Day 9: Presentation Day Novena

Today, we reflect on  Love

We pray for the Nagle and Rice Families

We begin in the name of God our creator,

Christ who shows us the way and

the Spirit who continues to give us hope and courage

Scripture 1 Cor. 13:4-7

“Love is patient, love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude; it does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things”

Nanos love for God and God’s people has been talked about, written about and prayed about for many years. The long hours in prayer, her attentive listening and complete openness to God’s will, the generous outpouring of herself are testimony to Nano’s extraordinary love. Nano’s devotion to the Sacred Heart was exemplified in her choice of the name of the fledgling community – The Sisters of the Charitable Instruction of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

How do we live up to Nano’s example of loving without counting the cost – in the situation and place where we find ourselves?

As we remember the needs of our world today, we respond:

                         Let love be our lantern flame