mrstjohnson
Posted : 7/9/2009 4:01:56 PM
Emily - just talked to my mom and she and her sisters (and me too) are going to start saying novenas for you, the baby, and your family.
For those who don't know what it is...
In the Catholic Church, a novena is a devotion consisting of prayer said (most typically) on nine successive days, asking to obtain special graces. These may consist of small prayer books, recitation of the Rosary, or small prayers through the day. There are four recognized categories of Novenae, those of mourning, preparation, prayer, and those which are indulgenced, however, a given novena can belong to more than one of these categories
I swear they work miracles. My mother and sister are proof of that - both had horrific accidents as babies were hanging by a string (mom dumped boiling water over 30% of body and aunt fell out of 4 story window), my granny firmly believed that they only made it through because of the prayers her and her sisters said since back then medicine wasn't what it was now.