They promised to honor her with a "Novena" (nine days of prayer) if the plague ceased. When the epidemic miraculously subsided, the tradition of the was born.
While the novena is now also popular at Mount Mary’s Church in Bandra, its roots remain in Mahim. Traditionally, the novena is prayed from the to the following Saturday, leading up to the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (September 8), as well as during other times of urgent personal need. Why a PDF in Marathi? The Archdiocese of Bombay covers a vast region where Marathi is the lingua franca. However, many traditional prayer books were written in Latin, English, or Portuguese. For the elderly and for rural communities in the Vasai, Virar, and Panvel regions, Marathi is the language of the heart.
For Marathi-speaking Catholics (Roman Catholics of the Konkan region, predominantly from the Archdiocese of Bombay), having access to the prayers in their mother tongue is not a luxury; it is a necessity for deep, heartfelt devotion. This is why the search for the has become one of the most common spiritual queries online.
"Hey Maa, Mahimchi Maze Maa, Tu amchi sadainch patavani ahes. Tuzya putra, Jezu Krista, kade amchya vinanti gheun ja. Amchya kashtat, amchya dukhat, amchya asha-hin stithit, Tu amchi eklaach ash ahes. Aamha tujhya patit sasnikan novena kelay, Te aamha krupene sweekar. Amen."
