54 day rosary novena

[stadre]

My family is about two weeks into this novena. I have 3 separate questions but I will write them all on this thread.

1. My husband and I are praying, specifically, to be blessed with more children. (We have been attempting a pregnancy for 5 1/2 years with one miscarriage 3 years ago.) Since our six-year-old daughter is joining us, we do not say out loud our prayer request. We know that our daughter sometimes prays for siblings, but we are concerned about asking her to pray for them. I know that God listens to the prayers of children, but I am afraid that it will be more disappointing to her if the answer is “no” if she knows just how much we are asking for other children. I would appreciate any (name removed by moderator)ut on this! Should we tell her our prayer request?
2. Over the next month, we will be having visits from both sets of our parents. As my in-laws are Presbyterian and my parents are Catholic “light” (as we call it!), should we ask them to join us in our rosary? This is the first time we have prayed the rosary together as well as the first time we have prayed together outside of Mass and grace (uncharted territory!).
3. We have been praying a beatiful prayer in our novena that I (think) I found on www.catholicity.com. This prayer fits perfectly with the first half of the novena as it asks for our petition. Does anyone know of a prayer to use with this novena for the second half which is prayed in thanksgiving for the request?

Thank you for your assistance.

 

[Little_Mary]

Just my $.02

Regarding the first question, I think it would be alright to let your six year old in on it. I tell my two children all the time “God listens to little children - ask him for a little brother or sister”!!

Regarding your second question, certainly ask them to join you but reassure them it’s OK to decline. If they are gracious guests, they will not mind doing without you for 20-30 mins while you pray.

Thank you for inspiring me to begin this novena. I’ve heard it’s powerful when it comes to conversions. Ever heard of that?

 

[johnq]

The “54-day Rosary Novena” is an uninterrupted series of Rosaries in honor of Our Lady, revelead to the incurably sick Fortuna Agrelli by Our Lady of Pompeii at Naples in 1884. For thirteen months Fortuna Agrelli had endured dreadful sufferings and torturous cramps; she had been given up by the most celebrated physicians. On February 16, 1884, the afflicted girl and her relatives commenced a novena of Rosaries. The Queen of the Holy Rosary favored her with an apparition on March 3rd. Mary, sitting upon a high throne, surrounded by luminous figures, held the divine Child on her lap, and in her hand a Rosary. The Virgin Mother and the holy Infant were clad in gold-embroidered garments. They were accompanied by St. Dominic and St. Catherine of Siena. The throne was profusely decorated with flowers; the beauty of Our Lady was marvelous. Blessed Virgin said: "Child, thou has invoked me by various titles and hast always obtained favors from me. Now, since thou hast called me by that title so pleasing to me, ‘Queen of the Holy Rosary,’ I can no longer refuse the favor thou dost petition; for this name is most precious and dear to me. Make three novenas, and thou shalt obtain all."

Once more the Queen of the Holy Rosary appeared to her and said, " Whoever desires to obtain favors from me should make three novenas of the prayers of the Rosary, and three novenas in thanksgiving."

**The Novena consists of five decades of the Rosary each day for twenty-seven days in petition; then immediately five decades each day for twenty-seven days in thanksgiving, whether or not the request has been granted.The meditations vary from day to day. On the first day meditate on the Joyful Mysteries; on the second day the Sorrowful Mysteries; on the third day the Glorious Mysteries; on the fourth day meditate again on the Joyful Mysteries; and so on throughout the fifty-four days. **

A laborious Novena, but a Novena of Love. You who are sincere will not find it too difficult, if you really wish to obtain your request.

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[gmcbroom]

I’m going to start it tonight. I was curious though. Do you say your petition at the end of each mystery, or do you make the petition at the end of the Rosary for that day like say right before or after the Hail Holy Queen? I’d like to do this right. I hope it will work as I’m going through an RCIA class now for the Maronite Church, though I’m not a full fledged Catholic yet I will be soon though.