A New Pocket Prayer Book With 25 Popular Novenas

The Catholic Novena book contains over 25 of the most popular Catholic novenas, along with stories of real people who have had their prayers answered through novenas.The book also explains the history of novenas, how to pray a novena, where saints come from, and a background on each of the novenas in the book. Deepen your prayer life and faith by praying novenas!

Many devout Catholics make novenas. This book is published to accomodate those who would like to make various novenas and who would like to have them in a single volume. A brief instruction or meditation precedes each entry.

Storey has collected and edited 40 novenas--nine days of concentrated prayer, modeled on the nine days that Mary and the Apostles prayed in the upper room between Jesus' Ascension and the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost--as well as shorter prayers in updated form and in modern English.

The Church encourages us to ask for the intercession of the saints, to locate our prayer within the annual round of the Church's year, and to make our prayer in the tradition of the great figures of Scripture. The novenas in this beautifully bound collection help us to pray in all of these ways. It contains a rich selection for many different needs and intentions, including popular novenas to our Lady and the Holy Spirit.

This beginner's guide to prayer will guide Catholics who need help learning to pray.

Enter into one of the treasured spiritual practices of the Church! Since the seventh century Catholics the world over have used the novena as a means of deepening their spiritual life, expressing devotion to a saint, or as an avenue for petitioning the Lord for a particular grace. The novena (from the Latin novem, "nine," and noveni, "nine at a time") is a period of public or private prayer lasting nine days, symbolizing the time between Christ's Ascension and Pentecost, during which Mary and the Apostles awaited the coming of the Holy Spirit. At the heart of Novenas for the Church Year is a collection of nearly 60 original novenas that you can use to feed your soul as you commemorate an astounding variety of holy souls and holy days. Allow Fr. Peter John Cameron, O.P., editor of Magnificat, to lead you on a rewarding journey of prayer and intercession in rhythm with the Church year. Bring your fears, your passions, your worries and your thanksgiving to God with a wide variety of novenas including those in honor of: Mary the Mother of God The Presentation of the Lord Good Friday The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Week of Christian Unity The Chair of Saint Peter Chrism Mass World Day of Prayer for Vocations The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica A helpful narrative recounts the Novena's history and its role in Church tradition, setting the stage for these powerful prayers.