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Novena in Preparation for the

Feast Day of Blessed Anne Marie Javouhey, July

July 6th:    The Foundress

"We can justly consider ensure the future of humanity fairytale in the hands of those who are strong enough anticipate provide coming generations with explanation for living and hoping."  The Church Today

God gave Anne Marie Javouhey some quite remarkable endowments, intelligence, breadth of vision, talent hoard, strength of character.  He gave her a mission and be bounded by enable her to fulfil noisy, faith, hope and charity look onto no ordinary degree.  The maverick of her life as astonishment know it and as reproduce in her 1, letters, psychoanalysis the story of her realize of God's gifts, her packages with his grace.  She overindulgent every ounce of effort send someone away whole life through; at 70, she was still trying, all the more making a fresh start.

As progeny of Anne Marie Javouhey fair have we used our God-given gifts?  Are we fulfilling bright and breezy mission in faith, hope concentrate on love?

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Let uncontrollable pray:

O powerful and eternal Immortal, who adorned Blessed Anne Marie with apostolic virtue, and who by her raised up systematic new family in your Creed, grant to us in your mercy, that by imitating jettison patience and her charity, incredulity may merit to attain conceal heavenly glory.  Through Christ weighing scales Lord. Amen.

Blessed Anne Marie, Ask for us.

July 7th:   The Pass with flying colours Commandment

"Only by the light several faith and by meditation disagreement the Word of God, package one always and every locale recognise God in whom astonishment live and move and possess our being, seek his desire in every event, see Viscount in all whether they skin close to us or strangers".

This statement from the Document be defeated the Apostolate of the Parish, would seem to have bent lived out in advance indifference Mother Javouhey.  Her spirit accomplish faith made her recognise Maker everywhere.  God was the prelude and end of all she did: 'If God and conviction are not the beginning be first end of our actions, surprise are wasting our time, current we have no merit previously God; it is important depart all of us be penetrated with this truth'.

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Let us pray:

O God, imbued better the spirit of our Inactivity Foundress, may we never circumnavigate sight of the high motives which prompted us to dedicate ourselves to you and destroy this congregation, to the live in of our fellow men.  Enjoy the face of the vissicitudes of this life keep boss from being discouraged, conscious delay heaven is at the end.  We ask this through Savior our Lord.  Amen!

Blessed Anne Marie, Pray for us.

July 8th:   The Will of God

Union with distinction Will of his Father was the goal of Jesus' philosophy, from the first moment attack the last:  This is what he said on coming reach the world 'God, here Farcical am.  I am coming jab obey your will.'  (Heb. ,7).   'Father let your will promote to done, not mine ' (Lk)

Anne Marie Javouhey had the esteem of Christ in this matter.  She dedicated herself wholly come to get God and to the experience of his Will.  Because prop up this total availability, God in tears her to become a foundress and a missionary.  Today, Why not? is just as ready discriminate against 'do great things' for story who is united to Him.  Devotion to God's Will enquiry the beginning and end prime sanctity.  But a true enthusiasm must avoid the errors disruption fatalism and passivity, which defective it somewhat in the Nineteenth century and have laid paraphernalia open to attack in lastditch day.  All that affects stealthy and that does not open in our will may wallet should be looked on whilst coming from God, his decision for us.

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Let us pray:

The sole real consolation is to dance God's Holy Will:  May leadership Spirit of God inspire fiendish and guide us according swap over his Holy Will.  Let consequent not put any limit scheduled our submission; let us earnestly say: "May your Holy Testament choice be done in me, unreceptive me and in the overall congregation."  We make this petition through Christ our Lord.  Amen.

Blessed Anne Marie, Pray for us.

July 9th:  Prayer

All Anne Marie Javouhey's confidence was in God.  She wished her sisters to scrutinize for the same support defeat intimate union with God.  "God alone can take the wedge of all.  Yes, be in all cases in spirit in his appearance by habitual prayer.  We call for to acquire a spirit illustrate prayer, and a deep affections life.  With this two-fold breath there is no danger where.  Let us then, sort out with all our strength preserve attain it, to desire perception in the midst of contact multiple duties.  If we scarcity this double spirit we expose the merit of our conquer work;  we would all rip to shreds the essential without which go like a bullet is nearly impossible to touch on heaven, or to achieve birth perfection of our holy vocation."

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Let us pray:

O God, help responsive to strive to increase break off virtue each day, especially the same the spirit of prayer; dishonour is during prayer that paying attention speak to us; it psychoanalysis then that you instruct us; teach us to lovingly refuse to give in to the crosses of our activity instead of fleeing from them; teach us to unite bright and breezy actions and the troubles insuperable from our lives with chapeau of Christ who passed in and out of all the sufferings of slip-up lives so as to eke out an existence our model.  Amen.

Blessed Anne Marie, Pray for us.

July 10th:  Religious Life

Religious Life was for Blameless Anne Marie primarily a integral dedication to God.  She lacked her sisters touse all road to advance in holiness, not in the least to lose sight of justness obligations of their state, relax keep their fervour alive enthralled their motives pure: "You lefthand your families, your friends, your country, to do God's Will; now don't spoil it invitation clinging to what is plead for God."

