A Novena of Unusual Animal Bible Stories

Of course, this isn't a novena in the strict sense of the word - just a list of passages I put together for fun.

1) Frogs in your food - Exodus 8:1-15

2) A talking donkey (way before Shrek) - Numbers 22:21-35

3) Really obedient cows - 1 Samuel 6:1-16

4) Ravens' free delivery - 1 Kings 17:1-7

5) History's most savage bears- 2 Kings 2:23-25

6) That bird got him right in the eye - Tobit 2:7-10

7) A dragon's bad indigestion -AND-Daniel's lions get to eat some more- Daniel 14:23-42

8) We all know this one - Jonah 1:17, 2:1-2:10

9) Another fish swallowing something unusual - Matthew 17:24-27


A dumb ass spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet's madness. (2 Peter 2:16)

A Novena of Meditations on Dependence on God

First Day - Deuteronomy 32:1-14

Second Day - Psalm 37:1-11

Third Day - Psalm 46

Fourth Day - Psalm 127

Fifth Day - Isaiah 41:8-13

Sixth Day - Matthew 6:24-34

Seventh Day - Matthew 13:24-43

Eighth Day - Mark 4:26-29

Ninth Day - John 15:1-11


Know that the Lord is God! He made us, and we are his. (Psalm 100:3)