NOVENA TO ROSA MYSTICA FOR PRIEST AND RELIGIOUS

DAILY PREPARATION
Maria, Rosa Mystica, fragrant rose of mysticism, wonderful flower of divine knowledge, of purity and blinding beauty, of brilliant, shining glory, of power and overwhelmingly blessing love: we kneel before you to pray , to look, to listen; to look at you and to inhale your heavenly perfume until we have, above all, taken something of your immaculate, pure, and perfect being into our inner selves; to pray that we should no longer, or above all, ask only for your gifts, for the salvation of, and help for, our body and soul; but to pray that we may become like you; that we may listen attentively and closely to every single word of yours which you have spoken not only in the past but even more so in the present, more frequently and more imploringly.

We do not always want to talk and beg but to listen and heed what you say, what your picture is already saying to us and asking us to do. We want to listen to your quiet motherly voice when it speaks to us so tenderly and consolingly with motherly understanding and warning. We want to open our hearts to you when He is looking into the bottom of our soul, to remain steadfast, to force ourselves not to say again we have no time; instead to endure your sad glance even if we should blush and have to cast down our eyes...

Mary, fragrant Rose of Mysticism, please help us to take a look inside ourselves and to examine ourselves, how we shall be able to bear your glance and stand firm before you; help us to know ourselves better, especially in those areas of thought and deed which displease you; help us to become more like you. We promise that we shall try. We also promise to imitate you. Please help us to work on ourselves, to let your love shine wherever we are able to work, but especially for the priests and religious.
3 Hail Mary...

O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to Thee.

Litany of Maria Rosa Mystica
Lord, have mercy of us,
Christ , have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us, Christ, hear us,
Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father in Heaven,
Have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
Have mercy on us.
God the Holy Ghost,
Have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God,
Have mercy on us.
Holy Mary, pray for us
Mystical Rose
Virgin Mother of Christ
Spouse of the Holy Spirit
Mother of Divine Grace
Mother of Precious Life
Mother of Lost Children
Mother of Exiles
Mother of Sweet Mercy
Mother of Sorrow
Mother of our Soul and Mind
Mother of the Aging
Mother of the Dying
Virgin most chaste
Virgin most humble
Virgin most persevering
Rose of the Heavenly Garden
Fragrance of the Morning Sun
Altar of Peace Offerings
Crystal of Light
Pearl of the Sea
Shield of Courage
Gate of the Enclosed Yard
Glass of Time
Flame of Clinging Love
Wind of Gentleness
Fountain of Divine Grace,
Blessed Vessel of Love,
Blessed Mother of Christ.
Lake of Inner Joy
Mountain of Steadfastness
Thunder of Resolution
Depth of Commitment
Guidepost of Eternity
Queen of Angels
Queen of Flowers
Queen of Arts
Queen of the Holy Church
Queen of the Holy Eucharist
Queen of the Immaculate Heart
Queen of the word
V: Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, Immaculate from Thy creation, pierced with pain, kindled with love,
R: Pray for our clergy and all the religious, Save them.

V: Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica,
R: Pray for all those priests and religious who are walking on the wrong path, Save them.

V: Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica,
R: pray for all those priests and religious who do not show any more the necessary respect that is due to God, Save them.

V: Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica,
R: Pray for all those priests and religious who do not possess any more the courage to profess their faith, Save them.

V: Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica,
R:Pray for all those priests and religious who show no respect for the Most Holy Eucharist,

V: Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica,
R: Pray for all those priest and religious who have succumbed to the allurements of a deceitful world, and do not seek God any more,

V: Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, pierced with pain, kindled with love,
R: Pray for all those priests and religious who have given up the Holy Sacrament of confession, and tolerate sinful deeds, Save them.

V: Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica,
R: Pray for all those priests and religious who have no more love for you and thus have become cold in heart so quickly, Save them.

V: Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica,
R: Pray for all those priests and religious who do not obey the Holy Father any longer, Save them.

V: Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica,
R: Pray for all those priests and religious who re walking on wrong paths and corrupt the mind of the people, Save them.

V: Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica,
R: Pray for all those priests and religious who have left the church, Save them.

V: Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica,
R: Pray for all those priests and religious for the sake of your Immaculate Heart, Save them.

V: Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica,
R: Pray for all those priests and religious for the sake of your tears, Save them.

V: Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica,
R: Pray for all those priests and religious for the sake of your Son who, on the Cross, gave you His priests as your sons, Save them.

V: Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica,
R: Pray for all those priests and religious for the sake of your motherhood, which embraces all the people on earth, Save them.

V: Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica ,
R: Pray for all those priests and religious for the sake of your humility as a handmaid of God by which you shine as an example to all the servants of Jesus Christ, Save them.

V: Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica,
R: Pray for all those priests and religious for the sake of the swords in your heart, which is also pierced by the swords in your heart, which is also pierced by the sword of sorrow which you are suffering for priests and religious, Save them.

V: Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica,
R: Pray for all those priests and religious for the sake of your loneliness and desolation, which you bore in total obedience, Save them.

V: Immaculate Heart of Mary Rosa Mystica,
R: Pray for all those priests and religious for the sake of your invincible power of intercession for us, Save them.

V: Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica,
R: Pray for all those priest and religious for the sake of you being the all powerful Mediatrix of all graces, Save them.

V: Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica,
R: Pray for all those priest and religious for the sake of your sorrows and your tears of blood, Save them.

Let us Pray
O Almighty and merciful God, who for the triumph of Thy mercy and the salvation of souls hast granted to the Immaculate Virgin Mary unlimited recourse to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, grant, we beseech Thee that by Her prayers and intercession we may avoid the contagion of sin and serve thee with a pure heart, and that we may live and die in Thy Holy Love.

O Lord Jesus Christ, Our Mediator with the Father, Who hast deigned to appoint the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mystical Rose, Thy Mother and the Mother of thy Church, to be our Mother also and our Mediatrix with thee, graciously grant that whosoever goes to Thee in quest of blessings may be gladdened by obtaining them all through the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Thou Who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, one God for ever and ever. Amen.

O Mother, you are leading the way for us in your love for your Son, Jesus Christ. Together with you, let us help the afflicted religious but especially our priests. They have the most sacred faculty to transform wine and bread into the Body of Your Son; they are the intermediaries between God and us; they bear the great responsibility for our souls. But we are also responsible for the Holy Church to produce holy priests. Help us through Your Immaculate Heart, O sorrowful Mother, who is burning with love for us. Amen.

We pray: 3 Our Father... 3 Hail Mary... 3 Glory be - For the sanctification of priests, bishops, and religious; for special guidance and strength for the Holy Father.

Final Prayer : Lord Jesus Christ, you have sent us Your Mother as a wonderful example of holiness and mysticism and especially as an ideal and patroness for the priests and religious. We ask you, grant us Your help to imitate Your Most Holy Mother more and more, to become souls of expiation and victim souls for those priests and religious, who fail you: You who lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen.