How do you say a novena?

[phoooiee]

I have been to the websites about novenas and I can’t seem to figure out what to do.
Do you say a specific novena for a specific purpose? Do some need to be said on specific dates of the year?

Also, I seem to have gathered that a novena is supposed to be nine prayers, but most of the ones I’ve found on the internet don’t have nine prayers- sometimes it’s only one and sometimes it’s three or some other number.

If anyone could help explain I’d be very grateful.

 

[Jennykay]

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Klara Collins

Try reading the sticky near the top of this forum. (I copied the title but didn’t link to it however you’ll see it easily) She lists some devotions including several novenas and over several posts, tells how to pray them. Novenas are done for 9 days but the number of prayers is not always the same. Hope this helps.

 

[St_Francis]

Yes, you say the prayers for nine days. Some novenas have some prayers the same throughout with some parts different for each day, and others are the same throughout the nine days.