Day 5 — Victory over Sin

By the sign of the Holy Cross, from our enemies deliver us, Lord our God. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Opening Prayer for All Days

O God, who by the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin prepared a worthy dwelling for your Son, we beseech you that, as you preserved her from every stain in foresight of the death of your Son, you would also grant us, through her intercession, to attain the purity that leads us into your presence. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Prayer of the Day

Hail, Mary, you who crushed the head of the serpent: you were preserved from every stain of sin from the first instant of your conception. Grant us, by your intercession, the grace to overcome temptations and to live always in the grace of God.

Biblical Reading

"I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel" (Genesis 3:15).

Meditation

The Immaculate Conception is the first victory over original sin. In Mary the promise of Genesis is fulfilled in an eminent way: she is the Woman who crushes the head of the serpent. Her purity encourages us to struggle against sin, trusting that, by the grace of God, we can overcome.

Petition

Here the particular petition desired is made.

Final Prayer for All Days

O Immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of God and our Mother, by the singular grace of your Immaculate Conception, obtain for us the grace to imitate your purity and your fidelity to God. May we, like you, always know how to say "yes" to the will of the Father. Amen.

(Our Father, Hail Mary, and Gloria, three times each).

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.