Short Novena to Our Lady of Good Success

Hail Mary Most Holy, Beloved DAUGHTER of God the FATHER; through the intercession of Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres, grant thy good success to this request.    (mention your intentions here)    One Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be - Saint Michael, pray for us. Hail Mary Most Holy, Admirable MOTHER of God the SON; through the intercession of Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres, grant thy good success to this request.    (mention your intentions here)    - One Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be - Saint Gabriel, pray for us. Hail Mary Most Holy, Most Faithful SPOUSE of God the HOLY GHOST; through the intercession of Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres, grant thy good success to this request.    (mention your intentions here)    - One Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be - Saint Raphael, pray for us. Hail Mary Most Holy, TEMPLE and Sacrarium of the Most Holy Trinity. St. Michael, St. Gabriel, St. Raphael, pray for us. Our Lady of Good Success, thou who art the all-powerful intercessor before the Most Holy Trinity, deign to hear and answer my request - so long as it contributes to the salvation of my soul and the glory and exaltation of Holy Mother Church. Hail holy Queen, mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness, and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy towards us. And after this exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary. V. Pray for us O Holy Mother of God. R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

The remarkable story of Our Lady's many appearances in the 16th century to a nun in Quito, Ecuador, Her stunning description of the 20th century crisis in the Church, and Her consoling promise of triumph.

In 1699, Our Lady of Good Success appeared to a sister in Quito, Ecuador, and commanded that a statue be made of her, for she would govern the Conceptionist Convent as Abbess until the end of the world.

She said: "In my right hand, place the crosier and keys to the cloister as a sign of my proprietorship and authority. In my left arm, place my Divine Child so that men will understand how powerful I am in placating the Divine Justice and in obtaining mercy and pardon for every sinner who comes to me with a contrite heart, for I am the Mother of Mercy and in me there is only goodness and love. ... Let them come to me, for I will lead them to Him."

The statue was miraculously completed by the Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael in the early morning of January 16, 1611.

Mother Mariana had begged the Most Holy Virgin that her name be unknown. The Mother of God assured her faithful daughter that only after three centuries of mysterious silence, the truth of the apparitions would become known - in the 20th century. As Queen and Mother of a then-suffering world and Church, Our Lady promised that she would give her Good Success to those who had recourse to her under this invocation.

Numerous graces and even a miraculous cure have resulted from praying to Our Lady of Good Success through the intercession of Venerable Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres. See the Novena prayers below.

Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres (1563-1635) was a Spanish Conceptionist sister who traveled from her country to the New world to help found the Royal Convent in Quito, Ecuador.

Favored with many singular gifts from heaven, this chosen soul was given to know many future events, especially the grievous situation of the Church in the 20th Century.

Our Lady told her that in our lamentable times, heresies would abound, the corruption of manners and customs would be almost complete, and the light of the Faith nearly extinguished. To atone for the many profanations, blasphemies, and abuses and to hasten the day of the triumphant restoration, this 17th century sister was asked to become an expiatory victim for our times.

But Our Lady promised Her intercession at the very moment "when the evil will appear triumphant and when the authority abuses my power." This would "mark the arrival of my hour, when I, in a marvelous way, will dethrone the proud and accursed Satan, trampling him under my feet and fettering him in the infernal abyss." These words harmonize perfectly with the message of hope Our Lady delivered to the three children at Fatima in 1917: "In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph."