54 Day Rosary Novena

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Sounds like an amazing novena. Makes me want to try praying it . . .
 
I tried it once…didn’t finish 😦 I skipped a few days and then just gave up on it.

However… then I read this book about the Rosary called “Secret of the Rosary” by St Louis de Montfort. And it totally changed how I view this prayer!!! It’s helped me a lot.

So I want to try and do the novena again 🙂 and actually finish it this time.
 
I have never purposefully done it before. I was saying a rosary daily (almost) and fell out of the habit. I wanted to start this novena because I am currently looking for work. My pastor is now very ill so I have double reason to say it!

I think for organization I will just count out the days on my kitchen calendar and then cross them off after I’ve said the rosary for that day.
 
bmoyles said:
I always start the 54 day novena on the 1st of the month. Then I always know where I am. Using that method, you will finish the novena prior to the end of the 2nd month. I just pray a rosary those day and start the 54 day novena again when I get to the 1st of the next month. I say it continually and get 6 full novenas in a year. I still have my mother’s frayed, well used little black hard cover book. I recently bought the updated version which includes the Luminous Mysteries.

I would love to find it on a CD and add it to my IPOD, but so far haven’t been able to find anything except print and cassette.

Barbara M:)
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Very smart! I’ve missed the first of this month, but the extra days should allow me to catch up by October!
 
My cousin told me about this Novena last night. I recently lost my job & she did not know about it yet. She called me out of the blue and when I told her I needed to find a job she told me about the 54 day Novena. I started it last night, All Saints Day, so my last day will be Christmas Eve. Wow, does God have this planned out or what!
 
I have prayed the 54 day novena many times. It is a powerful time of prayer. I begin on the first of the month and that way it’s easy to see when I have completed the first 27 days of petition, and it’s time to begin the 27 day of thanksgiving. I pray the rosary assigned for the day of the week. M - Joyful, T - Sorrowful, W - Glorious, Th - Luminous, F - Sorrowful, Sat. - Joyful and Sun. Glorious. If you google 54 day novena you will find a site that has the newest novena books, including the prayers for the Luminous Mysteries. It even comes in large print for those who need it.
 
I’ve done the 54 day Rosary Novena with amazing results! I’ve even condensed the 54 day Rosary Novena to just a few days, and the results are still the same — amazing! When I condense the Rosary Novena to just a few days (54 mysteries in a few days), the wait time is also condensed. I see the results within a shorter period of time. It requires tenacity, but it’s well worth it! 🙂
 
I prayed my first 54 day Rosary Novena in the summer of 2006 - we already had 2 wonderful sons & I so wanted a daughter, so my petition was to conceive a daughter. The first Novena finished the day before I was to leave for a week long business trip. So a few or so after I returned I started another Novena (since I was not yet pregnant). Well in the last week of my 2nd Novena, we conceived. Found out we were expecting on Christmas Eve. I am now the mother of 2 wonderful sons & a sweet 2 1/2 year old Elizabeth. So I do beleive in the Rosary Novena. I prayed it every night before bed & used a little book mark as in the Rosary booklet to keep track of which day I was on. Sometimes I sat in what would be her nursery with a pink blanket - I meditated on the mysteries for each decade, but the 1st 3 Hail Marys I concentrated on seeing my little girls face. It was wonderful.

I did also pray Novenas to Sts. Rita, Teresa, Anne & Gerard & prayers to St. Elizabeth of the Visitation. I even happen to be walking by when a co-working was getting baby pink roses delivered on the last day of my St. Teresa Novena, so I was sure I was getting my baby girl 🙂

God Bless!
Jess
 
Often in life there are many troubles brewing at the same time, which require some serious prayer: a very ill friend, an alcoholic relative going haywire, unemployment etc.

One idea that can be utilized is this: On the day that you are due to complete a 54 day Rosary Novena, say the **last ** Rosary and then later on in the day, say **another **Rosary to start a new 54 day Rosary novena.

