Novena Day 9 Blessed Josepha Naval Girbés (1820-1893) “Prayer, prayer…pray for a while each day, and life will be easier and bearable. Learn to speak with God without words and, in this way, practice the prayer of meditation. Be faithful and reverent before the Lord...
Novena Day 8 Blessed Maria Mercedes Prat (1880-1936) “I must obey, because it is the will of God.” Blessed Maria Mercedes Prat Feast Day ~ July 24 Mercedes was born in Barcelona in 1880, and from her earliest childhood, committed herself to God. Even as a young girl,...
Novena Day 7 Blessed Francis Palau y Quer (1811-1872) “The voice of God leaves no emptiness in the soul, it fills her and does not doubt.” Blessed Francis Palau y Quer Feast Day ~ November 7 The seventh of nine children, Francis was born in Spain, in 1811 into a...
Novena Day 6 Blessed Mary of the Incarnation (1566–1618) “Lord Jesus, I very humbly beg you to look from now on through my eyes, speak by my tongue, and accomplish by all my members and senses the things which are agreeable to you.” Blessed Mary of the Incarnation...
Novena Day 5 Saint Raphael Kalinowski (1835–1907) “Our Redeemer ever present in the most Blessed Sacrament, extends His hands to everyone. He opens His heart and says, ‘Come to Me, all of you.’” Saint Raphael Kalinowski Feast Day ~ November 19 Jozef Kalinowski was...
Novena Day 4 Saint Maria Maravillas of Jesus (1891-1974) “The sole thing I do many times in the day is to say to the Lord that I wish to live only to love Him and to please Him; that I desire all that He wishes in the way that He wills.” Saint Maria Maravillas of...