Total entrustment to the Mother and Queen of the Americas

From the Novena to Our Lady of Guadalupe

Sacred Scripture: John 2:5

Meditation for Day 9

At Cana, Mary's counsel to the servants was simply, 'Do whatever he tells you' (Jn 2:5) — she leads always to her Son. The novena closes by entrusting to her, as Mother and Queen of the Americas, every intention brought to these nine days of prayer.

St. John Paul II concluded his prayer at the Basilica with the words: 'To you, O Lady of Guadalupe, Mother of Jesus and our Mother, belong all the love, honour, glory and endless praise of your American sons and daughters!' With that same love today's prayer commends to her the petitioner, the Church, and the whole continent under her protection.

Daily Novena Prayer (recited every day)

Prayer to Our Lady of Guadalupe (St. John Paul II, 1999)

Holy Virgin of Guadalupe, Queen of Peace! Save the nations and peoples of this continent. Teach everyone, political leaders and citizens, to live in true freedom and to act according to the requirements of justice and respect for human rights, so that peace may thus be established once and for all. To you, O Lady of Guadalupe, Mother of Jesus and our Mother, belong all the love, honour, glory and endless praise of your American sons and daughters!

From the prayer St. John Paul II addressed to Our Lady of Guadalupe at the conclusion of his homily at the Basilica of Guadalupe, Mexico City, January 23, 1999. Recited each of the nine days.