Novena to Our Lady of Guadalupe
For the Church, the faith, and final perseverance
Prayed Dec 3-Dec 11, ending the day before Our Lady of Guadalupe.You may begin on any day.
According to a long-standing tradition, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to Juan Diego, an Indigenous convert, on Tepeyac hill near Mexico City in December 1531 and asked that a church be built there. When Bishop Juan de Zumárraga asked for a sign, Juan Diego brought him roses in his tilma, and her image was found on the cloth. That image is kept in the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. Pope Benedict XIV named her patron of Mexico, and Saint John Paul II canonized Juan Diego at her basilica in 2002. Her feast is December 12.
Optional. You can begin without one.
The novena prayer
Pray it on each of the nine days.
Source
Ambrose St John, The Raccolta, or Collection of Indulgenced Prayers & Good Works, 11th ed., revised and conformed to the latest decisions and grants, 1857-1928 (London: Burns Oates & Washbourne, 1930), no. 398, 'Prayer to Our Lady of Guadalupe,' p. 304, with the note 'Pius X, Aud. August 18, 1908.' Nihil obstat: Georgius D. Smith, S.T.D.; Imprimatur: Edm. Can. Surmont, Vicar General, Westminster, November 6, 1929. Scan of the Alma College Library copy, Internet Archive.