I’m going to let you in on a secret. When you type words into a search engine and then click on a link, the owner of that link (blog, ecommerce site, etc.) can see the words in the search that led you to their blog. For instance here are some screen shots from the singlecatholicgirl.com search engine results.
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Did you notice anything on this particular screen shot? Other than the last search, ‘find catholic girls’, haha! It shows the searches from yesterday that led people to my blog and there are a lot of different searches for a St. Anne novena. Apparently a lot of people out there really like this novena.
In just the past 30 days, these searches for a St. Anne novena brought readers to my blog:
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‘Whoa!’, said in Joey Lawrence style.
Well don’t you fret, there will be no more scouring about the internet looking for the best of the best of St. Anne Novenas. I brought to you the top five.
The Dundies of St. Anne Novenas
- Most easily accessible: Praymorenovenas.com a website dedicated to novenas. Sign up now and they will send you the daily novena prayer straight to your inbox. Plus, Annie and John Paul, the founders, have a great St. Anne novena story. Check them out!
- Most Traditional: EWTN
- Prettiest: Print this one out from USCCB and take it with you, made especially for you daily Mass goers.
- Most Marian Focused: Do you like meditations, chaplets, rosaries and the like? Elizabethfoss.com provides a beautiful layout of the prayers.
- Shortest and Most Unromantic: “St. Anne, St. Anne, send me a man as fast as you can.” It’s quick, simple and quite catchy really.
The novena begins today, Thursday, July 17. Her feast day is shared with her husband Joachim on July 26.
To read more about novenas and why we pray them, visit this excellent OSV article, The Power of Novenas: While these nine-day prayers, often yield desired results, it is faith in God – not magic – that delivers, by Marge Fenelon.
What are your thoughts on novenas? What is your favorite novena to pray?
Do you have a novena story to share?
Photo: Ben White, Unsplash / PD-US
2 thoughts on “St. Anne Novena”
Over at the St Josemaria Institute we are praying a “Novena for a Happy and Faithful Marriage” in preparation for the feast day of SS Joachim and Anne on July 26th.
Anyone interested in joining us can subscribe to our list and receive the daily reflections and prayers. It’s a beautiful way to pray for our vocations, marriage in our country, and our families.
Please join us! You can access the reflection and prayer for Day 2 (July 18th) here: http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=35727cd14301e66f505090aa9&id=8354ee27cd
Beautiful! Thank you for sharing this with the readers.