#97 - Novena Devotion To Our Mother of Perpetual Help - 5th March @ 9.00 am, Saturday 2022

[Music] [Music] [Music] welcome to the prayerful season of lent let us lift up our sisters and brothers in the ukraine who are facing the atrocities of war we ask mother mary to intercede protect and comfort them during this crisis [Music] joining us from the land down under is for the jean noel marie from the canningvale church in perth australia father marie helps us to understand the spiritual dimension and the spirit of lent they crowned jesus with thorns as they hailed him as king of the jews what would our answer be if jesus asks us who do you say i am do we follow the crowds and him [Music] oh [Music] of him who set us free [Music] [Music] lord [Music] [Music] we foreign to sing his glories [Music] [Applause] and [Music] [Music] is [Music] foreign [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] my dear friends in christ welcome once again we begin this prayerful season of lent and this time with mary so let's begin in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen my dear friends in christ we are truly grateful to god for the many blessings we have received from him to the prayers of our mother of perpetual help that is once more oscar to be with us and pray with us and here are our petitions intentions for this week zero discrimination day highlights how people can become informed about and promote inclusion compassion peace and above all engage in a movement for change zero discrimination day is helping to create a global movement of solidarity to end all forms of discrimination over the past decades discrimination in malaysia has grown to an alarming rate as it is institutionalized [Music] minority groups suffer great disadvantages in education job opportunities and economic benefits malaysia refused to ratify the international convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination as such the principal international human rights instrument defining and prohibiting racial discrimination in all sectors of private and public life is absent in this country we pray for all minority groups and races that deserve equality human rights social justice and religious freedom to help them express their faith and traditions and a fair share in the nation's resources for this we pray intercede for us a loving mother recovering key species for ecosystem restoration this is the theme for the world of wildlife day according to figures by the international union the conservation of nature's red list of threatened species over 8 400 species of wild fauna and flora are critically endangered while close to 30 000 more are understood to be endangered or vulnerable we have neglected and abused our planet grievously and we continue to destroy the ecosystem that has sustained life for millions of years continued loss of species and degradation of habitats and ecosystems threaten humanity as a whole as people everywhere rely on wildlife and biodiversity based resources to meet all their needs from food medicine and health to fuel housing and clothing for a change of heart and a greater care and responsibility by individuals and governments we pray intercede for us o loving mother we celebrate women's day with the theme chosen by the united nations gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow according to the un the modern day celebration is connected to a protest and strike for bread and peace held by russian women in 1917 let us in a special way today recognize women working on the front lines of the pandemic as health care workers caregivers community organizers and those in leadership roles we also acknowledge the disproportionate burden that women carry in adjusting to pandemic life for all women who made a difference in our lives society and humanity we ask for god's blessings upon them may our mother a perpetual help always guide them as we are perpetually in need of their love sacrifices and support for all of them we pray intercede for us o loving mother we enter the joyful season of lent as we pray for greater spiritual conversion for those who have left the faith and stayed away from the church during this pandemic may lend help us be more prayerful in our spare time perform greater works of charity for the poor and may we fast and abstain from things that have turned our focus and direction away from god intercede for us o loving mother lent our holy father pope francis has called upon all christians to pray for the people in ukraine the unjustified and sinful war goes against the teaching of jesus to love one another we pray for the success of the negotiations and for the end to the violence on civilians and innocent children traumatized and killed during this war crisis we pray for the church and for the people in the ukraine that they become living witnesses of love peace and reconciliation for this we pray intercede for us o loving mother we lift up all our intentions and the intentions of our holy father by praying the lord's prayer together our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil hail mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen [Music] we received so many letters during the past week but as i said we only have time for a few and here are your inspiring letters we begin with the letters of thanksgiving [Music] dearest mother no words can express my heartfelt thanks to our mother of perpetual help you have helped my brother through a successful operation and extended his life you have protected my nephew and family from getting the corporate 19 virus from him my medical checkup was also very good too thank you from your grateful daughter from singapore dear mary exactly a week ago i prayed for your intercession to help my son-in-law in his work assignment he received the good news yesterday that he had cleared the test and can now move on to the next step in his new