Tell me your most miraculous novena story

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Hit me up with your super miraculous novena stories. Yesterday at work, I stopped by the chapel and prayed in front of the tabernacle (one perk to low Catholic school pay, any way). I told God I needed a miracle for some DEEP psychological family issues. I called a friend about getting my intention in her parish’s adoration intention list. She said, without my asking, that “the 54 day novena was miraculous for me”. So – starting a 54 day novena for an intention that feels bigger, deeper, harder than God can handle. I know in my head that no problem is too big for God, but that confidence hasn’t made it to my heart yet. So many “what if’s” about people’s lack of openness to grace. I can’t force these people to soften their hearts towards God and His healing. I know it is God’s Will that these people be healed ('cause God doesn’t want us hurting), but they have free will to reject God’s healing, and that scares me the most – that no matter how hard I pray, they will reject God’s grace.
 
i did a 9 day novena last year to St. Therese asking her to please answer an important spiritual query I had and to please send me 2 roses if the answer was yes.

On day 9 it was the middle of November in USA, not a flower blooming in sight…

Yet she found a way to send me 2 roses in a very odd place.
 
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I did my St. Gerard novena in February… before the beginning of April, I was pregnant with my second. ❤️
 
Tis_Bearself said:
i did a 9 day novena last year to St. Therese asking her to please answer an important spiritual query I had and to please send me 2 roses if the answer was yes.

On day 9 it was the middle of November in USA, not a flower blooming in sight…

Yet she found a way to send me 2 roses in a very odd place.
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I have either received flowers or roses when I’ve asked, through her intercession.

The first time that I did this, I was feeling so overwhelmed and burdened by something and I said that I knew that it wasn’t right to burden her or to even ask God in this way, but I was feeling so low that I was like, “Is there anyone even listening to me, anywhere?!!!”

I was in a dark place emotionally, and I was praying a Novena to her. That is when I received some roses. 🙂 ❤️
 
She said before she died that after death she would not just look down and hear the prayers of those who asked her to intercede, but that she would actually "come down " and help them. I have come to believe she indeed does that.
 
I think so, too.

I believe that she has interceded for me whenever I have asked her to. 🙂
 
are we supposed to ask for a sign after a novena to know if it will be granted or not or has been heard ? I was just under the impression one is supposed to have hope an faith that it will be answered.

but bandmom had me thinkn, an I have prayed a novena, but I didnt think of the person I prayed for, rejecting God’s Grace / and even though my intention was honest and good hearted, the person can still reject said grace or how ever God choses to interact , and then what good was it even to try ? I mean ya I can say well I tried, is it pointless to try again , which i mean it cant be pointless to try again right… which then just leads to one to keep saying Novenas until i guess the person stops rejecting said interventions and prayers ?
 
Don’t stop. I have been praying for my children for years, and don;t plan to stop.
Many people have prayed their whole lives for someone or something, and the prayers were granted after their own death.
 
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are we supposed to ask for a sign after a novena to know if it will be granted or not or has been heard ?
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Asking for St. Therese to send a rose is traditional, although not required when you pray to her. The prayer I say to her asks her to “pour down the celestial graces symbolized by the shower of roses that Jesus, your spouse, has put at your disposal.”

As for “asking for signs” in connection with St. Therese or anyone else, Catholics sometimes do this. For example, Fulton Sheen told a story about his own request for a sign. One doesn’t ask all the time though, and one has to be prepared to not receive the sign. They are provided at the discretion of God.

If someone is going to do this, I would expect their spirituality to be deep enough that they aren’t going to go stomping off saying “God didn’t answer my prayer” if the sign does not appear.
 
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In my own personal opinion, I would say “No” in general because basically, we can possibly be seen as “putting God to the test” when we do this.

Normally I would also say that we should have enough faith to accept God’s Will when we pray and to accept whatever the outcome will be when we have a prayer request, including when we pray any Novenas.

However, I think that St. Therese might be the exception to this because she said though that she would be spending time showering people with roses after she died.

I was feeling so low when I did this at this particular time though, that I had decided that I would ask for a sign then at that time, so I did.

God bless you. 🙂
 
My formerly protestant, anti-Catholic husband converted through the prayers of a Catholic friend, who prayed a perpetual 9-day novena for three years.
 
What is a a perpetual nine day novena? Do you just keep repeating the nine days of prayers without stopping?
 
Did your husband ever provide a reason for as to why he converted? Moreover, is he aware of the prayers that were said for him?
 
My husband is an amateur theologian who has studied the Bible and dabbled in all branches of protestantism and orthodoxy and came kicking and screaming into Catholicism realizing it is the one true faith. He had been trying to convert this friend whilst his friend piously prayed his novenas for my husband conversion.
 
Wow thanks for sharing, what an amazing story. How very generous of your friend as well, to spend some time each day continuously to pray for your husband’s conversion for 3 years.

Now if I can find someone who can do that for me or for a loved one…

I am diligent in praying petitions for the most part, whether for myself and for others. But I don’t have the support when it comes to other people who will do continuous, long term, and regular praying for something or someone.
 
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