6 Types of Traditional Catholic , Choose (3) of the (6) and gather for your lesson in the church of St. John’s following the 5PM on the scheduled day. (*Adoration will be touched upon at On Fire and during the Retreat.) The , Sunday Oct. 28, 2018 & , Sunday Feb. 24, 2019 May 12, 2019 The word is taken from “novem,” the Latin word for nine. A novena is made up of nine days of prayer and medita- The Rosary is simply a Catholic prayer based upon the Bi- tion usually to ask for special prayer requests or peti- ble that focuses on the events in the life of Jesus and that of tions. Novenas are often used to ask specific saints to pray for Mary, the Mother of Jesus. In the Rosary prayer you make us. The Saint Jude Novena, for example, is prayed to ask use of both vocal and mental prayer. Vocal prayer consists Saint Jude to intercede on behalf of a request that seems espe- cially dire. of the listed below. Mental prayer is meditating upon the Rosary Mysteries which Novenas are an ancient tradition that goes back to the days of tell the life of Jesus and his mother the Apostles. Jesus told His disciples to pray together after His ascension into heaven, so they went to an upper room Mary. along with the Blessed Virgin Mary, (Acts 1:14) and joined The Mysteries: constantly in prayer for nine days. These nine days of con- stant prayer by the Apostles at the direction of Jesus led up to Sunday/Wednesday: Glorious Pentecost. This is when the Holy Spirit descended upon the Monday/Saturday: Joyful disciples as “tongues of fire” (Acts 2:1-4). This pattern of 9 days of prayer is the basis the novenas we pray today. Tuesday/Friday: Sorrowful Thursday Luminous Thus, the novena is an imitation of the Lord’s command to the Apostles when they prayed for 9 days in anticipation of The Prayers: the coming of the Holy Spirit. , The Apostles , The Our Father Prayer, The Prayer, The Glory Be Prayer, The , Friday March 15, 2019 Fatima Prayer, The Hail Holy Queen Prayer, The "Let Us The Stations of the Cross are a 14-step Catholic devotion that Pray" Prayer from the Breviary, The Saint Michael Prayer commemorates Jesus Christ's last day on Earth as a man. The 14 devotions, or stations, focus on specific events of His last Guided Ignatian Spirituality day, beginning with His condemnation. The stations are com- monly used as a mini pilgrimage as the individual moves Sunday, December 9, 2018 from station to station. At each station, the individual recalls and meditates on a specific event from Christ's last day. Spe- Guided Meditation is a process by which one or more cific prayers are recited, then the individual moves to the next participants meditate in response to the guidance provid- station until all 14 are complete. ed by a trained practitioner or teacher, either in person The Stations of the Cross are commonly found in churches as or via a written text, sound recording, video, or audiovis- a series of 14 small icons or images. They can also appear in ual media comprising music or verbal instruction, or a church yards arranged along paths. The combination of both. Ignatian Spirituality was based on stations are most commonly prayed dur- the spiritual practice of St. . ing Lent on Wednesdays and Fridays, and especially on Good Friday, the day of the year upon which the events actually occurred. Lectio Divina, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019 Divine Mercy Chaplet, Divine Mercy Sunday, In Christianity, Lectio Divina is a traditional Benedictine prac- April 28, 2019 tice of scriptural reading, meditation and prayer intended to promote communion with God The Chaplet of the Divine Mercy is a Chris- and to increase the knowledge of tian devotion, based on the visions of Jesus reported by Saint Mary Faustina Kowalska God's Word. It does not treat (1905-1938), known as "the Apostle of Mer- Scripture as texts to be studied, cy." She was a Polish sister of the Congrega- tion of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy and but as the Living Word. canonized as a Catholic saint in 2000.