That day then becomes both the last day of a 54 day Rosary novena and the first day of a 54 day Rosary novena.

That gives you a bit of a headstart. Be sure to mark all this in your diary to avoid confusion.

Read my book Help from Heaven (Answers to Prayer) free online here

(There are some stories of the 54 day Rosary novena included in this book.)

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When you learn this, spread the devotion to the Holy Souls in Purgatory to others.
 
I have a question: Those who do the 54-day rosary novena, how do you pray the mysteries? One poster above said just like normal, M-Joyful, T-Sorrowful, W-Glorious, etc, but on a website I read you should pray them in succession of how they happened, 1st day - Joyful 2nd - Luminous - 3rd Sorrowful 4th Glorious, etc, JLSGJLSG.

Is any method approved or denied by any official source or is it just a matter of choice? The only problem I can see is the second one would make it unusual saying the mysteries in a large group (thinking of a different mystery that day) but on the other hand it makes organization easier.

Thanks, replies are appreciated
 
Jerok said:
I have a question: Those who do the 54-day rosary novena, how do you pray the mysteries? One poster above said just like normal, M-Joyful, T-Sorrowful, W-Glorious, etc, but on a website I read you should pray them in succession of how they happened, 1st day - Joyful 2nd - Luminous - 3rd Sorrowful 4th Glorious, etc, JLSGJLSG.

Is any method approved or denied by any official source or is it just a matter of choice? The only problem I can see is the second one would make it unusual saying the mysteries in a large group (thinking of a different mystery that day) but on the other hand it makes organization easier.

Thanks, replies are appreciated
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The book I have says to pray the way the Pope recommends: Joyful on Monday and Saturday, Sorrowful on Tuesday and Friday, Luminous on Thursday, and Glorious on Wednesday and Sunday.

The traditional way (before the introduction of the Luminous Mysteries) is still acceptable and was (starting Monday) JSGJSG, with Sunday being the Joyful Mysteries during Advent, the Sorrowful Mysteries during Lent, and the Glorious Mysteries during the rest of the year.
 
I prayed the 54 day novena for the first time 1995 in petition to Mary for a spouse that would bring me closer to Christ. After forgetting that I prayed it and several months of dating the same woman, I found out that she had prayed the same novena at the same time. “Need less to say”, she is now my spouse since 1997 and we have four beautiful children.

Thank You, My Most Holy Mother Mary !

I often fell asleep praying it and would have two, three, four and sometimes five days to make up; but I did it and was able to finish on time. I have tried several times since and have not been able to complete it.

I just started a new one on March 3,
 
Hello. I do know what you mean about having to make up the Rosary Novena to make sure I complete it by the 54th day. I have done the same. I have even prayed it six times a day for 9 days (for emergencies), and have had my prayer answered. I pray that you will be able to complete the Rosary Novena now and in the future. My life has changed because of the 54 Day Rosary Novena, and so have the lives of the people I have prayed for. I have witnessed miracles where none should have existed. The Blessed Mother is a powerful ally in times of need. God bless you!
 
I know of two 54 day Rosary novenas, which have been said recently and both of them were answered as requested.

Both were said for very difficult problems, that had gone on for years. The results for both novenas were stunning!

The novenas were said by two different people, (who are in the same family.)
 
Hi everybody, I am new to this forum.

I’ve been doing the 54 day novena now and am on my 20th day. I say 5 rosaries daily, 2 at the morning, 1 at lunch and 2 before I sleep. I say the rosary without the saying the prayer before the recitation as I found this only today.

Are my 20 days of prayer not a novena because I did not say the payers before recitation? or I can continue the novena with saying the prayers before recitation.

Thanks in advance for your reply.
 
karlc said:
Hi everybody, I am new to this forum.

I’ve been doing the 54 day novena now and am on my 20th day. I say 5 rosaries daily, 2 at the morning, 1 at lunch and 2 before I sleep. I say the rosary without the saying the prayer before the recitation as I found this only today.

