You may listen to the novena recited in the video at the bottom of this email.
The special intention for this day is for:
For all who have become abandoned or alienated from their families
Many people have been victims of families who were not able to live out a real loving commitment to one another. Some have come from unions never blessed with love; others are children of those who have been victims themselves and were unable to give love. Not having known the love of parents, or other special family members, they found themselves part of a cycle that seemed only to turn in on itself.
Let us pray:
Compassionate God, we pray that there be persons who are willing to reach out in love to these victims, to share of their abundance with those who have so little, whether physically, spiritually, or emotionally.
Grant to those who feel unloved the grace and gift to see love in another's heart. Give them also the courage to accept that love so that at least one life can break the cycle of unloving.
Open the hearts of every family member to realize how special each other family member is so that they never become the source of another's pain. May they rather be guilty of loving too much than not enough. We ask this through the intercession of the family of Nazareth, Jesus, Mary and Joseph, model for all Christian families. Amen.
