Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Venerable Samuel Mazzuchelli

Please join us on July 7th-15th in a double Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Venerable Samuel Mazzuchelli for a special intention.  Your intentions will be remembered in return.  Your intentions will also be remembered in a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe on July 13th, to the Venerable Samuel Mazzuchelli sites on July 15th as well as pilgrimage to Auriesville, Shrine of the North American Martyrs in August. At the end of each day of the Novena, please recite the prayer for Venerable Samual Mazzuchelli.  Please email for PDF or recite from the prayers below.  May God Bless you! 

 First Day

The prayer Flos Carmeli (Flower of Carmel) was composed by St. Simon Stock and in answer he received the Scapular from Our Blessed Mother.
O Beautiful Flower Of Carmel, most fruitful vine, splendour 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 thou art our Mother!(here pause and mention petitions) Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory.Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.

Second DayMost Holy Mary, Our Mother, in thy great love for us thou gave the holy Scapular of Mount Carmel, having heard the prayers of thy chosen son St. 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.(here pause and mention petitions) Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory.Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.

Third DayO Queen of Heaven, thou gave us the Scapular as an outward sign by which we might be known as thy special children. May we always wear it with honour by avoiding sin and imitating thy virtues. Help us to be faithful to this desire of ours.(here pause and mention petitions) Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory. Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.

Fourth DayWhen thou gavest, Gracious Lady, the Scapular as our Habit, thou called us to be not only servants, but also thine own dear children. We ask thee to gain for us from thy Son the grace to live as thy children in joy, peace and love.(here pause and mention petitions) Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory.Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.

Fifth Day

O Mother of Fair Love, through thy goodness we are not only thy children but persons 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.(here pause and mention petitions) Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory.Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.

Sixth DayWith loving provident care, O Mother Most Admirable, thou covered us with thy Scapular as a shield of defence against the Evil One. Through thine assistance, may we bravely struggle against the powers of evil, always open to thy Son Jesus Christ.(here pause and mention petitions) Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory.Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.

Seventh Day
O Mary, help of Christians, thou assured us that wearing thy Scapular worthily would keep us safe from harm. Protect us in both body and soul with thy continual aid. May all that we do be pleasing to thy Son and to thee. (here pause and mention petitions) Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory. Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.

Eighth DayThou givest us hope, O Mother of Mercy, that through thy Scapular promise we might quickly pass through the fires of purgatory to the Kingdom of thy Son. Be our comfort and our hope, grant that our hope may not be in vain but that, ever faithful to thy Son and to thee, we may speedily enjoy after death the blessed company of Jesus and the saints.(here pause and mention petitions) Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory.Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.

Ninth DayO Most Holy Mother of Mount Carmel, when asked by a saint to grant privileges to the family of Carmel, thou rather granted an assurance of salvation to the whole world. Behold us thy children, kneeling at thy feet. We glory, dearest Mother, in wearing thy holy habit, that habit which makes us members of thy family of Carmel, that habit through which we shall have thy 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 Saviour, on all those who do not know that they are numbered among your thy children. Look down tenderly, O Queen of All Saints, on the poor souls!(here pause and mention petitions) Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory.

Prayer for the Beatification of Father Samuel Mazzuchelli

Lord, Jesus, You called Your servant, Samuel, even in early youth, to leave home and all for a Dominican life of charity in preaching Your Holy Gospel. You gave him abundant graces of Eucharistic love, devotion to Your Holy Mother of Sorrows, and a consuming zeal for souls. Grant, we beseech You, that his fervent love and labors for You may become more widely known, to a fruitful increase of Your Mystical Body, to his exaltation and to our own constant growth in devoted love of You Who with the Father and the Holy Spirit live and reign one God, world without end. Amen.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us!
Venerable Samual Mazzuchelli, pray for us!
St. Isaac Jogues, pray for us!
St. Rene Goupil, pray for us!
St. Kateri Tekakwitha, pray for us!