On November 29 we will start Novena before the feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The feast of the Immaculate Conception is the major solemnity of the Militia Immaculatae.

Saint Maximilian Kolbe insisted, that all knights would prepare themselves to celebrate this immense privilege of Our Heavenly Mother.

He always proposed them to make a Novena in Her honor.

Therefore allow me to send attached a proposition of this novena. Please forward it also to your relatives and acquaintances.

“O most holy Virgin who didst find favor in God’s sight and hast become His Mother; O Virgin, immaculate in body and soul, in thy faith and in thy love, look down with pity on the wretched who in our need seek thy powerful protection.

The evil serpent on whom was cast the primal curse continues, alas, to attack and ensnare the poor children of Eve. But thou, our Blessed Mother, our Queen and our Advocate, thou who from the first instant of thy conception didst crush the head of this cruel enemy, receive our prayers. United to thee with one heart, we beseech thee to present them before the throne of God.May we never be caught in the snares around us, but rather may we all reach the harbor of salvation. Despite the awesome perils which threaten, may God’s Church and all Christian society sing out once again the hymn of deliverance, of victory and of peace.

Amen.”

– Prayer composed by Pope St. Pius X