Nine Days Pendant Quotes

A novena (from the Latin “novem”—nine), consists of praying nine consecutive days for a specific intention or grace. This traditional type of prayer, highly encouraged by the Church since the Middle Ages, generally has recourse of the intercession of the Virgin Mary or a saint.

WHY PRAY FOR NINE DAYS? The nine days that make up a novena are associated with the nine days that separate the feast of Ascension from the feast of Pentecost. In the Bible, this period for the disciples and the Blessed Mother was a time of prayerful waiting, which culminated in the descent of the Holy Spirit upon them. “All these devoted themselves with one accord to prayer, together with some women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers” (Acts 1:14). We, too, can use a novena as a period of waiting for a particular grace.