Mother Teresa’s Emergency Novena submitted by Irene Ortiz
Mother Teresa was flooded with
prayer requests, and she had many intentions that she wanted to send up quickly
to Our Lady. Her solution? Pray a novena of Memorares. Mother Teresa would pray
nine Memorares in a row — and then she immediately added a tenth in
thanksgiving for graces received.
And if your suffering is so intense
and overwhelming that even the Emergency Novena is too much for you to say,
here is an even smaller prayer from Mother Teresa: “Mary, Mother of
Jesus, please be a mother to me now.”
St. Teresa of Calcutta, pray for
us!
Memorare
Remember, O most gracious Virgin
Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored
thy help, or sought thine intercession was left unaided.
Inspired by this confidence, I fly
unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my mother; to thee do I come, before thee I
stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my
petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me.
Amen.