tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8967621960899684542.post6176178966288832922..comments2024-02-16T20:33:36.343-08:00Comments on Tending the Temple: The Rosary Mysteries for Lent: The PresentationPeggy Boweshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02860812091103109430noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8967621960899684542.post-85950627209431444682011-03-13T12:14:53.037-07:002011-03-13T12:14:53.037-07:00I'm sorry you got the word about the novena a ...I'm sorry you got the word about the novena a day late. I'm not sure when the blog entries get emailed out, but sometimes I don't write them until the end of the day. <br /><br />In any case, it doesn't matter when you begin the novena. Although it's nice to finish a novena on a saint's feast day, your prayers won't be any less effective if they end the day after or even the week after. It's the devotion and prayers that truly matter, not the day on the calendar. <br /><br />I understand how you feel about trying to get a devotion just right. I used to get all concerned about the "technicalities" of the First Fridays devotion because I wanted to receive all the blessings and benefits. Through prayer and meditation, I realized that it's not about checking off nine specific dates on the calendar but that I maintain a continual devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, of which going to Mass on First Fridays was just a part.<br /><br />God bless!Peggy Boweshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02860812091103109430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8967621960899684542.post-86970918985979455192011-03-12T17:53:25.781-08:002011-03-12T17:53:25.781-08:00Since your blog arrives a day late I missed the fi...Since your blog arrives a day late I missed the first day of the Novena to St. Joseph. But I'm off and running with it anyway. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com