Day 3
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
The Defeat of the Serpent
When you visited St. Juan Diego's dying uncle, Juan Bernardino, you cured him and revealed your name. You filled the hearts of the native peoples with joy and showed that they no longer needed to make human sacrifices to false gods.
Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness, and our hope. Permit me to join in the songs of praise that this whole nation continues to raise to your throne. Many come from far away to offer you gifts and prayers. Pray for us, Holy Mother of God. Drive the serpent of evil from our lives so that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ, your Divine Son.
Pray four Hail Marys in remembrance of the four apparitions to St. Juan Diego.
Hail Mary × 4
Remember, O most gracious Virgin of Guadalupe, that in your heavenly apparitions on the hill of Tepeyac, you promised to show your compassion and pity toward all who, loving and trusting you, seek your help and call upon you in their necessities and afflictions. You promised to hear our supplications, to dry our tears, and to give us consolation and relief. Never has it been known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession, either for the common welfare or in personal anxieties, was left unaided.
Inspired by this confidence, we run to you, O Mary, ever-Virgin Mother of the true God. Though grieving under the weight of our sins, we come to prostrate ourselves before your presence, certain that you will fulfill your merciful promises. We fully trust that, standing beneath your shadow and protection, nothing will trouble or afflict us, nor do we need to fear illness, misfortune, or any other sorrow.
You wanted to remain with us through your admirable image, you who are our Mother, our health, and our life. Placing ourselves beneath your maternal gaze and having recourse to you in all our necessities, we need do nothing more.
O Holy Mother of God, despise not our petitions, but in your mercy hear and answer us. Amen.
Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
