NOVENA OF HOPE 2021

The Novena will be conducted by Fr Charles Cross C.P and Fr. Anthony

O’Leary C.P. Frs Charles and Anthony are both members of the Graan

community.

Saturday 27th February @ 6.30pm - Feast of St. Gabriel -

Patron of the Graan Monastery

Sunday 28th February @ 10.30am, 12 noon & 4pm - 2nd

Sunday in Lent - Hope is trusting in God like Abraham our

father of faith

Monday 1st March @ 7pm Monday - Hope is reaching out to

God like Bartimaeus

Tuesday 2nd March @ 7pm - Hope is letting go off the hurts

and fi nding peace like Zaccheus

Wednesday 3rd March @ 7pm, Hope is risking being known

by God like the Samaritan woman

Thursday 4th March @ 7pm - Hope is being sustained on our

pilgrimage like the two disciples on the road to Emmaus

Friday 5th March @ 7pm - Hope is standing with all who

suffer like Mary our Mother

Saturday 6th March @ 6.30pm - Hope is opening our eyes to

the beauty of God’s world like the author of the Psalms

Sunday 7th March @ 10.30am, 12 noon & 4pm - 3rd Sunday

of Lent - Hope is making space for God’s Word in your life

Monday 8th March @ 7pm - Hope is always returning to say

thanks like the leper who was cleansed

Petitions: Please return your petitions to be prayed for during the Novena

as soon as possible where they will be placed on the altar throughout

the nine days of the Novena. The address is Novena of Hope, The Graan

Monastery, 73 Derrygonnelly Rd, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh. BT74 5PB.

Novena leafl ets are available at the same address. You can visit our website

and download the Novena and petition leafl ets at www.thegraan.com or

call us on (028 or (ROI 048) 66322272.

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Saturday 27th February (6:30pm only) & Sunday 28th February to Monday 8th March 2021

This year is a Holy Year for the Passionist Congregation. It is the occasion of the Third Centenary of the Foundation

of the Passionist Congregation. It is the fi rst Passionist Holy Year in the History of the Congregation. It began on November 22nd, 2020 and it will end on January 1st 2022.

It is a special year of grace, mercy and renewal.

This year fi nds us also in the midst of a pandemic. The Covid 19 pandemic has caused world-wide pain and distress to many people. It is a profound moment of

suffering. We are with Christ on the Cross. This pandemic is our Passion.

Each year in St. Gabriel’s Retreat, The Graan, Enniskillen we have held a Novena of Hope. This year we are able to extend our Novena world-wide. We have a new webcam and you will be able, if you have the facility, to pray with us during this graced time. Our Church will be closed to

the public because of present Covid restrictions. However we look forward to sharing the Gospel

to your homes directly.

All services are on webcam ONLY. Go to www.thegraan.com

Saturday 27th February @ 6.30pm, Sunday 28th February – 10.30am, 12 noon & 4pm

Weekdays @ 7pmSaturday 6th @ 6.30pm &

Sunday 7th March – 10.30am, 12 noon & 4pm

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NOVENA PRAYERS

O God our Father, we thank you for your care of each one of

us. Thank you for sending your Son, Jesus, to share in our weak

human nature. He suffered as we do, and He is gone before us to

prepare a place for us in Heaven where we hope to be with You

forever. He promised to be with us everyday, and to give us all

we ask for in His Name.

Father, in the name of Jesus we ask you:- To give hope to those who have lost hope in God, and

who simply don’t know what to believe. Let them hope again.- To give hope to the sick and to all who cannot live their

lives as they would like to. May they receive hope and healing.- To give hope to parents and teachers who are entrusted

with the care of the young. May they never lose heart even when their best efforts

meet with failure.- To give hope to all who have been hurt, abused and let

down by our Church. May we be blessed with forgiveness and guidance

from God’s Holy Spirit.- To give hope to sinners. Bring them through repentance to a new way of

looking at things.- To give hope to those who have been affected by

Covid-19 Pandemic.- May they know God’s consolation and comfort in

their time of distress.- To give hope to the bereaved who are face to face with

death. Let them entrust their loved ones to Your care.- Your special intention for the Novena.- Fill us all with a joyful hope.- Our Lady of Hope pray for us.

Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be in honour of St. Gabriel.

NOVENA OF HOPE

The Novena of Hope is nine

consecutive days of prayer. This

Novena is for the whole family and for

the whole community. It will deepen

our faith and give us hope for the

future. We pray for guidance in these

diffi cult times.

The Passionists have always

encouraged devotion to Our Lady of

Hope, ever since the time of our Founder, St. Paul of the Cross.

He insisted that a picture of Our Lady of Hope should hang in

every Passionist’s room. Saint Charles of Mount Argus had a

deep devotion to Our Lady of Hope. The Passionist Monastery

near his birthplace in Holland is called Maria Hoop - Our Lady

of Hope - Retreat.

St. Gabriel was born at Assisi on

March 1st, 1838. His name then was

Francis Possenti and he was a normal

young man, interested in a good time

and fond of dancing. His devotion to

Mary led him to join the Passionists,

where he was given the name Gabriel.

He lived for a mere fi ve years in the

Passionists - for four of those he was

constantly ill. He died in 1862, while

still a student. He was beatifi ed by Pope Pius the tenth on May

31st, 1908, and was canonised on May 3rd, 1920. The Graan has

been dedicated to him since our foundation in 1909.

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