job thank you for the grace and blessings showered upon him from your grateful daughter dear mother mary thank you for your constant prayers and intercession for my daughter in melbourne she has passed all her papers in her chartered exam after three long years thank you for helping her help her with her pr and work sponsorship thank you once again from your loving daughter dearest mother i come before you to say a big thank you to you and your son for taking care and bringing my son safely back to singapore from the united states where he had to go for on a working trip i know for a fact that you and your son would have protected him and his teammates while they were there amidst this pandemic from your loving daughter dear mary a few hours ago i cried out to you to help my son in australia who had gone into depression i just received the news that his close friend is now comforting him thank you for prayers answered and help him overcome his depression from your loving son dear mother of perpetual help i thank you for helping my son attain perfect scores in his a level exams from your grateful daughter dearest mother of perpetual help i ask for your blessings on my baby girl as she showed signs of breathing problems the doctors have put her in an incubator as she has pneumonia give us the strength as parents to endure this emotional stress we leave all this in god's hands with the help of your loving intercession please help my little angel gain immunity from the infections and remove all complications so that mother and child can be discharged soon from your very loving son dear mary please help my daughter's father-in-law as he has three hard vessel blockages and scheduled for surgery i pray that all procedures go well without any complications i also pray for the family's finances all these we ask through your intercession from your loving daughter dear mother mary i pray for all my catholic friends family members and acquaintances who seem to want to distance themselves from the church they seem to be embarrassed to identify themselves as catholics dear mother mary thank you for the novenas every saturday bless and heal the world from the covet virus bless our little grandson through in his catholic school each day bless my muslim ex-colleagues and family from your non-catholic child dear mother of perpetual help my third sister was infected with the covet 19 virus yesterday please intercede to our divine healer and our lord jesus for her speedy recovery and good health dear mother mary please intercede for me as i want to conceive this year i had suffered a miscarriage and currently suffering from endomysteroids and fibroids i have prayed every prayer possible only you can help me and ask jesus to help heal my sickness and for us to have a baby soon i pray for my husband to get a job to support our family also from your grateful daughter dear mother of perpetual help help my nephew find a suitable partner as he has just turned 40. dear mother of perpetual help help my wife conceive our second child after many attempts also please intercede for my aunt whose medical results from the doctor is not good may her second test yield better results from your catholic son with all these intentions and prayers we turn to our loving mother and pray together prayer of confidence mother of perpetual help we come to you and place our trust in you you are a mother of mercy you are called by all the refuge and the hope of sinners be then our refuge and our hope help us for the love of jesus christ stretch out your hand to us poor sinners we bless and thank god for giving us this confidence in you in the past we have so often sinned but with your help we can conquer and you will help us if we pray to you in all our temptations may we always turn to you and say mary help me let me never lose my god amen let us share with mary her prayer of praise and thanksgiving to god my soul glorifies the lord my spirit rejoices in god my savior he looks on his servant in her nothingness henceforth all ages will call me blessed the almighty works marvels for me holy is his name his mercy is from age to age on those who fear him he puts forth his arm in strength and scatters the proud hearted he casts the mighty from their thrones and raises the lowly he fills the starving with good things sends the rich away empty he protects israel his servant remembering his mercy the mercy promised to our fathers to abraham and his children forever mary you are the mother of christ and you are our mother also let us pray heavenly father we thank you with all our heart for giving us mary to be our mother she's so loving so thoughtful so understanding and so kind we thank you for her amen we need all the help that we can get so we ask mary to be with us and everyone please join in this beautiful thing mother dear oh pray for me [Music] [Music] [Music] with [Music] me [Music] my dear brothers and sisters what a blessing it is to enter into this holy season of land once again the holy season of land is a joyful season because we are responding to god's invitation to come and meet him at a deeper more intimate level as we hear in that reading from the prophet joel come back to me with all your heart so the lord come invites us not to punish us not to condemn us but to renew us to refresh us to restore us to what we were meant to be so that we can become the people that god is calling us to become [Music] so during this season of length my dear brothers and sisters a lot of us are going to begin the discipline of lent which is through prayer penance and almsgiving and prayer reflecting meditating on the word of god praying more every day is going to allow us allow the word of god to transform us to change us to challenge us to become more the people that god is calling us to become and through penance and through penance we it's not something that we deprive our it's