Are my 20 days of prayer not a novena because I did not say the payers before recitation? or I can continue the novena with saying the prayers before recitation.

Thanks in advance for your reply.
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All the days of prayer that you have offered for a petition count towards the novena. A novena isn’t magic, where you have to say all the words properly and make the right gestures. It is a sign of devotion to G_D, who hears all prayers and knows what is in your heart. As such, you will always find some variations in certain novenas. Most people find a form they are comfortable with and stay with that.

I must congratulate you on your fortitude. The form of the 54-Day Rosary Novena that I’m familiar with only calls for one Rosary a day for 54 days. I’ve read of an express Rosary Novena, where you say the Rosary 6 times a day for 9 days. I’ve done that once.
 
Muzhik said:
All the days of prayer that you have offered for a petition count towards the novena. A novena isn’t magic, where you have to say all the words properly and make the right gestures. It is a sign of devotion to G_D, who hears all prayers and knows what is in your heart. As such, you will always find some variations in certain novenas. Most people find a form they are comfortable with and stay with that.

I must congratulate you on your fortitude. The form of the 54-Day Rosary Novena that I’m familiar with only calls for one Rosary a day for 54 days. I’ve read of an express Rosary Novena, where you say the Rosary 6 times a day for 9 days. I’ve done that once.
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Thanks Muzhik for your reply. I resumed my novena yesterday with the prayer before recitation.
 
I agree with Muzhik in that God looks at your heart when you are praying, He is not looking for a special formula.

I did my first 54 Day Rosary Novena using only the original three Mysteries. I then found out that Pope John Paul II had instituted a fourth Mystery to the Rosary. Luckily, I found out about the fourth Mystery after I did the full 54 Day Rosary Novena, and our prayer had already been answered. The prayer? That my husband find a job in an impossible economy. He did. 🙂

To tell you the full story of my first 54 Day Rosary Novena: My husband had lost his job, and nothing was happening. We were desperate. A lady we knew at the time, suggested that we do the 54 Day Rosary Novena. I did the full 54 Days, and our prayer was answered within three months. She told us that our prayer would be answered within three months, and it was. Why three months? I don’t know, and neither did she. I’ve done the 54 Day Rosary Novena for other people, and it has (apparently) taken longer to see the results. Perhaps it really hasn’t taken longer, but appears to be longer because I don’t know what signs to look or what is actually going on on a day-to-day basis for those people. As I am sure you agree, God works in mysterious ways, and so only He knows what is really going on.

Later, my husband was laid off again, and (once again) in an impossible economy, my husband found another job. To explain what I did the second time my husband was laid off: I did some research to see if condensing the prayer would have the same results, and there was nothing out there on condensing the prayer. We were desperate, and so I decided to do condense the prayers, and hope for the best. So, I condensed the prayer, and it happily did work. So, I did the 54 Day Rosary Novena in 9 days (praying 6 Rosary Novenas a day). If you have an emergency situation, you may want to condense the 54 Day Rosary Novena into a few days.Our prayer was answered in a condensed time frame (a couple weeks versus the few months). Can you do the 54 Day Rosary Novena in less time, and get quicker results? I don’t see why not. If you or anyone out there does it in a shorter time, and get’s even quicker results, please let me know. I think it will be a challenge to do all 54 Rosary Novenas in an even more condensed time, but it will be worth it!

BTW, I have not followed the days-of-the-week method. I just pray one mystery per Rosary following the succession on the Rosary card I have. It still works!

God bless!

Heavenly Father, thank You for this prayer forum and for all those who participate in it with the intent of bringing the focus back to You. Amen.
 
Thanks NiceMimi for sharing a wonderful story. Reading stories like yours further inspires me to finish my novena. I thank God for this forum, I’ve been inspired by so many stories and learned a lot from the people here.
 
Karlc, you are welcome! I am happy that I was of help. God bless!
 
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