<h2>Why pray this Novena?</h2>You probably know that Saint Matthew is the one who wrote the Gospel of Saint Matthew.And you also probably know that when he converted, when Jesus first talked to him, that he was a tax collector.Saint Matthew is the Patron Saint of Money, Bankers and Tax CollectorsSo whether it be trouble with debts, with taxes, with your finances or if you need help in any money related field, trust Saint Matthew with your difficulties.Do not store up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moth and woodworm destroy them and thieves can break in and steal.                                                                                                  But store up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where neither moth nor woodworm destroys them and thieves cannot break in and steal.                                                                                  For wherever your treasure is, there will your heart be too.Matthew 6:19-21<h2>The program</h2>Every day for 9 days, receive:🪔A meditation📖A Bible quote🙏A prayer to say by clicking on &#34;pray&#34;<h2>Click on Join to receive the 9 days of prayer</h2>And <a href="https://hozana.org/en/intentions">click here </a>to leave your prayer intention before starting the novena.

Financial help: novena to Saint Matthew

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures;
he leads me beside still waters;
he restores my soul.
He leads me in right paths for his name's sake.
Even though I walk through the valley 
of the shadow of death,
I fear no evil;
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff--they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord
forever.

Advent with Pope Francis and Laudato Si&#039;: Preparing for the Good NewsThe Lord, in the culmination of the mystery of the Incarnation, chose to reach our intimate depths through a fragment of matter. He comes not from above, but from within, he comes that we might find him in this world of ours.” Pope Francis (LS 236)During Advent, we embark on a journey of preparation for our encounter with God, Jesus Christ who comes to meet us within Creation - this is the Good News! We anticipate with hope and joy the renewal of all Creation through the Incarnation as Jesus takes on the material life we share with all creatures.  In this Advent retreat, we will be bringing special attention to how we share this path of preparation in communion with Creation, who also eagerly awaits for redemption (cf. Rm 8:19-23). We will be guided by the words of Pope Francis and the encyclical Laudato Si&#039;, his special letter to us all about the call to care for our common home. <h2>Each week you will be invited to reflect on a specific theme through </h2><ul><li>a short video from The Letter - a documentary with Pope Francis about the Laudato Si&#039;, </li><li>a short reflection on that theme, and </li><li>a prayer. </li></ul>Each week you will also be invited to a call to action, a concrete way to prepare for Christmas more sustainably.As Pope Francis reminds us, “Living our vocation to be protectors of God&#039;s handiwork is essential to a life of virtue; it is not an optional or a secondary aspect of our Christian experience.” (LS 217) Join us as we eagerly await Christ&#039;s coming, crying out with Creation for the light of the world to come!

Advent with Pope Francis and Laudato Si'

All-powerful God, you are present in the whole universe
and in the smallest of your creatures.
You embrace with your tenderness all that exists.
Pour out upon us the power of your love,
that we may protect life and beauty.
Fill us with peace, that we may live
as brothers and sisters, harming no one.
O God of the poor,
help us to rescue the abandoned and forgotten of this earth,
so precious in your eyes.
Bring healing to our lives,
that we may protect the world and not prey on it,
that we may sow beauty, not pollution and destruction.
Touch the hearts
of those who look only for gain
at the expense of the poor and the earth.
Teach us to discover the worth of each thing,
to be filled with awe and contemplation,
to recognize that we are profoundly united
with every creature
as we journey towards your infinite light.
We thank you for being with us each day.
Encourage us, we pray, in our struggle
for justice, love and peace.
Amen

<h2>A Walk of Faith for Valentine&#039;s Day!</h2>Now is the time to experience the spirit of Valentine&#039;s Day, by confidently entrusting our desires to live a Christian marriage to St. Valentine, a great martyr and the patron saint of lovers.Be assured that we share your hopes and keep your intentions in our hearts every day!<h2>The Grace of Love: a Gift from God</h2><ul><li>Pray for yourself: pray that you meet someone in accordance with the Lord &#039;s heart.</li><li>Pray for yourself: entrust God with your desire to live a fruitful Christian marriage.</li><li>Pray for a single person you know who suffers from loneliness.</li><li>Pray for all those who desire to get married.</li><li>Pray that marriages be based on the « Rock of Faith » .</li><li>Pray for young people who are not looking to commit to the Sacrament of Marriage </li><li>Pray that the world regains a deep sense of commitment to sacraments.</li></ul>… other ideas? Share them with us!St. Valentine will certainly be happy to hear them and present them to the Lord!<h2>Commitment</h2>Commit yourself to offer your thanks to St. Valentine: if you feel that he answered your prayers, celebrate his Feast Day in a spirit of gratitude for his intercession on your behalf!<h2>Click Join to receive the prayers</h2><a href="https://hozana.org/en/intentions">Click here to leave your prayer intention.</a>

Meet Your Soulmate with the Novena to St. Valentine

Loving Father,
You know that the deepest desire of my heart is
to meet someone that I can share my life with.
I trust in Your loving plan for me and ask that I may soon meet
the person that you have prepared for me.
Through the power of Your Holy Spirit,
open my heart and mind so that I recognize my soulmate.
Remove any obstacles that are in the way of this happy encounter,
So that I might find a new sense of wholeness, joy and peace.
Give me the grace too, to know and accept, if you have another plan for my life.
I surrender my past, present and future into the tender heart of Your Son, Jesus,
full of confidence that You will hear and answer my prayer.
AMEN.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in You.
St Valentine, pray for me.

