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Starting in the 2nd century, Catholics venerated Mary as Our Lady of Consolation, one of her earliest titles of honor. The title of “Our Lady of Consolation”, or “Mary, Consoler of the Afflicted”, comes from the Latin Consolatrix Afflictorum.[1] It is found in the Litany of Loreto.

STORY ABOUT HER
The origin of this invocation is derived from the Augustinian monks who propagated this particular devotion. In 1436 the Confraternity of the Holy Cincture of Our Lady of Consolation was founded in Bologna, Italy. It was based on an Augustinian tradition which holds that Saint Monica in the fourth century, was distraught with anxiety for her wayward son, Augustine, and that Mary gave her a sash which the Virgin wore, with the assurance that whoever wore this belt would receive her special consolation and protection.

The “Augustinian Rosary” is sometimes called the “Corona (or Crown) of Our Mother of Consolation”. By this time the custom of asking for the final blessing before death in the name of Our Lady of Consolation was very popular, and the monks were given a dispensation to leave the monastery at any time to confer it.. The feast day is celebrated on the last Sunday of October with pyrotechnic displays by Our Lady of Consolation Fireworks Factory.

PRAYER
We salute you Mary, Queen of heaven and earth, Mother of Consolation. Mindful of the power with which Jesus your Son has blessed you, we implore your protection as the source of all true consolation. After the trials and sorrows of our life’s pilgrimage, you can console your children with the glory of which you are the dispenser and with the joys of paradise of which you are the gate.

May our poor efforts to love you, dearest Mother, be helped by your more than maternal care. Deign then to listen to your children’s prayer, and grant us the grace that we ask in this Novena…(pause) O Mother of Consolation, grant that, under your care and protection, we may reach the home of eternal rest, where we may for ever bless your Divine Son. Amen.

SHRINES AT THE UNITED STATES
Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation in Carey, Ohio.