NOVENA WITH BLESSED CONCHITA CABRERA

INITIAL OFFERING (daily)
O God, you have been pleased to reveal yourself to the humble and have deigned through a simple woman on these American soils to communicate to us an abundant treasure of doctrine and spiritual life. Allow us to soon see your Venerable Servant María Concepción canonized, so that as she is widely known to your Church, many may be nourished by her teachings and follow the way to sanctity.

PRAYER FOR EACH DAY
Our Father. Hail Mary. Glory Be.
Offering of the Incarnate Word (daily)
Heavenly Father, through the hands of Mary, we offer you Jesus, the Incarnate Word, the Victim in whom you are well pleased. Moved by the love of the Holy Spirit in our hearts, we offer ourselves completely with him, as living hosts. May we be a living sacrifice out of love for you, in all the events of our lives, obtaining graces for the world, the Church, and especially for your priests.
Jesus, Savior of all people, save them!

FIRST DAY
Heavenly Father, who sowed in the heart of your Venerable Servant María Concepción an ardent desire for the salvation of all, grant us, we beseech you, the grace we are asking of you through her intercession, that (mention your intention), so that acknowledging the admirable work that you realized in her, we may be encouraged to be, with Jesus, saviors of our fellow brothers and sisters.

SECOND DAY
Lord Jesus, who blessed your Venerable Servant María Concepción to live intensely the participation in your Priesthood, through her you have helped spread your Word throughout the world. Through her intercession we ask you the grace (mention your intention), so that upon learning of this prophetic mission that you entrusted to her, we may all live the same priesthood, offering our spiritual sacrifice in a spirit of constant oblation, in union with you.

THIRD DAY
Spirit of God, Love of the Father and the Son, who in your Venerable Servant María Concepción raised up an apostle of your devotion and your presence in the Church and in all souls, grant us the grace (mention your intention), so that recognizing the wonders realized through her intercession, we also may be, like her, apostles of your love.

FOURTH DAY
Heavenly Father, who gave us in your Venerable Servant María Concepción a model of virtue for family life, grant me the grace (mention your intention) so that recognizing the strength of her intercession, many homes will be motivated to faithfully follow her example.

FIFTH DAY
Lord Jesus, who entrusted to your Venerable Servant María Concepción the message of the Works of the Cross, so that it may be spread throughout your Church, we ask the grace (mention your intention), so that recognizing the efficiency of her intercession, many may live this message for the glory of the Father in union with you and in the love of the Holy Spirit.

SIXTH DAY
Holy Spirit, who revealed to your Venerable Servant María Concepción the secrets of the loving sacrifice offered in union with Christ, so that she might carry this good news to many hearts, we implore you to grant us the grace (mention your intention), so that through her intercession many may recognize that personal suffering becomes salvific when united with love to the suffering of Jesus and thus may they learn to live the richness of your message.

SEVENTH DAY
Heavenly Father, who endowed your Venerable Servant María Concepción with admirable spiritual fruitfulness, we implore you to grant us the favor we now ask through her intercession (mention your intention), so that recognizing the admirable work you realized in her, many will live in the Spirit that filled her with love, purity and sacrifice, thus giving testimony to the world that we have one Father and we are all brothers and sisters.

EIGHTH DAY
Lord Jesus, divine Victim through whom the Father chose to return his friendship, who manifested to María Concepción the depth of the intimate sufferings of your Passion, through her intercession we ask you the grace (mention your intention), so that experiencing his help, we may also become living hosts, pleasing to the Father

NINTH DAY
Holy Spirit, who sowed in your Venerable Servant María Concepción a love similar to the maternal love the Mother of God carried in her heart, we ask you the grace (mention your intention), so that recognizing the favors that you grant through her intercession, many will be encouraged to live fully in the love of God and of their neighbor.

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