Novena

Starting Saturday, February 15, Sharon and I did a Novena. My intentions included:

• Pray for Morgan and Lee's health, happiness and future;
• Pray for Drew and Shannon's health, happiness and future;
• Pray for Jack's health, happiness and future;
• Pray for Sharon’s health and happiness;
• Give thanks for my health;
• Give thanks for the life that Sharon and I have built, and;
• Pray for the strength and grace to navigate a difficult year at work.

Over the course of the nine days, we went to Mass in seven different spaces, including:

• 02/15 – 5:00 pm - Our Lady of the Assumption
• 02/16 – 8:00 am - St. John the Evangelist
• 02/17 – 8:00 am - St. Ignatius Chapel
• 02/18 – 6:30 pm - Presentation
• 02/19 – 6:30 am - St. John the Evangelist Chapel
• 02/20 – 6:30 am - St. John the Evangelist Chapel
• 02/21 – 7:30 am - Chapel of the North American Matyrs
• 02/22 – 5:30 pm – St. Ignatius (with Tom)
• 02/23 – 8:00 am – Our Lady of the Assumption

I previously did a Novena almost three years ago.

Sharon and I are targeting the fall of 2022 for a pilgrimage on the Way of St. James. The experience of seeing these churches during Lent reinforces my desire to do a Lenten Pilgrimage in Rome in 2023.