Getting Ready for the arrival of our King!
Blessed Advent Season to you all!
Finally, having traversed the long roads and trials of the desert we have arrived in our new coastal home and after much ado, we are back online at last and I am so happy to be with you.
Blessed be God as His many Graces have been poured down upon us and may He bless you all for your many prayers which so kindly accompanied us during this time.
From tomorrow, I will be back in the usual way. May we share this beautiful season of anticipation together.
In the meantime, herewith, a little reminder of the beautiful Catholic tradition of the St Andrew Novena, the Christmas Anticipation Prayer which we began yesterday and pray 15 times everyday until Christmas.
While a Novena is normally a nine-day prayer, the term is sometimes used for any prayer that is repeated over a series of days. It is an ideal Advent devotion; the First Sunday of Advent is the Sunday closest to the Feast of Saint Andrew.
The novena is not actually addressed to Saint Andrew but to God Himself, asking Him to grant our request in honour of the birth of His Son at Christmas. You can say the prayer all 15 times, all at once; or divide up the recitation as necessary (perhaps five times at each meal).
Prayed as a family, the Saint Andrew Christmas Novena is a very good way to help focus the attention of your family and children on the Advent season.
Ave Maria! Welcome back Ana!!! Thank you for the beautiful prayer, I had never heard of it! 🙏🙏🙏💕
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Hello Nicole – I missed you too – many thanks for being with me again!
May you and the family enjoy a beautifully holy Advent season. 💖🙌
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Hopefully you will not experience any more blinks from your server, etc. Glad to know that you are now in a wonderful setting (near the sea).
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Thank you Fr and yes, I pray the server proves better than before.
This place is really beautiful and sparkling in every way. The weather is very different to our previous home, which of course we knew but still, it is quite an adjustment. The sea air can be rather bracing at times too but very invigorating.
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