Our Lady of Good Remedy, pray for us! |
I have been faithfully reciting the Novena prayer for special intentions for nearly a year now. I was curious as to the origin of the title
Our Lady of Good Remedy…. And I found the answer!
The following was copied from the America
Needs Fatima website which I highly recommend you go to and share with
everyone! https://www.americaneedsfatima.org/Our-Blessed-Mother/our-lady-of-good-remedy-novena.html
Muslim slave trade |
For many centuries, Muslim fleets seized Catholic ships and
invaded Catholic lands and took away men, women and children into slavery. The
Catholic population in many countries, especially in Italy, Spain and Portugal
lived in constant fear of being carried off into slavery. France, Britain,
Holland, Ireland, and even Iceland suffered similar attacks and some of their
population were captured and sold in the Islamic slave market of North Africa
and the Middle East.
Muslim slave trade |
It was perilous in the extreme to their eternal salvation
for Catholics to live as slaves in Muslim society because of their grossly
immoral customs. Women were in special danger because they were habitually sold
into Muslim harems.
But God did not leave His people unaided. He inspired
several religious institutions to work towards the rescue of the Catholic
slaves from their Muslim slave masters.
One of these was the Trinitarian Order, which was founded by
Saint John Matha in 1198. This Order was founded to redeem Catholic slaves from
the Islamic slave markets and to set them free.
St. John Matha |
However, only by raising large sums of money could the
Trinitarians carry out their mission of buying back Catholic slaves. To be
successful in raising such huge sums of money, they confided their fundraising
efforts to the merciful protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
And She did not let them down. In fact, the Mother of God
was so generous in answering their pleas for funds, that they called Her
"Our Lady of Good Remedy."
And so, the Trinitarians were able to free many slaves from
the bondage of slavery and, above all, to free them from the moral evils of sin
that was prevalent in those decadent Muslim societies.
Today, we need Our Lady’s help more than ever in our
personal lives, to resolve complicated personal situations and to find
solutions for troubles we face in our families.
Above all, we need Our Lady of Remedy's powerful
intercession to help us turn back the rising tide of radical Islamic Terrorism
that is destabilizing the world. Our country and the world desperately need Our
Lady’s powerful and unfailing help.
Our
Lady of Good Remedy Novena
O QUEEN OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, Most Holy Virgin, we venerate
thee. Thou art the beloved Daughter of the Most High God, the chosen Mother of
the Incarnate Word, the Immaculate Spouse of the Holy Spirit, and the Sacred
Vessel of the Most Holy Trinity.
O Mother of the Divine Redeemer, who under the title of Our
Lady of Good Remedy comes to the aid of all who call upon thee, extend thy
maternal protection to us. We depend on thee, Dear Mother, as helpless and
needy children depend on a tender and caring mother.
Hail, Mary....
O LADY OF GOOD REMEDY, source of unfailing help, grant that
we may draw from thy treasury of graces in our time of need.
Touch the hearts of sinners, that they may seek
reconciliation and forgiveness. Bring comfort to the afflicted and the lonely;
help the poor and the hopeless; aid the sick and the suffering. May they be
healed in body and strengthened in spirit to endure their sufferings with
patient resignation and Christian fortitude.
Hail, Mary....
DEAR LADY OF GOOD REMEDY, source of unfailing help, thy
compassionate heart knows a remedy for every affliction and misery we encounter
in life. Help me with thy prayers and intercession to find a remedy for my
problems and needs, especially for... (Mention your intentions here).
O loving Mother, on my part, I pledge to adopt a more
intensely Christian lifestyle, to a more careful observance of the laws of God,
to be more conscientious in fulfilling the obligations of my state in life, and
to strive to be a source of healing in this broken world of ours.
Dear Lady of Good Remedy, be ever present to me, and through
thy intercession, may I enjoy health of body and peace of mind, and grow
stronger in the faith and in the love of thy Son, Jesus.
Hail, Mary.....
V. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of Good Remedy,
R. That we may deepen our dedication to thy Son, and make
the world alive with His Spirit.
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