Day 9 – Novena in Preparation for the “When the Christian Faith Takes Flesh” Seminar

To Surrender What We Do Not Possess Lord, so often I have given you what I possessed in abundance; let me now offer you everything that I do not have, that has always been denied me, that I have sought half-suspecting it was unattainable: peace, rest, shelter. And if I know now that all this … Read more

Day 8 – Novena in Preparation for the “When the Christian Faith Takes Flesh” Seminar

Prayer to the Risen Lord Lord, we thank you for the Easter feast. We thank you that after your death and your descent into hell, after tasting to the full every kind of abandonment, you have returned to us; that you have remembered our insignificant abandonment and overwhelmed it with the radiant fullness of your … Read more

Day 7 – Novena in Preparation for the “When the Christian Faith Takes Flesh” Seminar

 Through Mary to Christ Through you, Mother, we have come to your Son. You conceived him, you carried him, you gave birth to him, you accompanied him throughout his life, in order to bring him to us and to give him to us. And also in order to show us how a man can bear … Read more

Day 6 – Novena in Preparation for the “When the Christian Faith Takes Flesh” Seminar

Prayer for Usability Father, let our whole life become a prayer that rises up to you like fire and sweeps along in its flame everything evil and impure, all that belongs to us and to others, so that you may fill it up with your Spirit and may make it good enough to become yours … Read more

Day 5 – Novena in Preparation for the “When the Christian Faith Takes Flesh” Seminar

Prayer for Liberation from Oneself Lord, set me free and take me to yourself. You have shown me the chains that hold me back from my way, and if they still exist to hinder me, it is for no other reason than that in my heart of hearts I am not yet willing to detach … Read more

Day 4 – Novena in Preparation for the “When the Christian Faith Takes Flesh” Seminar

Prayer for Those Who Have Turned Away We can understand death and sickness and even poverty, Lord; but how can anyone turn away from you after having known your grace? That is an unfathomable mystery to us. After all, it would be quite easy for you to make the signs of your grace so obvious … Read more

Day 3 – Novena in Preparation for the “When the Christian Faith Takes Flesh” Seminar

Prayer for Constancy Lord our God, give your children ready perseverance in loving you. You know all too well what we are like: moved by your goodness when it comes to us unexpectedly, dismayed by your severity when it reveals itself to us with its demands. When we live through happy or hard days, we … Read more

Day 2 – Novena in Preparation for the “When the Christian Faith Takes Flesh” Seminar

Prayer for Indifference Lord, you know that I would like to serve you but that I am still attached to my work and to my judgment; that I am constantly scurrying back into myself to survey everything from my angle of vision: that I do this in order not to do that, that I desire … Read more

Day 1 – Novena in Preparation for the “When the Christian Faith Takes Flesh” Seminar

Prayer for Renewal of Spirit Dear Lord, you see how we get used to everything. It was with joy that we once took up your service, firmly resolved to be totally dedicated to you. But because every day brings nearly the same thing over and over again, it seems that our prayer has contracted. We … Read more

“9 Days with…” Audio Retreats/Novenas

Divine Mercy Holy Spirit Sacred Heart of Jesus The Immaculate Conception The Assumption Mary, Untier of Knots Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Mary, Untier of Knots St. Joseph St. Augustine of Hippo St. Alphonsus Liguouri St. Benedict of Nursia St. Bernard of Clairvaux St. Bonaventure St. Catherine of Siena St ... Read more