Novenas

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When you pray a novena does it need to be prayed at the same time on each of the nine days or could I pray it at different times each day?
 
Sometimes my ‘day’ ends at 1:00 AM, as i usually pray it before bed. I can assure you that the Holy Spirit still heard my Novena, and granted me Graces and Gifts since then that I did not receive before.

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I know of one novena in which we are instructed to complete the novena by 11am each day. I don’t know the reason for this but I have thought it was to encourage discipline and consistency. I don’t interpret it in a legalistic way but have taken a cue from this to not procrastinate with prayer. I also would not try to do a novena at bedtime since I’m more likely to fall asleep.

ETA: The part about consistency and discipline is also why I novenas “work”. they encourage a habit of prayer. Most people, in the beginning at least, pray novenas for specific things and it’s easier to see the answers to prayer if we are consistently mindful of this.
 
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I know of one novena in which we are instructed to complete the novena by 11am each day. I don’t know the reason for this but I have thought it was to encourage discipline and consistency. I don’t interpret it in a legalistic way but have taken a cue from this to not procrastinate with prayer. I also would not try to do a novena at bedtime since I’m more likely to fall asleep.

ETA: The part about consistency and discipline is also why I novenas “work”. they encourage a habit of prayer. Most people, in the beginning at least, pray novenas for specific things and it’s easier to see the answers to prayer if we are consistently mindful of this.
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Yes, that would be the main reason I could see for sticking with a time: discipline and consistency.

Obviously, it’s not as though the Holy Spirit is watching the clock and then – noticing that you are beginning the prayer several milliseconds later than yesterday – decides “No grace for you!” 😛

It’s a devotion. So be devoted. 🙂 God will show up.
 
You may pray your novena at any time; pray it before the day is over. God bless you.
 
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