Five Benefits of Praying a Novena
Five Benefits of Praying a Novena
The five benefits of praying a novena, or nine days of prayer, include, for example, growing closer to God.
5 Benefits of Praying a Novena
1
Learn to Pray Better by Praying More
We can learn to have a prayer routine and better self-discipline by saying novena prayers every day for nine days.
Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not lose heart. (Luke 18:1)
2
More Meaningful
Novenas help us prepare for Feast days and solemnities so that they have greater meaning for us.
3
Trusting in God
As we focus on a specific prayer intention, we can learn to trust that God knows what is best for us.
4
Answers to Prayers
Praying a novena reminds us how much we rely on God’s love. He answers our prayers in the way that is best for us.
5
The Biggest Benefit
Praying novenas helps us grow closer to God.
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CREDITS
The LOGO image of Our Lady of Grace is original artwork by Martin Lariviere in 2009. We have the artist’s permission (my son). It is our exclusive trademark logo image.
A beautifully photographed sky by Donald Tong inspired the website’s colour scheme. Cropped portions of it are the background for the footer Bible verse. He shared it as a free download on pexels.com.
Raphael painted The Sistine Madonna circa (1513-1514). We made circular cut-outs from the original image.
One of my favourite paintings by Guido Reni depicts The Virgin at Prayer. The date of this masterpiece is circa 1627.
Armor Santo shared the photo of the woman praying in a church on Cathopic.
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IN REVIEW
Praying a Novena has benefits.
- We learn to pray regularly by the self-discipline of praying every day for nine days.
- Novenas help us prepare for feast days and solemnities so that they have greater meaning for us.
- As we focus on a specific prayer intention, we learn to trust that God knows what is best for us.
- Praying a novena reminds us how much we rely on God’s love.
- The biggest benefit of praying a novena is that it helps us grow closer to God.