not about deprivation it's not about giving up on things that we like like chocolate or alcohol or more food or whatever it may be so when we do enter into that discipline of penance it allows us to make more room this is how we should look at it it's not declaration it's getting rid of things that stand in the way between us and god is making room in our hearts and in our lives so that god can come closer to us and we come closer to god and with one another and it can only make us more joyful and through uh almsgiving we are we practice coming out of ourselves so when we give then we are not thinking too much about our own welfare our own good we are thinking about the welfare the good of the other and this is this constant movement that we need to practice in our lives it's like the people of israel coming out of egypt out of the house of bondage so we need to also come out of our own bondage which is we are trapped we are prisoners of the self we are so fixated on pleasing the self so the season of length invites us to do the other way to look out for the good of the other to share our resources with others to look out for the other to open our ears and eyes to the cry of the poor and when we do this then we become more like god be perfect as your heavenly father in heaven is perfect so we we become more divine and we are more in keeping with the promises of our baptism which is to become more a son and a daughter of god so my dear brothers and sisters during this holy season of lent remember that it is a joyful season because we are moving closer to the lord and we become more what god is calling us to become and by responding to that call we are allowing god to transform us and this is why we need to be to be joyful and we do this not alone we did we do this with the community of god the church because we are on this journey together we are not journeying to heaven alone we journey with one another because we form part of the body of christ and let christ guide us during this journey let our lady help us she who was at the wedding feast of cana may she help us to be more attentive to the voice of god and to do everything that her son tells us to do during this season of light so as we begin this holy season of light my dear brothers and sisters so let us pray together the memorary remember almost gracious virgin mary that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection implored your help and sought your intercession was left unaided inspired with this confidence i fly unto you a virgin of virgins my mother to you i come before you i stand sinful and sorrowful o mother of the word incarnate despite not my petitions but in your mercy hear and answer me amen as we pray the prayer for the sick let us remember our family members who are frail and in need of our support [Music] lord jesus christ you bore our sufferings and carried our sorrows hear our prayers for the sick help them to unite themselves with your sufferings and if it is your will may they get better let them never forget that you care for them amen [Music] on thy days he is not gazing is [Music] [Music] his hands are [Music] a [Applause] [Music] is [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] is [Music] you have given them bread from heaven let us pray o god in this wonderful sacrament you have left as a memorial of your passion we ask you to enable us so to worship the sacred mysteries of your body and blood that we may constantly feel in our lives the effects of your redemption you who live and reign for ever and ever [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] um [Music] [Music] blessed be god blessed be his holy name blessed be jesus christ true god and true man blessed be the name of jesus blessed in his most sacred heart bless it be his most precious blood blessed be jesus in the most holy sacrament of the altar blessed be the holy spirit blessed be the great mother of god mary most holy blessed be her holy and immaculate conception blessed be her glorious assumption blessed be the name of mary virgin and mother blessed be saint joseph for most j spells blessed be god in his angels and in his saints [Music] a big thank you for john noel murray from perth for having us look at lent in a different light that it can be really a joyful season so with mary we journey together as a praying community father john please i hope you will be able to share once again because this is our 50th anniversary you were simply marvelous and i know the viewers just love you as you know i mentioned we're having a competition a songwriting competition for mary with the theme our journey together so please compose and write the best way that you can for artists and designers if you're looking for a logo for 50th anniversary check out our website omphip.org and there are prizes for both these competitions last but not least please share this beautiful devotion with your neighbors and your friends everyone that you know of share and make them closer to god as this is the wonderful prayerful season of lent as john marie said this is a call by the church called by christ and prophet isaiah says this in such beautiful words come back to me with all your heart see you next week [Music] [Music] oh trees [Music] oh [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] these are [Applause] is [Music] foreign [Music] is [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] come back to me [Music] trees [Music] [Music] oh [Music] me [Music] [Music] you

Channel: MARY Icon of Love

Views: 4,309

Keywords: Novena Devotion, Our Mother of Perpetual Help, Rev. Fr. Patrick Massang, C.Ss.R., Rev. Fr. Philip Lai, MARY Icon of Love, OMPH PARISH, honor of Our Mother of Perpetual Help., Victor Arulandu, Sr. Maria Dipal RGS, Ipoh, Malaysia, http://www.omphip.org, singapore, rosary, mary

Id: dhvWcbHnLo8

Length: 39min 32sec (2372 seconds)

Published: Fri Mar 04 2022