Novenas for a future spouse

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Wait, sorry. I’m not quite catholic. Could someone explain how to pray novenas, please. And how to pray to saints.
 
daughter_of_ita said:
Wait, sorry. I’m not quite catholic. Could someone explain how to pray novenas, please. And how to pray to saints.
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This is some information which I have prepared for a book that I am putting together on: answers to prayer. I hope that it will help you.
Greetings and prayers for all your intentions,
Mary Ann
(Sydney, Australia)

How to say a novena
The word novena is Latin for nine. A novena is a prayer or good work which is said for nine days in a row. There are also various kinds of emergency novenas e.g. The Mother Theresa Emergency Novena. In an emergency say the Memorare prayer nine times in a row. Blessed Theresa of Calcutta said this novena whenever she needed a favour. Sometimes it brought about fast dramatic results.

The Eight Hour Novena to The Holy Infant Jesus of Prague is said at approximately the same time every hour until the novena is finished. (The prayer is said nine times during the eight hours.)

Information on the history of the devotion of the Nine Tuesdays Novena in honour of Saint Anthony is located at:

missionbell.homestead.com/anthonycustoms.html

The 54 Day Rosary Novena: In this novena the Rosary is said for 54 consecutive days i.e. 3 novenas in petition (27 days) and 3 novenas in thanksgiving (27 days). The 54 day Rosary Novena was revealed by Our Lady herself.

All of these novenas receive marvelous results. If you choose any of them, please also pray for the Holy Souls in Purgatory and help them, and ask them to obtain the favours that you need. Saint Catherine of Bologna assured her sisters that: she obtained many favours by the prayers of the Holy Souls in Purgatory, which she had asked for in vain, through the intercession of the saints. Saint Theresa affirms that she always obtained the favours which she asked from God, through the intercession of the Poor Souls.

The following link has accounts of favours granted through the intercession of the Holy Souls in Purgatory for their benefactors and ways in which we can help the Holy Souls in Purgatory.

missionbell.homestead.com/Afavourgrantedbytheholysouls.html

It is important when making a novena to be in a state of grace, to have faith that God will help you, and to persevere in the prayer. It is recommended that you give a donation to a charitable organisation: such as the Saint Vincent de Paul Society.

The Memorare
Remember O most loving Virgin Mary that never was it known in any age that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help or sought your intercession was left unaided, inspired by this confidence, therefore I fly to thee O Virgin of Virgins my Mother, to you do I come, before you I stand sinful and sorrowful, do not O Mother of the Word Incarnate despise my prayers but in thy mercy graciously hear and answer them. Amen.
 
Karenanna said:
I forgot to mention that I did the novena to St Philomena in September and it was answered on October 15 of the same year.
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Hi Karenanna,

Thanks for sharing the wonderful story of St Philomena’s intercession in bringing you and your husband together! :harp:

I went to your homepage, and was wondering which of the novenas there was the one you used?

Great homepage, by the way … you have lots of inspiring material there … very well done! 👍
 
Morwenna said:
Hi Karenanna,

Thanks for sharing the wonderful story of St Philomena’s intercession in bringing you and your husband together! :harp:

I went to your homepage, and was wondering which of the novenas there was the one you used?

Great homepage, by the way … you have lots of inspiring material there … very well done! 👍
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I am glad that you like my website and got good things from it.

The novena which I said when I was praying for a boyfriend is the second novena on this webpage: missionbell.homestead.com/PhilomenaPrayers.html

which has these words in the first line: ** O great St Philomena, glorious virgin and martyr, Wonder-Worker of our age, I return most fervent thanks to God for the miraculous gifts bestowed on thee,**

but I am sure that any novena to St Philomena would have worked just as well.
 
thanks, karenanna, but i have another question. How important are Hail Mary’s and Glory be to the fathers and our fathers when saying novenas? And if i miss a day of the above three, should i make it up some way the next day?
 
daughter_of_ita said:
thanks, karenanna, but i have another question. How important are Hail Mary’s and Glory be to the fathers and our fathers when saying novenas? And if i miss a day of the above three, should i make it up some way the next day?
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Not all novenas have Hail Marys, Glory be to the Father, and the Our Father prayers included in them, as you can see from the novenas on this web page:

missionbell.homestead.com/PhilomenaPrayers.html

If you are saying a novena which does include Hail Marys etc.
and you miss saying it a day, it would be a good idea to make it up the next day.

If you are making the 54 day Rosary novena and do not manage to say the Rosary on a particular day, you start the 54 day Rosary novena again.
 
Hi I usuall say a novena to St. Rita for impossible cases, St. Jude is great as well and Infant Jesus of Prague. Hey I know they hear my prayes, but I’m still single.

My take is God is protecting us single people from some danger out there or in His wisdom He knows best. This year I’ve begun a lot of self-talk about thinking how special and fantastic I am. A friend told me to see me through others eyes. Ask yourself why do your loved ones love you so much? That helps me along with Joel Osteen’s ‘Become a Better You.’

Have a wonderfully blessed day.

Toni
 
St. Ann, St. Ann, bring me a man.
As fast as you can.

It’s supposed to work…😃
 
That’s so funny. I tried that, but St. Anne doesn’t work for me.

Good luck with that for you. Try St. Raphael. He’s my favourite Arch Angel.
 
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