Prayer:
Blessed Virgin Mary,
with renewed gratitude for your motherly presence
we unite our voices to the voice of all generations
who call you blessed.

(For the remainder of the novena, the prayer will be excerpts from "Act of Consecration to Mary, Virgin of Fatima" by Pope Francis, St. Peter's Square, October 13, 2013)

Image: Main altar, Basilica of Mary Help of Christians, Turin, Italy, which Don Bosco built in honor of Mary.