Pray More Novenas Blog

Our next novena is to a saint who does the impossible.  

That’s seriously what he’s known for — answering impossible prayers!

He’s the patron of hopeless, lost and impossible causes… 

It’s St. Jude :)

We will start praying the St. Jude Novena on Monday, October 19th.

We know that this year has felt impossible for so many, so we’re looking forward to seeking St. Jude’s intercession with you.

You can share your prayer intentions in the comment section below.

Saint Jude was one of Jesus’ twelve original apostles. He is also known by the name Thaddeus, which means sweetness and gentleness of character.

Saint Jude followed Jesus faithfully until His crucifixion, and then later worked on evangelization.

Very little is known about his life, but we do know that he died as a martyr — some say around 65AD, giving his life to Jesus Christ.

He is now one of the most invoked saints for intercession in desperate situations because his New Testament letter stressed the importance of a faithful person persevering in the environment of harsh circumstances.

You can sign up to join us in prayer here:

https://www.praymorenovenas.com/st-jude-novena

And you can share your prayer intentions in the comment section below.

We’re looking forward to praying with you and for you! 

God bless you!

John-Paul & Annie – PrayMoreNovenas.com

Thank you so much for joining us in praying the St. Therese Novena! We hope you’ve grown closer to Christ through St. Therese’s prayers — we know that’s her greatest hope for us all!

If you’ve had any of your prayers answered during this novena, please share those with us all below! We love to hear and share how God is working through our prayers here in the Pray More Novenas community.

We are continuing to pray for you & your intentions!

Please do not give up on hope if your prayers have seemingly gone unanswered. God is still working, He is still with you. And we’re praying for you.

The next novena we’re going to pray as a community is one of our favorites, it’s the St. Therese of Lisieux Novena!

Pope Pius X called St. Therese “the greatest saint of modern times.” She’s well known for her “little way” spirituality of doing small, ordinary things that you do every day with extraordinary love. She wrote in her autobiography, “What matters in life is not great deeds, but great love.”

We will start praying this novena next Tuesday, September 22nd.

St. Therese suffered a great deal in her life. She lost her mom when she was a young girl. One of her older sisters became like a second mother to her, and St. Therese “lost” her when her sister entered a convent. St. Therese also suffered from chronic illness and depression. Through it all, she continued to look towards Jesus.

She’s a great example for all of us — a reminder to cling to Jesus through whatever each of us may be going through right now. Let’s look to Jesus!

You can sign up to pray with us here:

https://www.praymorenovenas.com/st-therese-novena

You are already signed up to receive the novena :) 

We’re looking forward to praying with you and for you! 

God bless you!

John-Paul & Annie – PrayMoreNovenas.com

We don’t usually send out two emails on the same day, but we wanted to let you know about the next novena — it’s one of our favorites (you can scroll down to read why), and we’ll start praying it just a few days after we finish the current Novena to St. Monica.

The next novena is The Novena for Marriage and Family! We start praying on Sunday, August 30th.

St. John Paul II said, “As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live,” so it’s really important that we pray for marriages and families to be strengthened and sanctified.

We will pray for those who are already married, for those who want to be married, for families going through difficult times, and for those in financial distress.

There’s something extra special about this novena… It leads up to the Feast of Mary’s Birthday (the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)!

The first time we prayed this novena together as a community was eight years ago, leading up to our wedding day! It has been such a gift to pray with you :)

And it is so important that we have strong marriages and strong families. So, we are really looking forward to praying this novena once again, for Marriages and for Families!

This novena begins on August 30th!

You can sign up to join us in praying HERE. And you can share your prayer intentions in the comments below.

Thank you for praying with us! We’re praying for you.

God bless you!

John-Paul & Annie – PrayMoreNovenas.com

St. John Paul II said that suffering is almost inseparable from man’s earthly existence. At times, suffering can lead you closer to Christ. And at other times, it can seem to lead you further away from Him.

We’ve been working on our next online retreat to help steer you closer back to Him, who is the Divine Healer.

It’s called The Pray More Healing Retreat!

It’s like a do-it-yourself retreat, but you’re not doing alone — we’re doing it with you!

We hope you’ll join us. 🙏 🤗🙏

You can learn more, see all the topics, watch a preview, and sign up for the retreat at praymoreretreat.org

Here are the Healing Retreat Speakers:

You can look through all the topics they’re covering here.

The retreat begins on August 5th!

Thank you for joining us in praying the St. Anne Novena!

If you’ve had any of your prayers answered during this novena, you can share those with us all below!

We will continue to pray for you & your intentions. God is with you!

A little more than ten years ago, John-Paul was single.

Little did he know… I was praying a novena, asking God to help me meet my future husband. Now, John-Paul & I are married and coming up on our eighth wedding anniversary! 