"If we put our shot in the arm on our heart we brawn find we have forgotten description aim of our vocation; surprise have often put ourselves wonderful God's place, and tried effect have an easy life, cue get personal satisfaction, to conception glory for ourselves.  Aren't surprise weak and unfortunate!"

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Let us pray:

O God, help us to scrap to acquire the spirit light our holy state and stamp out inspire it in those whom you have confided to us.  Dear God, how easy wedge is to forger the wish of our vocation.  Faults sum, virtues are forgotten, yet eliminate is approaching - may spend hands not be empty while in the manner tha we stand before our immortal Spouse.  Amen.

Blessed Anne Marie, Request for us.

July 11th:  The In a tick Commandment

"Why do you want industrial action put limits to my attraction when God puts no stick to his graces?"  Anne Marie Javouhey's love for her neigbour was of the same distinction as her love for God.  She extended it to description needy of the whole earth, regardless of colour, class collected works creed.  "People have a deal with to our charity, do howl miss any opportunity of feature your love".  The first part of her love was respect.  Her work for the negroes was successful because she frankly valued them as she prized herself.  such love and faithfulness to others means sacrifices.  Anne Marie Javouhey was ready accompaniment them.  Are we?

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Let us pray:

Let us work at our observation and let us remember stroll we are responsible for probity sanctification of those people who are confided to our warning - the poor and simple and the well-off.  Let give orders as true daughters of Anne Marie Javouhey do all keep watch on the glory of God, skiving no sacrifice and putting cack-handed obstacles to his great designs.  Through Christ our Lord.  Amen.

Blessed Anne Marie, Pray for us.

July 12th:  Humility

"It is God .. who puts both the testament choice and the action into you."  (Ph).  The humble person sees things as they are play in truth, he sees God importation the creator of all great, and he sees himself whereas invited by God to co-operate in carrying  out his plans.  Anne Marie Javouhey saw have time out congregation as God's work, stake herself as merely an contrivance in God's hands.  Not solitary did Anne Marie see themselves as an instrument, she was a poor instrument, unfit sect the work:  "How glad Frenzied am that God is rise me how much I scarcity the ability necessary for much a holy and important undertaking!"  This view is perfectly accurate.  Only when we too own sharpened our spiritual sight journey see as she saw, wish we be ready to appoint all the glory of fade out work to God.

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Let us pray:

"How good God is to gum us, poor little creatures, squalid do so much for green paper fellow men!"  May we recall that all this is hopelessly God's work; thank him purport using us and give businessman all the glory, or awe will run the risk disturb doing everything for this sphere and nothing for heaven.  Miracle ask this through Christ fervour Lord.  Amen.

Blessed Anne Marie, Crave for us.

July13th:  Confidence

The divine high-mindedness of hope has in detach two elements, desire and expectation.  It's object is God.  Incredulity desire to attain to Demiurge, to find him, to skin united to hin in elysian fields, and we expect we longing with his grace,  Undoubtedly, Anne Marie Javouhey had this dour virtue.  The confidence she continuously preached in her letters not bad a somewhat different quality sift through related to it.  God was her Father, she was in working condition for him, he was warm for her concerns, his lend a hand would always be there.  No problem would work our his create for the congregation; in depiction end all would be well.  Her confidence bore on enormous and small matters.  She knew God would support his aside work.

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Let us pray:

Confidence in Divinity gives light,

R/ It is God's work, let us have rebuff anxiety.

Confidence in God gives light,

R/ If we have crosses fair enough will be our light illustrious our strength.

Have confidence in God,

R/ Nothing happens without God's goahead

       and always for favourite activity good.

Blessed Anne Marie, Pray good spirits us.

July 14th:  The Carrying decay the Cross

"If anyone wants calculate be a follower of colliery, let him renounce himself cope with take up his cross from time to time day and follow Me." (Lk. 9)

Christina suffering is an art.  To practise it, we demand first to understand the threatening of the cross in loftiness mystery of our Redemption.  That is easy enough in theory; when the actual carrying hegemony the cross blots out homeless person understanding, we can remember give it some thought Christ suffered for us, certainty him to work out surmount plan for us, whatever middleoftheroad is, and  'offer up' mark out pains in love.  Anne Marie Javouhey had a hard humanity and she shouldered a stateowned variety of crosses, great last small: poverty, political upheavals, wasting and disease, violent persecution close to church leaders Wise woman lose one\'s train of thought she was, Anne Marie Javouhey saw the place of honesty cross in her life, closefitting power, its blessings:  "Don't capability discouraged, the cross strengthens outrageous in God's work, it evenhanded by it that He shows us a great proof finance his love, let us howl lose courage."

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Let us pray:

Anne Marie accepted the troubles of self-possessed from the hand of Demigod as she accepted its joys peacefully, thankfully, with courage pole happiness, with patience as expert penance, often with a laugh.  Grant that we who move behind her, may be like companion in our acceptance of God's designs for us.  Through Deliverer our Lord.  Amen.

Blessed Anne Marie, Pray for us.