What: 30 Day Novena for priests, seminarians and religious.
Intention: For each priest, seminarian, and religious to accept the Grace given by Almighty God to know His Divine Will and to direct his/her life in the best way in His Service in this crisis.
How: Say one extra prayer each day, whether it be a “Hail Mary”, one additional decade of the Rosary, or an additional five decades of the Rosary. Pick something you know you can and will do (one additional “Hail Mary” if that what you can do) and then make sure to say it every day during this 30 day novena.
Sacrifice: Join to this prayer one sacrifice per day. I would suggest doing our daily duty in the best way possible as requested by Our Lady, “The penance I now demand and require is the sacrifice of daily duty."
It is critically important at this time as we approach another priestly ordination in the United States that we pray for our priests, seminarians, and religious. Remember, we get the priests we deserve, please let us pray and sacrifice together to deserve many more good priests and religious.
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We often wonder what we can concretely do in this crisis in the Church and in the SSPX, and the one thing we can and should do is to listen to Our Blessed Mother who requested prayer (especially the Rosary), penance (especially the penance of our daily duty), and amendment of life.
Prayer
The most important thing to do is to pick some prayer that you can and will say every day.
If you don’t say a five decade rosary every day, you might start by saying a five decade rosary every day during this novena. If you already say the five decade rosary, add another five decades, one decade or at least a Hail Mary every day of the 30 day novena. For those willing to do a heroic sacrifice, say all 15 decades during this 30 day novena.
We have been admonished by Bishop Williamson and many of our priests to say the whole Rosary (15 decades) every day. For those who listen to Canon Hesse, he promotes saying the 15 decades each day (teaching us to “pray always”) as follows: One decade as you get up in the morning on your way to the bathroom, one while you shower, one while you shave (for men) and brush your teeth, one while you make and drink your coffee, and one as you walk to your car. “There”, he says, “you’ve said one Rosary”. He then suggests one on the way to and from work or school and one with your family (on your knees if possible) at night.
Penance
Do penance as requested by Our Lady, "The penance I now demand and require is the sacrifice of daily duty." Our Lord has entrusted to each of us a particular vocation; by offering up the sacrifices involved in fulfillment of the daily duties of our vocation, we sanctify ourselves and we obtain graces for the conversion of others. Our daily duty includes the living of our morning offering -- to live constantly (our family life, business life, social life, school life) -- all in union with Jesus and Mary. Women must also heed Our Lady's pleas for modesty and families must live a life centered in Jesus and Mary -- including Enthronement of the home to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and the daily family Rosary; thus may the triumphant reign of Christ our King and Mary our Immaculate Queen begin in our homes and families!
Amendment of Life
Overall, let us live as the early Christians with the greatest of Charity for our fellow men. We will convert many more by doing our daily duty well, setting a good example, and prayer than by any other means. In addition let’s make sure to get to Confession at least once a month and Communion while in the State of Grace as often as possible. We are all sinners and can use the grace of the sacraments to help us in this crisis.
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This thread will be bumped once each day of the novena as a reminder for those who commit to it, and for anyone who might end up seeing it 'late.'
Disclaimer: this is not my idea and I don't deserve any credit for it, I'm simply passing on the message.
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