeguard in me the freedom and dignity
of God's children.
For my part I promise you
never to stain my soul with sin, nor be a part of any society condemned by the
Holy See. I promise you to obey the perennial teachings of the Church, since I
want to live and die within the bosom of the Catholic Religion, the only one in
which I can expect with certainty my eternal salvation. Amen
(Remember your Intentions here)
Mary, Help of Christians, Pray for us.