11.30.2024

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Memory Verse Psalm 41-2-4

Blessed the one concerned for the poor;
on a day of misfortune, the LORD delivers him.
3 The LORD keeps and preserves him,
makes him blessed in the land,
and does not betray him to his enemies.
4 The LORD sustains him on his sickbed,
you turn down his bedding whenever he is ill.

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Good Morning!
Today marks the “Feast of St. Andrew” the 1st Apostle. We stand at the end of the 23/24 liturgical year and at the beginning of the 24/25 liturgical year. Join me in beginning again to place “JESUS” at the head of your thoughts, your life, & your home. Please take a few moments to reflect on your past spiritual year. Jot down what you believe needs to change so that you can become a close intimate friend of Jesus. Today begins the St Andrew Christmas Novena. Once again, I challenge you to pray it. St. Andrew is Jesus’ 1st disciple (Matthew 4:18-20) We begin the novena on the feast of St. Andrew on November 30 and conclude on Christmas Eve. Tradition holds that we pray the novena 15 times daily (5-5-5, all at once, or spread throughout the day) for a particular intention. This being said, pray in a way that works best for you. Time needed: 5 minutes Pray this novena for 25 days.

Make the Sign of the Cross.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Say the St. Andrew Christmas Novena prayer.
Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God
was born of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in the piercing cold.
In that hour vouchsafe, I beseech Thee, O my God,
to hear my prayer and grant my desires through the merits of Our Savior Jesus Christ,
and of His blessed Mother. Amen.

Name any intentions or other prayers you wish to share with God. Maybe consider your response to Jesus’s call to follow Him; just as he called on Andrew and Peter, he also calls on us to let go and surrender.

Conclude with the Sign of the Cross.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

If you’re traditionally praying this novena… Repeat the above steps 14x throughout your day.

Continue praying the novena daily through Christmas Eve!

Know you are prayed for.