Hello and welcome to our community! Also known as the “Walk of the Incarnation,” this is a 9-month Novena where we journey with Our Lady throughout her entire pregnancy from the Feast of the Annunciation to Christmas Day. 3/25-12/25 This novena offers a unique opportunity to petition Mary with 3 of your most “impossible” requests. You will bring these same prayers to Our Lady every day for 9 months straight. These prayers will be included in each daily post so that you may find them easily. With faith and perseverance, we trust that Our Lady lovingly presents our intentions to her SonWe have divided this novena into 9 separate but cohesive parts. Each month of Mary&#039;s pregnancy is represented by one of her virtues, and a short quote/reflection will be shared daily along with the novena prayers. While the prayers remain the same each day, the short reflections/meditations change as we move from month to month. These are not a required part of the novena, but rather they are meant to serve as supplemental meditations. We invite you to read more about this novena on our website and pray along with us if you feel called! All are welcome to join at any time. For more information, please visit <a href="https://www.impossiblenovena.com/">www.impossiblenovena.com </a>“Who can worthily thank thee and adequately praise thee, O Blessed Virgin, who by thy Fiat hast saved a lost world!” - St. Augustine

Impossible Novena 2026

For each of your 3 intentions, you'll meditate and ask for the desired grace by praying "The Hail Holy Queen" followed by the "Prayer of Petition"

HAIL HOLY QUEEN x3: Hail Holy Queen, Mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness, and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve, to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Oh clement, oh loving, oh sweet Virgin Mary, Pray for us, oh holy Mother of God. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Amen.

PRAYER OF PETITION x3 : Virgin of the Incarnation, a thousand times we greet thee, a thousand times we praise thee for thy joy when God was incarnated in thee. Because thou art so powerful a Virgin and Mother of God, grant what we ask of thee for the love of God

MEMORARE x1: Remember, oh most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession was left unaided. Inspired by this confidence I fly unto thee, oh Virgin of Virgins, my Mother. To thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. Oh, Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions but in thy mercy, hear and answer me. Amen.

PRAY x3: Blessed and praised be the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar in Heaven, on Earth, and Everywhere. Amen.

HAIL MARY x1: Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. (Please offer this Hail Mary for the intentions of our Impossible Novena Community)

TO THE MOST BLESSED SACRAMENT (x1)
Thank you, thank you Lord for all the good that I receive from you every day.
Thank you because you pour into my soul the infinite sweetness of your mercy.
Thank you because you let me feel your forgiveness for my multiple faults.
Thank you because with it you show me that you never abandon me.
Thank you for all the joys you offer me.
Thank you for the sorrows you send me.
Thank you too, oh Lord because you preserve for my soul hope and faith.
Amen.

<h2 id="isPasted">Saint Michael, protector</h2>&#34;Who is like God?&#34; This is what the name Michael means. Leader of the heavenly armies, he is the one who fights evil and reminds man that God alone is God.For centuries, many have held him in deep devotion.For nine days, we will rediscover his interventions in the history and ask him to protect our country, to strengthen the Church and to teach us to fight the good fight of the Gospel.  <h2 id="isPasted">The novena program</h2>Each day, you will receive a prayer time of approximately 10 minutes, in text including: <ul><li>a historical fact about an intervention of Saint Michael in the history</li><li>a meditation;</li><li>a quote from the Pope</li><li>a prayer intention for your country;</li><li>and a prayer intention for each of us.</li></ul> This novena is presented by Fr. Pierre Doat, rector of the <a href="https://www.abbaye-mont-saint-michel.fr/en">Mont Saint-Michel Shrine</a> since September 2023 and a priest of the Saint-Martin Community!

Great Novena to Saint Michael 2026

Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle.
Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do thou, 
O Prince of the heavenly host,by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.
Amen

There are seasons in life when the soul longs for something deeper. Not more noise.Not more information.Not another obligation. But a place to return to God. A Year with Padre Pio is a twelve-month online spiritual retreat created for those who desire to deepen their relationship with Christ slowly, faithfully, and honestly. For one year, we will walk in the company of Padre Pio. Not simply studying his life, but allowing the great spiritual movements that shaped him to enter our own lives: prayer, surrender, the Eucharist, confession, devotion to Mary, perseverance in suffering, humility, obedience, trust, and love for Christ. Each month will become a small interior pilgrimage. There will be reflections to read slowly, prayers to carry into the day, moments of silence, spiritual practices, questions for the heart, and invitations to bring faith into ordinary life. Because holiness is rarely dramatic. Most of the time, it is hidden. It lives in the moment we forgive instead of holding onto resentment. In the prayer whispered while washing dishes. In the decision to begin again after failure. In the Rosary prayed with a tired mind. In the Eucharist received with a heart that still has questions. In the quiet choice to trust God when nothing seems clear. Padre Pio knew this hidden life of the soul. He knew the struggle of prayer and the mystery of grace. He knew spiritual dryness, suffering, temptation, waiting, obedience, and the deep tenderness of Christ for every wounded human heart. This retreat is not about becoming spiritually impressive. It is about becoming more available to God. More honest. More prayerful. More willing to surrender what we cannot control. More capable of recognizing Christ in the people placed before us. More faithful in the small things. Throughout these twelve months, we will return again and again to one simple invitation: to remain close to Jesus. We will learn to remain when prayer feels consoling and when it feels empty. To remain when life makes sense and when it does not. To return after we fall. To rediscover confession not as fear, but as mercy. To approach the Eucharist with a more awakened heart. To place our families, wounds, fears, hopes, disappointments, and unanswered prayers into the hands of God. Slowly, we will build a rhythm of spiritual life together. A hidden monastery of the heart. A retreat lived not outside our ordinary lives, but inside them. You do not need to arrive spiritually strong. You do not need to have everything figured out. You only need to come with a willing heart. A willingness to pray. A willingness to listen. A willingness to begin again. And perhaps, after twelve months, we will discover that the deepest transformation did not happen because we escaped our lives. It happened because we learned to recognize God within them. One prayer. One surrender. One ordinary day at a time. And quietly, under the spiritual companionship of Padre Pio, we may find ourselves becoming what every true retreat ultimately hopes to awaken: souls who belong more deeply to Christ.

A Year with Padre Pio

Lord Jesus,

stay close to me as I carry these words into my day.

Teach me to pray with a sincere heart,
to trust You when I understand
and when I do not,
to begin again when I fall,
and to recognize Your presence
in the ordinary places of my life.

Through the intercession of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina,
give me humility without fear,
courage without hardness,
patience in suffering,
faithfulness in prayer,
and a heart that desires You above everything else.

Take what is restless in me and make it quiet.
Take what is wounded and hold it gently.
Take what I cannot control and teach me to surrender it.

May I leave this moment of prayer
not only with beautiful thoughts,
but with a greater willingness to love,
to forgive,
to serve,
and to remain close to You.

Padre Pio, walk with us.
Teach us to keep our eyes on Christ,
our hands open to grace,
and our hearts faithful in the small things.

Jesus, I place this day in Your hands.

Lead me.
Keep me.
Transform me.

And when I forget You,
call me quietly back.

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.