OK, I never has done a novena before but I know what the idea is, to pray and meditate on Scripture for nine days on a specific subject.
Novena means 9th in Latin, Spanish and Italian.
__________________ ""Wisdom enters through love, silence, and mortification. It is great wisdom to know how to be silent and to look at neither the remarks, nor the deeds, nor the lives of others." "Look for Christ Our Lord in everyone and you will then have respect and reverence for all." St. John of the Cross, OCD. "Any fundamentalism that claims to know precisely God's will is not a viable church structure within God's evolving creation, which brings forth ever greater freedom." "The price for the ability to love God in freedom, the only way love is possible, is the enormous amount of suffering we find in creation."
Karl Schmitz Moorman, German Catholic biologist. "Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world."
from the Trisagion and the Divine Mercy Chaplet.
__________________ ""Wisdom enters through love, silence, and mortification. It is great wisdom to know how to be silent and to look at neither the remarks, nor the deeds, nor the lives of others." "Look for Christ Our Lord in everyone and you will then have respect and reverence for all." St. John of the Cross, OCD. "Any fundamentalism that claims to know precisely God's will is not a viable church structure within God's evolving creation, which brings forth ever greater freedom." "The price for the ability to love God in freedom, the only way love is possible, is the enormous amount of suffering we find in creation."
Karl Schmitz Moorman, German Catholic biologist. "Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world."
from the Trisagion and the Divine Mercy Chaplet.
I will pray for those 2 as well! Wish them the best of luck to getting jobs : )
__________________ " The impossible anger strangling the grief, until the memory of your loved one is just poison in your veins. And one day, you catch yourself wishing the person you loved had never existed so you'd be spared your pain."
Thank you everyone for joining in-especially you Issy. It's a noble thing to pray for someone else in your own misfortune.
I think Mike is right- it's a good idea to print out the whole prayer on page one. I cut it into pieces and taped today's prayer to my bathroom mirror where I can't miss it.
Here's today's prayer:
Day 1: We Are the Work of God
Say Opening prayer
Opening Prayer (for each day)
O God, through human work you continually perfect and direct
the immense work of creation. Listen to the prayers of your
people, and grant to everyone employment that ennobles and
elevates. Thus, more united with each other, we can serve our
brothers and sisters through our work. Through your Son, our
Lord Jesus Christ, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one
God forever and ever. Amen.
For meditation:
In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth,
the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of
the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the
waters. God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it
was very good... Genesis 1:1-2,31
Yet, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay and you are
the potter; we are all the work of your hands. Isaiah 64:8
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.
All things came to be through him, and without him nothing
came to be. John 1:1-3
To recall throughout the day
"But first seek the Kingdom and the will of God and all
those things will be given to you also." Matthew 6:33
Say Closing prayer
Closing Prayer (for each day)
Thank you, Lord, for this time of prayer for our loved ones
and for ourselves. We are certain that with your grace we will
not remain without dignified work. By participating in your
creation, we will build up your kingdom here on earth, a true
society of brothers and sisters, united together as your
children. Through your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, in the unity
of the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever. Amen.
__________________ I am just a Voice of One who's greater than this....
But I am still a sacred voice I will not be dismissed.
I will pray along with you guys for myself and Zerlina!
By the way guys my name is Crystal.... Really though this is so nice of you to do Paula, really thank you so much! Thank you everyone else for praying along to and taking time out of your day I do know how busy life can get.
I really am trying to get out by christmas as well so Zerlina and I are on the same boat. I set up a special bank account today that I am going to start saving money for rent during the coming months. So I am trying and I am planning for a future without stripping and I am going to start a GED course in January I just have to finish filling out the paperwork and send in the paper. I really am trying not to let you guys down and get out as soon as I can.
"I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever abides in me,
and I in him, he it is who bears much fruit, for apart from
me you can do nothing." John 15:5
If it is not the Lord who builds the house, its builders
strain at it to no purpose. If it is not the Lord who guards
the city, guards keep watch to no purpose. Psalm 127:1
When he finished speaking he said to Simon, "Put out to the
deep and lower your nets for a catch." In response Simon
said, "We have been at it all night, working hard, and have
caught nothing, but at your word I will lower the nets."
And when they did this they took in a tremendous number of
fish, that their nets began to rip. Luke 5:4-6
To recall throughout the day
"But first seek the Kingdom and the will of God and all
those things will be given to you also." Matthew 6:33
Say Closing prayer
__________________ ""Wisdom enters through love, silence, and mortification. It is great wisdom to know how to be silent and to look at neither the remarks, nor the deeds, nor the lives of others." "Look for Christ Our Lord in everyone and you will then have respect and reverence for all." St. John of the Cross, OCD. "Any fundamentalism that claims to know precisely God's will is not a viable church structure within God's evolving creation, which brings forth ever greater freedom." "The price for the ability to love God in freedom, the only way love is possible, is the enormous amount of suffering we find in creation."
Karl Schmitz Moorman, German Catholic biologist. "Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world."
from the Trisagion and the Divine Mercy Chaplet.
I will pray along with you guys for myself and Zerlina!
By the way guys my name is Crystal.... Really though this is so nice of you to do Paula, really thank you so much! Thank you everyone else for praying along to and taking time out of your day I do know how busy life can get.
I really am trying to get out by christmas as well so Zerlina and I are on the same boat. I set up a special bank account today that I am going to start saving money for rent during the coming months. So I am trying and I am planning for a future without stripping and I am going to start a GED course in January I just have to finish filling out the paperwork and send in the paper. I really am trying not to let you guys down and get out as soon as I can.
Hi Crystal and thank you for trusting us with your real name.
It is our pleasure to be able to do this for (and with) you two. It means so much for us to be able to do anything at all!
You are making plans and taking real steps to starting a new future for yourself. That is a HUGE deal. The fact that you are even looking at things in a new light is awesome. I'm so proud of you and I can 'hear' the hope in your 'voice'.
Please though, don't do this for us. Do this because you are a valuable and precious woman who deserves to live a fulfilling and happy life!
__________________ I am just a Voice of One who's greater than this....
But I am still a sacred voice I will not be dismissed.
Day 3: God Desires That We Work for the Glory of God
Say Opening prayer
For meditation:
"Let your light so shine before others that they will see
your good works and glorify your Father in Heaven." Matthew
5:16
Whether you eat or drink or whether you do not, do everything
for the glory of God. 1 Corinthians 10:31
Whatever you do, let it be from the heart, as if you were
working for the Lord rather than for men, in the knowledge
that as your reward you will receive an inheritance from the
Lord. Serve Christ the Lord. Colossians 3:23-24
To recall throughout the day
"But first seek the Kingdom and the will of God and all
those things will be given to you also." Matthew 6:33
Say Closing prayer
__________________ ""Wisdom enters through love, silence, and mortification. It is great wisdom to know how to be silent and to look at neither the remarks, nor the deeds, nor the lives of others." "Look for Christ Our Lord in everyone and you will then have respect and reverence for all." St. John of the Cross, OCD. "Any fundamentalism that claims to know precisely God's will is not a viable church structure within God's evolving creation, which brings forth ever greater freedom." "The price for the ability to love God in freedom, the only way love is possible, is the enormous amount of suffering we find in creation."
Karl Schmitz Moorman, German Catholic biologist. "Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world."
from the Trisagion and the Divine Mercy Chaplet.
and thank you for trusting us with your real name. 
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