A Nine Day Novena Honoring Our Lady of Mt. Carmel

Each day, for nine days, you petition our Heavenly Mother for all your very special needs. It is a time of prayer and reflection that will bring you closer to her heart and to the heart of Jesus, her Son.

Trust in Our Lady’s motherly love and compassion. Go to her with confidence!

FIRST DAY

The prayer Flos Carmeli (Flower of Carmel) was composed by Saint Simon Stock, and in answer he received the Scapular from Our Blessed Mother.

O Beautiful Flower of Carmel, most fruitful vine, splendor
Of Heaven, holy and singular, who brought forth the Son of God, still ever
remaining a pure virgin, assist us in our necessity! O Star of the Sea, help
and protect us! Show us that you are our Mother!
(pause and mention petitions)
Recite: Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory, etc.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.

SECOND DAY

Most Holy Mary, Our Mother, in your great love for us you gave
Us the holy Scapular of Mount Carmel, having heard the prayers of your
chosen son Saint Simon Stock. Help us now to wear it faithfully and with
devotion. May it be a sign to us of our desire to grow in holiness.
(pause and mention petitions)
Recite: Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory, etc.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.

THIRD DAY

O Queen of Heaven, you gave us the Scapular as an outward sign by
which we might be known as your faithful children. May we always wear it
with honor by avoiding sin and imitating your virtues. Help us to be faithful to
this desire of ours.
(pause and mention petitions)
Recite: Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory, etc.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.

FOURTH DAY

When you gave us, Gracious Lady, the Scapular as our Habit, you
called us to be not only servants, but also your own children. We ask you
to gain for us from your Son the grace to live as your children in joy, peace
and love.
(pause and mention petitions)
Recite: Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory, etc.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.

FIFTH DAY

O Mother of Fair Love, through your goodness, as your children, we
Are called to live in the spirit of Carmel. Help us to live in charity with one
Another, prayerful as Elijah of old, and mindful of our call to minister to God’s
people.
(pause and mention petitions)
Recite: Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory, etc.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.

SIXTH DAY

With loving provident care, O Mother Most Amiable, you covered us
with your Scapular as a shield of defense against the Evil One. Through your
assistance, may we bravely struggle against the powers of evil, always open to
your Son Jesus Christ.
(pause and mention petitions)
Recite: Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory, etc.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.

SEVENTH DAY

O Mary, Help of Christians, you assured us that wearing your Scapular
worthily would keep us safe from harm. Protect us in both body and soul with
your continual aid. May all that we do be pleasing to your Son and to you.
(pause and mention petitions)
Recite: Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory, etc.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.

EIGHTH DAY

You give us hope, O Mother of Mercy, that through your Scapular
promise we might quickly pass through the fires of purgatory to the Kingdom
of your Son. Be our comfort and our hope. Grant that our hope may not be
in vain but that, ever faithful to your Son and to you, we may speedily enjoy after
death the blessed company of Jesus and the saint.
(pause and mention petitions)
Recite: Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory, etc.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.

NINTH DAY

O Most Holy Mother of Mount Carmel, when asked by a saint to grant
Privileges to the family of Carmel, you gave assurance of your Mother love and
Help to those faithful to you and to your Son. Behold us, your children. We
Glory in wearing your holy habit, which makes us members of your family of
Carmel, through which we shall have your powerful protection in life, at death
and even after death. Look down with love, O Gate of Heaven, on all those now
in their last agony! Look down graciously, O Virgin, Flower of Carmel, on all
those in need of help! Look down mercifully, O Mother of our Savior, on all those
who do not know that they are numbered among your children. Look down
tenderly, O Queen of All Saints, on the poor souls!
(pause and mention petitions)
Recite: Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory, etc.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.

(© 1995 National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Middletown, New York 10940)