Saint Andrew's Christmas Novena

Today is the feast day of St. Andrew, which also starts the Christmas Novena. This is the first year we are saying this novena, mostly because I don't realize it's time to start it until a few days after the fact.

To do this Novena, think carefully of a specific intention and write it down. Then recite the novena prayer 15 times, each day, either over the course of the day or all at once. Remember to pray with confidence, with the faith of a little child, believing that God will absolutely grant your desires if it is in your best interest, and if it is not, that He has something so much more amazing planned for you.

Just to meditate on these words is so uplifting in itself. DON'T WAIT.  God wants us to ask, and in this season of giving I'm sure it is His delight to give us an answer that will be a great blessing to us.