what is the correct way to pray a novena; for example, St Joseph's nine day, nine morning novena--suppose you miss the entire morning because you got busy at work, will it still be effective saying the prayer as soon as you remember? Or do you have to start the nine days over? same question for the 9-hour novenas---
2006-08-01 15:48:21 · 5 answers · asked by nowisthetime 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm Catholic.
I think that you have to start the novena over if you miss a day. However, I don't believe that all of t he prayers you said before go to waste.
Also, don't worry about the "vain repetition" thing. Jesus Himself used repetition in the garden of Gethsemane. The point is, if you actually mean what you say, it's not "vain."
2006-08-01 15:59:29 · answer #1 · answered by mle_trogdor2000 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Go on line and bring up "Catholic Novenas" you'll get more information than you'll ever need.
2006-08-01 22:53:48 · answer #2 · answered by daljack -a girl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No "special" prayer or formula can reach God any better. Pray honesly with all your heart to The Lord and that is sufficiant.
2006-08-01 22:53:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Was raised catholic found out that prayer is bogus and has never ever worked on any one ore any thing. Start thinking for your self.
2006-08-01 22:53:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
dont pray like the pagans babbling words repetitive with no thought
2006-08-01 22:54:13 · answer #5 · answered by jp 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