What is Cardinal Burke’s Nine Month Novena?
Why Sign Up for Cardinal Burke’s Nine Month Novena?
Each month, you’ll receive emails from His Eminence with encouragement and spiritual direction along the journey of this novena, leading up to the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
I’m calling on every Catholic in America to return to Our Lady and join in prayer. -Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke
My friend,
Our Lord has not called us to fear. No matter the darkness of our age, men and women of faith are not without the truth and love of Christ, nor the faithful care of His mother.
It was during an age much like our own when Our Lady first appeared to Saint Juan Diego some 500 years ago. Then, too, the world wrestled with famine and disease, and war in the Holy Land threatened to reduce that beautiful and tortured region to chaos. Then, too, poisonous confusion from within the Church corroded the faith of Christians the world over.
And then, too, we saw the forces of sin retreat before the presence of Our Lady. Through Saint Juan Diego’s humble and courageous cooperation with grace, Our Lady claimed the New World for Christ, drawing nearly nine million new souls into the Church by the time of Saint Juan Diego’s death in 1548. It is this same maternal care and protection that we seek today—a care and protection that she will grant us, should we earnestly ask for it.
To this end, I am calling on all Catholics, especially those in the Americas, to join me in praying a nine-month novena seeking Our Lady’s intercession beginning on March 12.
This immense spiritual undertaking will culminate in a consecration to Our Lady of Guadalupe on December 12, her Feast Day. Those who take up this great spiritual cause can expect short video reflections from me each month to help guide you, in addition to regular written reflections and prayers.
The conversion of our hearts unfailingly transforms our world: let us never lose trust in Our Lady’s care for us, and let us never lose faith in the truth and love of Christ.
The darkness of sin seems so great. But Our Lord has not called us to fear! Evil cannot approach the power of God’s grace. Sin cannot prevent Our Lord’s healing mercy from reaching those who repent and seek it. And nothing can diminish the care and protection of Our Lady for us, which remain as strong today as they were 500 years ago.
Yours in the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and in the Purest Heart of Saint Joseph,
Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke
What is Cardinal Burke’s Nine Month Novena?
Daily Prayer
Beginning March 12, we will pray daily for Our Lady’s intercession. Cardinal Burke has composed a prayer specifically for this Novena.
Video Meditations
Each month, His Eminence will send a short meditation on the apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe, as well as some practical encouragement as you journey through these grace-filled months.
Written Reflections
In addition to short video reflections, His Eminence will provide written reflections to help draw you into deeper love for Our Lady and for Christ, Her Son.
