O Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, ever Virgin!
O Heart most pure, most noble, most perfect image of the adorable Heart of Jesus!

We humbly entreat you to intercede for us and to obtain for us the favors we petition for in this novena, if it be the holy will of God to grant them, and if not, to ask for us whatever graces we most need.

(Pause for private intentions said in silence.)

We desire by this novena, which we offer in your honor, that you will always be, after the Heart of Jesus, the object of our love and devotion.  Through your Immaculate Heart we offer to your divine Son all our thoughts, words and actions of this day and all our days.

We pray for Leo, our pope, for our bishops, for all priests and for the conversion of all sinners.

We beg your powerful intercession for an increase of vocations to the priesthood and religious life.

Through your maternal Heart, we ask God's blessings upon our families, upon all who have been good to us for the Lord's sake, for all the living and the dead who are dear to us and for all for whom we have been asked to pray.

V.  Hail Mary…
R.  Holy Mary…

V.  Immaculate Heart of Mary,
R.  Pray for us.

V.  Refuge of Sinners,
R.  Pray for us.

V.  O Mary conceived without sin,
R.  Pray for us who have recourse to you.

V.  May Mary's Heart Immaculate,
R.  Be forever praised.