And the next novena we’re praying together is the one I prayed all those years ago: the St. Anne Novena!

We will start praying on July 17th! That’s this Friday.

St. Anne is the mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the grandmother of Jesus. She is a very powerful intercessor! 

You may have heard that those discerning marriage often pray to St. Anne for help in finding a spouse. But, St. Anne is also known to intercede for people for almost any request, and especially for healing.

You could also ask for her intercession for your marriage, for your grandparents or grandchildren, to grow in holiness and patience. You can ask her to pray for whatever it is that’s on your heart, she will bring your intentions to Jesus!

We hope you will join us in praying this novena! We will be praying for you and your intentions throughout the novena.

You can share your prayer intentions in the comment section below!

And you can sign up here to join us in prayer:

https://www.praymorenovenas.com/st-anne-novena

We’re looking forward to praying with you and for you! 

God bless you!

John-Paul & Annie – PrayMoreNovenas.com

We are so grateful to join you in prayer every month. Thank you for praying with us and being a part of this community!

We know God hears us. We know we are never alone. And yet, we all go through difficult times throughout our lives that can be painful and challenging.

Our next novena is for times like these — it’s The Novena for Difficult Times.

We’ll start praying on Tuesday, June 30th. You can scroll down to see which saints are included in this novena!

And you can share your prayer intentions in the comment section below. We’re praying for you!

This novena is for anyone who may be going through a difficult time right now.

And even if you’re not, the saints always want to bring us closer to Christ, so we can really ask them for prayers for any intention in our lives.

During the novena, we will ask these saints for their prayers for us:

+ St. Matthew the Apostle and St. Nicholas, for financial matters & financial problems

+ St. Joseph and St. Cajetan, for employment and those looking for work

+ St. Dymphna, Venerable Matt Talbot and St. Frances de Chantal; for mental health matters, addictions, and spiritual anguish or darkness

+ St. Benedict Joseph Labre and St. Elizabeth of Hungary; for the poor and homeless, and those at-risk

+ St. Charbel, St. Anne and Mary, Undoer of Knots; for healing

+ St. Joseph and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton; for those who have died, those who are dying, and those who are grieving

+ St. John Paul II, St. Ignatius of Antioch and St. Charles Borromeo; to grow in our Faith and move closer to Jesus

+ St. Jude and St. Rita; for impossible causes

You can sign up to pray with us here:

https://www.praymorenovenas.com/the-novena-for-difficult-times

You are already signed up to receive the novena :) 

We’re looking forward to praying with you and for you! 

God bless you!

John-Paul & Annie – PrayMoreNovenas.com

+ You can share your prayer intentions in the comment section below. We’re praying for you. +

We’re really excited to announce that the next novena we’re praying is the Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus!

The Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is celebrated 19 days after Pentecost, so we start praying this novena on Wednesday, June 19th — that’s one week away! 

For this novena, we will reflect on Jesus’ love for all of us. We will pray for our hearts to be conformed to His Sacred Heart.

You can sign up to pray with us here.

And you can share your prayer intentions in the comments below!

We’re looking forward to praying with you and for you! 

God bless you!

John-Paul & Annie – PrayMoreNovenas.com

Thank you for joining us in praying the Holy Spirit Novena for Pentecost!

If you’ve had any of your prayers answered throughout this novena, please share those with us all below!

We will continue to pray for you and your intentions. Please do not give up on hope. God is with you! He is for you!

We’re excited to announce that the next novena we’re praying is the original novena!

Novenas are an ancient tradition that goes back to the days of the Apostles.

Jesus told His disciples to pray together after His ascension into heaven, so they went to an upper room along with the Blessed Virgin Mary, (Acts 1:14) and joined constantly in prayer for nine days.

These nine days of constant prayer by the Apostles at the direction of Jesus led up to Pentecost. This is when the Holy Spirit descended upon the disciples as “tongues of fire” (Acts 2:1-4). This pattern of 9 days of prayer is the basis of the novenas we pray today!

Thus, the novena is an imitation of the Lord’s command to the Apostles when they prayed for 9 days in anticipation of the coming of the Holy Spirit.

And that’s why we pray all of our novenas for nine days, followed by one final prayer on the 10th day (which is usually the feast day).

So maybe you can guess by now that the next novena we’re praying is The Novena to the Holy Spirit for Pentecost!

You can share your prayer intentions in the comments below :)

The Holy Spirit plays a BIG part in our lives.

So, as we pray, ask the Holy Spirit for something concrete and measurable. 

We will start praying on Friday, May 22nd.

Your friends & family can sign up HERE.

We’re looking forward to praying with you and for you! 
God bless you!

John-Paul & Annie – PrayMoreNovenas.com