A Novena of Meditation on God's Immanence

God's immanence is the idea that everything continues in existence because God upholds it through His omnipresence, and that, in his love, simply wills that everything continues in existence.

First Day - Psalm 37:1-11

Second Day - Psalm 62

Third Day - Psalm 139

Fourth Day - Isaiah 40:21-31

Fifth Day - Isaiah 41:8-13

Sixth Day - Acts 17:22-31

Seventh Day - Romans 11:33-36

Eighth Day - 1 Corinthians 8:4-6

Ninth Day - Colossians 1:11-20


Be still and know that I am God.  (Psalm 46:10)

A Novena of Meditations on the Power of Faith

First Day - Matthew 9:27-31

Second Day - Matthew 17:14-20

Third Day - Mark 9:14-29

Fourth Day - Mark 11:20-25

Fifth Day - Luke 17:5-6

Sixth Day - Acts 3:1-16

Seventh Day - Ephesians 6:10-20

Eighth Day - 1 Peter 1:3-9

Ninth Day - 1 John 5:1-5


"Did I not tell you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?" - John 11:40

Happy Trinity Sunday!

"The mystery of the Most Holy Trinity is the central mystery of Christian faith and life. It is the mystery of God in himself. It is therefore the source of all the other mysteries of faith, the light that enlightens them."  (Catechism of the Catholic Church 234)


First Day  - Matthew 28:16-20

Second Day - Mark 1:9-11

Third Day - Mark 12:35-37

Fourth Day - John 14:15-24

Fifth Day - John 15:18-27

Sixth Day - John 16:12-15

Seventh Day - 1 Corinthians 12:1-6

Eighth Day - Ephesians 2:11-22

Ninth Day - Ephesians 4:1-6

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. (2 Corinthians 13:14)

A Novena of Meditations on the Father's Love

There is some overlap here with other collections of passages, like with those on God's Love and on Being Children of God, but I wanted to present passages with this post which specifically illustrate the solicitude which God the Father directs toward us - his children in Christ Jesus - as a loving Father.

First Day - Matthew 5:43-48

Second Day - Mark 9:9-11

Third Day - Luke 11:5-13

Fourth Day - Luke 15:11-32

Fifth Day - John 12:20-26

Sixth Day - John 14:18-24

Seventh Day - John 16:20-28

Eighth Day - 2 Corinthians 1:3-7

Ninth Day - Hebrews 12:1-11


Cast all your anxieties on him, for he cares about you.  (1 Peter 5:7)

A Novena of Meditations on the Holy Spirit

First Day - Luke 3:21-22

Second Day - John 3:1-8

Third Day - John 7:37-39

Fourth Day - John 14:12-17

Fifth Day - John 14:25-31

Sixth Day - John 15:18-27

Seventh Day - John 16:1-15

Eighth Day - Acts 2:1-13

Ninth Day - Romans 8:1-30


"When you send forth your Spirit, they are created; and you renew the face of the earth."  (Psalm 104:30)

A Novena of Meditations on God's Mercy

Though we are sinners, God still loves us and seeks us out.

First Day - Psalm 51

Second Day - Psalm 130

Third Day - Matthew 6:7-15

Fourth Day - Matthew 9:9-13

Fifth Day - Matthew 18:23-35

Sixth Day - Luke 15:1-10

Seventh Day - Luke 15:11-32

Eighth Day - John 8:2-11

Ninth Day - Romans 5:1-11

"The Son of man came to seek and to save the lost." (Luke 19:10)

In addition, the Bible has its own prayers of asking God for His mercy, known as the penitential psalms.  Including Psalms 51 and 130 above, they are Psalms 6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 130, and 143.  These psalms convey an intense spirit of repentance.

A Novena of Meditations on the Resurrection

First Day - Matthew 28:1-10

Second Day - John 20:1-18

Third Day - Luke 24:13-49

Fourth Day - Mark 16:9-18

Fifth Day - John 20:19-29

Sixth Day - Acts 2:22-32

Seventh Day - Romans 6:1-11

Eighth Day - 1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Ninth Day - 1 Corinthians 15:12-28


"I am the Resurrection and the Life."  (John 11:25)