Novena Prayer Day Six

 Blessed Anne Marie Javouhey

Novena Day Six

 

Today's Thought of

Blessed Anne Marie Javouhey

Confidence

The divine virtue of hope has in it two elements, desire and expectation. Its object is God. We desire to attain to God, to find God, to be united to God in heaven, and we expect that to happen with God’s grace. Undoubtedly, Anne Marie Javouhey had this kind of hope. When she spoke so often about confidence in her letters, she was referring to a quality that’s somewhat different from, but also related to, hope. 

For Anne Marie, confidence basically meant: God was her Father; she was working for him; he was caring for her concerns; she knew his help would always be there; God would work out his plan for the Congregation; and in the end all would be well. Throughout her life, her confidence bore on great and small matters because she knew God would support his own work. How is confidence expressed in our lives?

Join Us In Our Novena Prayer

July 12th 

        L ord our God,

 

You enabled Blessed Anne Marie to

consecrate herself to the carrying out

of Your Holy Will in all things and to

be ever attentive to Your calls as

manifested through the poorest of her

brothers and sisters.

Grant that we, in the Church of our

day, may zealously continue the work

you confided to her.

Through her intercession hear the

prayers we address to You …

 

 Canonization of Blessed Anne Marie Javouhey

 Those suffering from the Global Pandemic

 The Province of the U.S.A. & Canada unfolding future

                 

                       (your special intentions mentioned here)

In Your goodness grant us the favor of

her canonization for Your glory and to

promote Your Reign of love, justice

and peace.                                  

                                                        A men.

Beata Anna Maria

Ora pro nobis