It will also give you the time and space you need to give your prayer your full attention. Some people like to pray the novena at 9 a. Remember though: even if you miss a day, all is not lost. You can simply complete your novena a day behind schedule, or you can say your novena twice one day to get caught back up. When people pray a novena, there are different entities they can pray to.
God, Jesus, the Virgin Mary, and the saints are all options. Joseph is the patron saint of departing souls, and as such would be an appropriate saint to pray to in regards to a deceased loved one. Gertrude wrote prayers for souls trapped in purgatory: she would also be a great saint to pray to.
If there is an upcoming Feast day associated with a saint, you could tie your novena to tie into that. There is a form of prayer in the Catholic church called vocal prayer. It is not, as you might guess, a prayer that is said out loud. It is instead the act of reciting a prepared prayer either out loud or within your own mind.
You can even read it from a book. Sometimes when people pray the novena, they use a different prayer for each day. Other people like to repeat the same prayer each day for nine days. There is no real right or wrong way to do it. Once again, it comes down to a manner of personal preference. Rituals and traditions are important. They get us through day-to-day life. A simple ritual, like reading the paper with a cup of coffee helps you clear your mind and prepare for your day.
Rituals that are rich in significance can help with bigger concepts and feelings, like death. Praying a nine-day novena is a religious practice steeped in a long tradition, much like a Catholic funeral mass. Instead, we receive from God a result of His own choosing. Our part is simply to demonstrate faithfulness in our commitment to prayer.
They certainly are, as is any faithfully attended prayer. A novena may even lead to miraculous results. In short, novenas work, and we should pray them because they are a valuable form of conversation with God and His saints. They flow from faith, and God always attends to the prayers of His faithful. We may or may not get what we want. But as we pray novenas, we are praising, preparing, waiting and trusting.
And again, like the first disciples, we will not be disappointed. Anthony Messenger, Shutterstock Advertisement. Karen Edmisten. March 13, pm March 13, Jesus had instructed His followers to pray, and they obeyed.
They were not disappointed. Historical Background Over the centuries, four specific types of novenas have emerged: novenas for mourning, preparation, petition and indulgences. Boon to Prayer Life We concupiscent human beings tend toward laziness.
Novenas Work In short, novenas work, and we should pray them because they are a valuable form of conversation with God and His saints.
Post Views: 27, Further, Abram was ninety-nine years old when circumcised and, entering into the covenant with God, received his new name of Abraham. Indeed, the practice of a nine-day novena of prayers is not of Jewish origin, but finds parallel only in pagan practices.
The first Christian novenas. By the seventh century, particularly in Spain and France, the faithful kept of a nine-day novena of preparation before the Solemnity of Christmas. It is clear that these nine days of prayer were symbolic of the nine months which our Savior spent in the womb of Mary his Mother.
Thus, we may well say that our Lord made a nine-month novena with Mary before coming forth from her most pure womb, and so likewise the Apostles made a nine-day novena with May before going forth to preach the Gospel throughout the whole world. However, the general practice of novenas did not gain official approval by the Church through the granting of indulgences until the nineteenth century.
Indeed, it is quite surprising that the practice of novenas did not gain greater popularity and official support earlier! The novena to the Holy Spirit, for the feast of Pentecost. From the Catholic Encyclopedia:. But for every novena of preparation, as also for every novena of prayer, not only the best explanation but also the best model and example was given by Christ Himself to the Church in the first Pentecost novena.
He Himself expressly exhorted the Apostles to make this preparation. And when the young Church had faithfully persevered for nine full days in it, the Holy Ghost came as the precious fruit of this first Christian novena for the feast of the establishment and foundation of the Church.
Thus, the novena to the Holy Spirit is at once an act of repentance and purgation in preparation for the Solemn Feast of Pentecost, as well as act of petition for a new outpouring of the Spirit in our hearts and lives. How to make the Novena to the Holy Spirit. The Novena to the Holy Spirit begins on the Friday after the Ascension if the Ascension is moved from Thursday to Sunday, the novena still begins on the Friday following what would have been Ascension Thursday and continues each day until the Vigil of Pentecost on the next Saturday.
This year, the Novena is as follows:. Day 1. Friday, May 18 th. Day 2. Saturday, May 19 th. Day 3. Sunday, May 20 th. Day 4. Monday, May 21 st. Day 5. Tuesday, May 22 nd. Day 6. Wednesday, May 23 rd. Day 7. Thursday, May 24 th.
Day 8. Friday, May 25 th. Day 9.
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