When people asked for some special grace, Don Bosco used to say,

_“If you wish to obtain graces from the Blessed Virgin, make a Novena” (MB IX, 289)._

Mary help of Christians, pray for us.

Three times: Our Father… Hail Mary… Glory Be… to the Holy Eucharist, followed each time by the short prayer:

Blessed and praised every moment be the Most Holy and Divine Sacrament.

Three times: Hail Holy Queen… followed each time by the short prayer:

Mary Help of Christians, pray for us.

Remember, O’ most loving Virgin Mary, that it is a thing unheard of, that anyone ever had recourse to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession, and was left forsaken. Filled therefore with confidence in your goodness, I fly to you, O’ Mother, Virgin of Virgins. To you I come, before you I stand, a sorrowful sinner. Despise not my poor words, O’ Mother of the Word of God, but graciously hear and grant my prayer. Amen