Susie comments....

I just read your novena to Our Lady of Trust this morning for only the 2nd time. I'm not very good at novenas, obviously. Lent is my favorite time in the Liturgical year. I hope to gather with Pro Sanctity members 'sometime' in the not too distant future. Please keep me in prayer as I long to draw closer to Christ and Our Mama Most Holy (as St Gerard called our Mother) this Lent. I desire to grow in holiness and just read Papa Benedict's Lenten Reflection. What a way to start the season, than with this profound and yet so easy to read pre-Lent lesson for us all!PAX~ susie

(This comment was posted for December lst, thought maybe it should be "updated"!)

Hi Susie, and all!

Novenas are like a nine day vacation with the Lord, Mary and the Saints. Every day for nine days we have the opportunity to sit at the kitchen table over a steaming cup of coffee and share personal desires and deep thoughts about things that are important. Daily our heart swells a little more with love for the Beloved, grows in trust and assurance that with God, great things happen! It takes discipline to make the time to sit at the table and enjoy coffee and holy company, but mostly it is a joy and a great opportunity to grow in love and trust. Try it! Once you have a taste for a "reflective novena" like Mary in the upper room (where the first novena happened) you will want to do one EVERY nine days!
Love and prayers, Teresa

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