The Church's Most Powerful Novenas is a book of novenas connected with particular shrines compiled by Michael Dubruiel .
Reasons to Pray a Novena by Michael Dubruiel:
A novena is a challenging form of prayer. Whereas the recitation of the prayer or a set of prayers may be easy, doing it for nine consecutive days is not. Our lives are crowded and it is often easy to let the prayer pass. I like to think of the practice of praying a novena as setting the groundwork for a life of prayer. Consider the possible benefits of praying a novena besides the actual requests that one mentions in them.
1. Praying a novena can help you develop the habit of praying daily.
Our lives are filled with ritual from the time we get up in the morning: the route we take to work and home again, how we spend our evenings, and the usual time we go to bed. Day in and out the pattern is repeated. Is prayer a part of that daily routine? Praying a novena for nine consecutive days can set a pattern of prayer in our lives that can create a daily habit of prayer.
