Today in the Gospel the Lord Jesus performs a miracle of healing. This miracle of healing is accomplished by the Lord Jesus after the people presented to him one who was in need of miracle of healing.
I want to make you aware that in the parish of Our Lady of Lourdes we will begin a special devotion of prayer in order to present to the Lord those in need of healing. Having consulted the staff, the deacons, the parish council and the Friday morning Mass crowd, I am announcing that we will begin a Perpetual Novena for Healing this Friday, September 14th, after the 830 Mass. This Novena for Healing will be prayed every Friday of the year, with the exception of Good Friday.
In this perpetual novena, we will seek the intercession of Our Lady of Lourdes for those in need of physical healing. Lourdes has always been known as a place for physical healing. We will seek the intercession of St. Maximilian Kolbe, who is the patron saint of those who suffer from addictions. Under his patronage we will pray for all who are suffering from addictions of various kinds. We will seek the intercession of St. Dymphna, without whose intercession I doubt that I would be a priest. St. Dymphna is the patroness of those who suffer from depression, mental illness, neurological disorders, and Alzheimer’s disease. We will entrust to her intercession all those who suffer from these diseases.
I have placed images of St. Maximilian Kolbe and St. Dymphna along with our statue of Our Lady of Lourdes on a small shrine in our Chapel. The chapel will be open for the hours of the day when the office is open (8am-4pm). Petitions to be included in the novena can be brought to the office or mailed to:
Novena for Healing
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church
725 Deese Street
Monroe, NC 28112
We have also created an email address:
where petitions can be sent as well.
All petitions will be placed in the shrine for the praying of the novena.
I hope that you will join in this prayer, either by joining us after Mass each Friday or joining us in prayer, as we present to the Lord those who are in need of a miracle of healing.
