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In the Special Blessings forum, Bridget shared that she might be expecting a baby with Down Syndrome. She's drawing close to her due date and I nkow she is particularly concerned about nursing the baby. Please join me in saying this novena:
NOVENA IN HONOR OF OUR LADY OF LA LECHE
PRAYER
Lovely Lady of La Leche, most loving Mother of our Savior, Jesus Christ and my Mother, please listen to my humble prayer. Your heart knows my every wish, my every need. I trust, dear Mother, that you will shelter me beneath your protecting mantle, like what you did to your Son. Intercede to Him that I may have the courage and the strength to overcome whatever difficulty surrounds me. Give me the grace to be faithful to you always and may you be my shining inspiration now and forever.
Our Lady of La Leche, pray for us.
LITANY OF OUR MOTHER OF MOTHERS
Lord have mercy on us Christ have mercy on us
Lord have mercy on us Christ hear us
Lord have mercy on us Christ graciously hear us
God the Father in heaven have mercy on us
God the Son, redeemer of the world
God the Holy Spirit
Holy Trinity, one God
Holy Mary Pray for us
Chaste daughter of the Father
Chaste spouse of the Holy Spirit
Chaste mother of the Son of God
Vessel of election
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Chalice of the Divine Life
Mother of God
Mother of the infant Christ
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Blessed in your motherhood
Inspiration of holy motherhood
Consolation of motherhood
Protector of motherhood
Blessing of all Christian motherhood
Exaltation of motherhood
Sanctification of motherhood
Queen of the most holy family
Queen of chaste family life
Queen of mothers
Mother of happy delivery
Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world…………Spare us, Lord
Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world…………Graciously hear us Lord
Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world…………Have mercy on us
Our Lady of Happy Delivery………Pray for us who have recourse to you.
Let us pray:
Cherished Virgin, heaven’s queen, chosen before all women to be the mother of the Son of God, Mary, my mother, who in your maternity so sanctified the state of holy motherhood, imploringly I come to you, humbly I beseech you, confidently I trust in you. I know, that by your powerful intercession, you can help me in my need. In you I take refuge dear Virgin. Poor and needy, I turn devoutly to you and place all confidently in your hands. Accept my humble trust, hear my petition and come to my aid, dear Mother of mothers.
Behold the handmaid of the Lord
Be it done to me according to your Word.
Mother Mary, please bless Bridget's baby. Make her physically and emotionally strong and fill her with abundant love and patience to be able to nurse Maria Theresa well. If Maria should have pain and other difficulties, you shall be her consolation. Give them both hope. In the midst of any difficulty, please help her to be cheerful. Thank you for giving Maria Theresa to her.
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I prayed this prayer with tears running down my face. It is beautiful. My sweet baby ^Jacob^ had Down Syndrome. I know he will interecede on behalf of Bridget and her sweet baby. Please ask him to hear all our prayers and give them to the Blessed Mother  .
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Amen.
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Prayers coming as we join in the novena for Bridget, her sweet baby and her entire family....
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Today is Day 3. Please join us!
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Congrats to the Galbraiths on the birth of Beautiful Maria (see post)!
Let's finish the novena for Bridget, and all the new moms on the list!
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Macbeth,
I think its a great idea to continue nour novena for Bridget and all the other new mums.
This is a lovely prayer,
Leonie in Sydney
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I am so happy to be saying this Novena and over the moon with joy for Bridget!!!
My daughters were deeply moved when I told them this story and showed them the pictures of baby Maria. They happily joined me in saying the Novena in thanksgiving before going to bed tonight!
This is a great day!
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Our prayers joyfully continue!
Love,
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I feel so "out of it!" I've been mostly off-line for two weeks. Congratulations to Bridget and her family, and I will gladly join the novena, even though I'm a bit late!
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Yes, so happy to continue on with this beautiful Novena. It is great for all of us moms!
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Today is Day 4. Apparently, this a very powerful novena  . I edited slightly so that we won't be calling that sweet pink baby "him."
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Day 5!
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Oh my! I'm just now getting a chance to read the forums and saw this novena! I'm just crying tears of gratitude for all the support and prayers.
Please know that I was able to offer up many contractions and much of the suffering of all the medical intervention ( I would prefer not to have medical intervention in child birth) for the prayer needs here at 4 real. You are all so, so dear to me.
Praying for all the nursing moms and the moms who would like to be nursing,
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The more you pray this novena the more you see that it is a perfect prayer for all moms to pray each day as they start the day! It is a great morning offering prayer to get you off on the right foot.
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God bless you, Bridget, and your sweet new baby!
Kelly in FL, also teary-eyed
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Bridget wrote:
Please know that I was able to offer up many contractions and much of the suffering of all the medical intervention ( I would prefer not to have medical intervention in child birth) for the prayer needs here at 4 real. You are all so, so dear to me.
Praying for all the nursing moms and the moms who would like to be nursing,
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Thanks Bridget! I wish that I would remember to offer up my sufferings for others more often then I do. That is something that is so unique to being Catholic! In fact at times when I read the old Catholic books and stories of the great saints I am amazed at how often they would "offer it up". How many of us had moms or Grandma's that would remind us to do just that! Still, I am sad to say that I don't always remember to do so. What a perfect prayer opportunity for us all.
I hope that nursing is going well for you. Naomi is two weeks today and she is a nursing pro! :)
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