Sacred Heart Catholic Church

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St. Monica, pray for us!⁣
08/27/2026

St. Monica, pray for us!
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08/26/2026

To read the full Gospel of the day, visit bible.usccb.org/daily-bible-reading
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The word novena refers to nine of something. Traditionally it's a nine-day prayer, but it can also be a prayer of nine h...
08/24/2026

The word novena refers to nine of something. Traditionally it's a nine-day prayer, but it can also be a prayer of nine hours, or nine weeks or simply nine repetitions.
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Novenas take their inspiration from Scripture. After Jesus Christ ascended into heaven, the apostles and the Blessed Virgin Mary spent nine days in prayer in the upper room: "All these with one accord devoted themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers" (Acts 1:14). Then, at the end of their "novena," on the feast of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit came upon them, filling them with supernatural gifts.
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Whether they are prayers of thanksgiving or petition, novenas by their very form remind us of our dependence on Christ, and allow us to ask -- in a manner united to the first foundations of our Church -- for the Holy Spirit to come to assist us.
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One of the best ways to pray a novena is to pray with the whole Church. Around the liturgical calendar, various feasts have traditional novenas assigned to them. In particular, there's a Pentecost Novena, a Christmas Novena, a Novena of the Immaculate Conception and the Divine Mercy Novena, which is prayed beginning on Good Friday.

St. Bernard, pray for us!⁣
08/20/2026

St. Bernard, pray for us!
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Chariton, IA
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