Novena

"The exercise of this novena," it is said (p. 3, Novena, Manila, 1910), "offers us a means of compelling

The Legacy of Ignorantism 1891

These devotions were called a Novena, which was a nine days 'prayer-meeting.

The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago 1841

And, in this case, are my friends referring to the last day of a nine-day series when they say "Novena"?

Novena? 2003

'Novena' en este contexto significa los nueve días inmediatamente después del fallecimiento de una persona.

Novena? 2003

'Novena' tiene otros sentidos además de este; se los quisieras saber, pregúntame.

Novena? 2003

'Novena' en este contexto significa los nueve días inmediatamente después del fallecimiento de una persona.

Novena? 2003

The old man speedily obeyed her summons, for he expected to hear nothing less than that all the English party staying within the convent walls had suddenly got converted, in answer to the "Novena" he had caused to be put up for them.

Zoe: The History of Two Lives 1845

'Novena' has its origins in the nine days that Mary & the Apostles prayed for the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.

Flopping Aces 2008

a parish of Canada, about 100 miles distant from Quebec, called Verchères, he was also requested to hear the confessions during a few days of a kind of Novena (nine days of prayer), which was going on in that place.

The Priest, The Woman And The Confessional Father Chiniquy

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