How to Organise a Novena on Twitter

This is a suggested way to organise a Novena on Twitter.

Decide on the Novena you want to use and either save a link to it or send the prayer or a link to it to me (DM me for an email address) and I will post it here.

Announce the Novena on twitter: what or whom it's for, where the text can be found. Ask those who wish to let you know if they would like a daily reminder.

Send a link to the announcement to the people in the box below on the right, all of whom have asked to be informed whenever a Novena is to be said on Twitter, asking whether they would like a daily reminder.

(What follows is what I do: happy to post alternatives, especially better alternatives.)

Create an Outlook appointment for the nine days with the text of your tweet, which should contain the addressees, the Day the Novena has reached and a link to the text. All you need do then is go through the appointments one by one changing the date.

An example is:

@CCFather @louiseallain @MenAreLikeWine1 @dilysetc @LibbyMag @sitsio @73books Novena Day 4 http://ttonys-blog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/novena-to-saint-joachim-and-saint-ann.html

If this takes you past 140 characters simply put the text of two tweets in:

@CCFather @louiseallain @MenAreLikeWine1 @dilysetc @LibbyMag @sitsio @73books Novena Day 4 http://ttonys-blog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/novena-to-saint-joachim-and-saint-ann.html

@AthanasiusII @idlerambler @pattif21 @matermari @BattlementClare @PartTimePilgrim Novena Day 4http://ttonys-blog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/novena-to-saint-joachim-and-saint-ann.html

This is a very prescriptive way of doing things but it works. Please feel free to send me alternatives and I'll post them here.

Saturday, August 13, 2016

Novena to Saint Dymphna



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Lord God, who has graciously chosen Saint Dymphna to be the patroness of those afflicted with mental and nervous disorders, and has caused her to be an inspiration and a symbol of charity to the thousands who invoke her intercession, grant through the prayers of this pure, youthful martyr, relief and consolation to all who suffer from these disturbances, and especially to those for whom we now pray. 

(Here mention those for whom you wish to pray.) 

We beg You to accept and grant the prayers of Saint Dymphna on our behalf. Grant to those we have particularly recommended patience in their sufferings and resignation to Your Divine Will. Fill them with hope and, if it is according to Your Divine Plan, bestow upon them the cure they so earnestly desire. Grant this through Christ Our Lord. Amen. 
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