<h2>From being a &#34;Sinner&#34; to being &#34;the Apostle of the Apostles”</h2><h2>Presentation of the Novena</h2>Since she is the apostle to the apostles, Pope Francis has declared that the feast of Saint Mary Magdalene should be celebrated with as much devotion and importance as all the other apostles! What a great opportunity for us! It seemed obvious to us to celebrate this beautiful saint, to write a great novena to her and to give her the place she deserves in the Church.Mary Magdalene was the first to see the risen Christ and the first to proclaim it. She is a treasure for us, an exceptional figure to help us grow in Faith... She worked passionately for the development of Christianity. It seems essential to us today to bring her to the forefront, especially here in France where, according to tradition, she lived her last years. She is buried in the basilica at St Maximin la Sainte Baume, Southern France: the third tomb of Christianity. What a marvel!Mary Magdalene, our great sister in Christ, gives us the perfect example of a missionary disciple according to Pope Francis&#039; expression. Saint John Paul II even called her the apostle of apostles. So how can we pass up this opportunity to discover this superb missionary figure? And we can see that in recent years her reputation as a sinner has been gradually left to one side in favor of her being recognized as Christ&#039;s missionary! This is a real opportunity for our Church, one that we must seize.We propose 9 days for you to discover Mary Magdalene, 9 days to follow in her footsteps and to let her accompany us in our life of discipleship.Indeed, through this beautiful novena we will ask her to intercede for us so that the Holy Spirit may shower us with all his graces and especially those necessary for announcing the Mission.  For us, these 9 days will be the occasion to form ourselves at the school of Mary Magdalene and to become with her, true missionary disciples with burning hearts and full of audacity. To help us, this great Saint, bathed in the Holy Spirit, will guide us and lead us progressively to the Heart burning with love for her Rabbouni: the Sacred Heart of Jesus: the Source of all Love and Life, the Open Door of Charity for us all.Wishing you a very beautiful companionship with Mary Magdalene. <h2>Program for the Novena</h2>Mary Magdalene, From being a &#34;sinner&#34; to being &#34;the apostle of the apostles”!(Mary Magdalene as a missionary disciple)<ul><li>Day 1: Mary Magdalene&#039;s identity as a child of God</li><li>Day 2: Intimacy with Christ</li><li>Day 3: Mary Magdalene&#039;s Intercession</li><li>Day 4: Mary Magdalene: a prophet</li><li>Day 5: Experiencing Suffering with Jesus: an Offering!</li><li>Day 6: Accepting Doubt, God&#039;s Silence</li><li>Day 7: Trust: Joy and Peace</li><li>Day 8: Mary Magdalene &#34;the Apostle of the Apostles”</li><li>Day 9: In Union with Jesus&#039; Heart</li></ul><h2>Each day&#039;s format</h2>Song (your choice)Biblical phraseMeditationPersonal ReflectionPrayerToday&#039;s Challenge<h2>Who are we? </h2>Marie-Bénédicte Swartz-Oriou, initiator and organizer of a digital Living Rosary Like Blessed Pauline Jaricot, the mission of announcing the Kingdom of God is rooted in my heart. Inspired by her life and work, and just as convinced of the need to include the Virgin Mary in this evangelizing dynamic as of the undeniable strength of the prayer of the rosary, I was led, during the second lockdown, to create a Living Rosary.Limited by health measures, the digital mode seemed obvious and I resolved to create a Living Rosary via WhatsApp.The Living Rosary community is currently made up of over 40 inspiring women from all walks of life and different parishes, who intercede for the world, the intentions of the Pope, our bishops, our parishes, our families and friends and for all the sick people entrusted to them.I decided to ask the Virgin Mary to take the lead in this Living Rosary. And in her great gentleness and tenderness, she goes before us.All the women who pray in this Living Rosary are so blessed for all the graces received and all the healings offered by Jesus. Through the daily recitation and weekly meditation of a mystery, each one lives and experiences what St Louis Marie Grignon de Montfort advocated &#34;To Jesus through Mary&#34;... We thank God for the many fruits of this prayer of the Rosary. Indeed, one of these fruits has been that we have been guided by the Virgin Mary to St Mary Magdalene.Several of us received this invitation and followed the call. We then discovered with new eyes this great missionary figure, this great sister in faith that she is for us. Thank you Mary for this treasure offered to us on our journey of missionary discipleship. The Virgin Mary, St Mary Magdalene and Blessed Pauline Jaricot accompany our little community and this companionship is a great joy for us. Do not hesitate to join us if you feel the call or to create a digital Living Rosary yourself. And, if you wish, I would be happy to help you in this process. &#34;To Jesus, through Mary&#34; with Mary Magdalene: wishing you a lovely novena!

Novena to St. Mary Magdalene 

Dear Mary Magdalene,
You have been forgiven by your sweet Savior, 
You have listened and contemplated your Beloved so much,
Take me to the heart of your Master, our Lord, and show me the way of true compassion.
You followed Jesus of Nazareth to be taught, to love him more and to serve him every day,
Teach me to love the Lord with all my heart and to offer myself to Him.
Mary Magdalene, your humble and pure heart and your tears of compassion moved the Heart of Christ, 
Teach me to be an intercessor of fire and love shining for all my brothers and sisters.
You were there at the foot of the Cross of Jesus with the Virgin Mary and John, the "beloved" disciple; 
Obtain for me the grace of a firm Faith and of Hope when undergoing ordeals. 
You came to the Tomb out of love,
You were the first to see the Risen Christ in His glory,
Help me to believe that life is stronger than death and that love conquers all,
Bathed in the Holy Spirit, you dared accept the mission to announce his Resurrection,
Grant that I may grow in the Mission and become a zealous and daring missionary disciple, totally united to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Amen

